Singing, rhymes, musical games and playing instruments
are all great ways for parents and carers to communicate
with babies. Musical activities make communication fun and
enjoyable, and there is growing evidence that they assist
with early language development and emotional wellbeing.
The Communicate through music
activity pack has been jointly developed by Talk To Your
Baby and Music One2One to encourage musical interaction
with babies and young children. It includes:
- The Babies love music
A4 sheet, which promotes the benefits of music and can
be printed out and used as a flyer to give to parents,
or blown up to A3 size and displayed as a poster
- A fun survey to find out old and new favourite songs
and rhymes, designed to get parents and carers thinking
about musical activities
- One-to-one musical activities, for use in settings or
to give to parents to use at home
- Group musical activities, to be carried out with children
and families in settings
- An information sheet with useful contacts
Communicate through
music
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