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Action Songs

Sing songs with actions and gestures to help toddlers expand their vocabularies and practice concepts.

All Kinds of Music

Listen to different kinds of music with babies. Sing and dance with babies or plan group sing-alongs to get them moving, learning, and having fun.

Back and Forth, Up and Down

Move a baby’s arms up and down and back and forth or count his fingers and toes as you use songs, chants, and nursery rhymes to introduce patterns and counting games.

Bouncy Time

Try a song or a rhyme as you bounce your baby on your knee or hold her in your arms.

Build a (“Cc”)

Children build a large "C" with blocks by following a template taped to the floor.

Dance Party

Dance together to all different kinds of music.

Dance Studio

Have children to pretend they are taking dancing lessons. Encourage them to experiment with different kinds of dance movement.

Dancing Fingers

Encourage children to move their hands to the music as they finger paint. Talk about the music and the ways children are moving their fingers to it.

Explore Together (indoors): More Shake and Listen

Have children predict which objects make the loudest sounds. Facilitate children’s explorations.

Explore Together (indoors): Music Day Performance

Gather children in the same groups as yesterday. Play the same music children listened to yesterday. Allow children to practice their music or movements from the week.

Explore Together (indoors): Music Mural #1

Play a piece of music and ask children to paint how they feel. Turn the volume up and down as they paint.

Explore Together (indoors): Music Mural #2

Play a piece of music that contrasts the previous day’s piece. Have children repeat the exercise of painting how they feel.

Explore Together (indoors): Responding to Sound

Invite children to create their own music by responding to the sounds they hear indoors. Provide various materials and help children identify and imitate sounds.