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Sing simple rhyming songs together - songs about objects and animals can help to build vocabulary |
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Combine music and movement |
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Find music for different moods |
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Start with simple instruments like drums, shakers or bells progressing to xylophones, or toy pianos/keyboards |
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Teach them to take turns singing and dancing |
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Encourage listening skills by sometimes sitting and listening to music together |
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My son Corrin, would push the
buttons on the music system till he found some music he liked.
He loved reggae from the age of two and would sing along and
sway happily for ages. It was his own thing, something he found
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From 18 months to three years your toddler may develop a more advanced musical sense, including:
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Recognising the differences between loud and quiet, fast and slow |
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Keeping track of a beat, and recognising different rhythms |
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Learning the words to simple songs |
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Developing the co-ordination needed to play simple instruments |
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Learning to co-operate with other children |
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| Every child is unique and develops at his or her own pace. The information in BBC Parents' Music Room is for information and guidance only and should not be treated as a substitute for medical, legal or other professional advice. |
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