You Will Need:
Music, metal and wooden spoons, plastic bowls, pots and pans, and safe items from the kitchen.
Directions:
Play music and interact with your child by tapping metal and wooden spoons on a variety of pots, pans, and plastic bowls. Talk about the different sounds you hear. Introduce words like “same,” “different,” “soft,” and “loud.”
Tip:
Repeat the rhythms and patterns your child plays. Count as you tap the utensils. Play a game and freeze when the music stops, then tap when it starts again.
What Your Child Can Learn:
- Cause and effect ("When I bang on the pot, it makes a sound")
- New vocabulary like “loud” and “soft”
- Listening skills
- Discrimination between different sounds
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