Young Children and Music

Reply to Young Children and Music on Wed, 26 Jul 2023 07:29:12 GMT

BloomSchoolSG — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 07:29:12 GMT

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Reply to Young Children and Music on Wed, 14 Dec 2022 16:30:59 GMT

JackieCarter — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 16:30:59 GMT

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Reply to Young Children and Music on Tue, 13 Dec 2022 14:26:12 GMT

BloomSchoolSG — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 14:26:12 GMT

The brains and brawn behind USA’s leading Early Childhood music programme, https://www.musikgarten.org/benefits-of-music--movement, share that children are oriented towards learning language, and music is a language. Music is also a social activity involving family and community participation, and music transmit culture, and is an avenue by which beloved songs, rhymes, and dances are passed down from one generation to another.

Who remembers hearing about Grandma singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to your Mum, who later sang it for you when you were growing up, and now you are singing it for your own children? What about this https://www.bloom.com.sg/mothers-day-2021/?

In multi-cultural Singapore, we have a whole treasure trove of these traditional and cultural songs, nursery rhymes, and poems of our different languages, that we meaningfully and carefully curate, and share with our younglings, and/or people close to us.

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If you want to learn how to use music to engage baby in learning, or you just want to spend the time bonding with baby, come join us for our http://bloom.com.sg/family_music_for_babies/ classes! During our classes, we introduce to parents, various activities that will help them learn to:

• Bond and play musically with their babies
• Stimulate the development of the babies’ left and right brain through music
• Sing, move, dance, rock, bounce with their babies, and playing wiggle, tickle and peek-a-boo games with them

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https://www.bloom.com.sg/contact-us/ to find out more about Musikgarten, and our class schedules! We hope to see you soon!

Meanwhile, let us learn a simple Chinese song you can sing to, and with your baby!

What is your Mother Tongue? 我的母语是中文。
A Taiwanese colleague of mine created this simple Chinese song as part of preschool’s Circle Time. I like it very much because it can also be sung with baby, perhaps as part of a bath time routine. With her permission, I have adapted it, and included hand actions to aid in baby’s memory and eye-hand coordination. Here is the video:

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(Read the entirety of this article, and our exclusive interview with the founders of https://www.dimsumwarriors.com/clubland/ over at https://www.bloom.com.sg/making-music-with-baby-in-chinese-exclusive-interview-dim-sum-warriors/)

Here's a sneak peek:
You https://www.dimsumwarriors.com/blog/chinese-for-kids/, with this method: Learn Chinese in a fun way with the https://www.dimsumwarriors.com/!

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In our interview, we find out about the amazing work Dr Yen Yen and Colin Goh do to make Chinese-learning approachable and manageable. Also, find out what 'translanguaging' is, in our article!

See you there!

Reply to Young Children and Music on Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:14:02 GMT

JackieCarter — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:14:02 GMT

Thank you for the wonderful selection of children’s music. We have listened to it several times already.

Reply to Young Children and Music on Sun, 18 Sep 2022 14:23:58 GMT

BloomSchoolSG — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 14:23:58 GMT

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Can you groove like DJ Mouse?

Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.
Elvis Presley

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Children are instinctively drawn to music, and they learn best through Music & Movement. Music evokes movement, and children take delight in and require movement for their development and growth. Music's melodic and rhythmic patterns provide exercise for the brain, and help develop memory.

The Musikgarten curricula includes developmentally appropriate music activities that involve the whole child and enhance their learning abilities: the child's desire for language, the body's urge to move, the brain's attention to patterns, the ear's lead in initiating communication, the voice's response to sounds, as well as the eye-hand coordination associated with playing musical instruments.
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Bloom School of Music & Arts is proud to be one of the few schools in Singapore offering Musikgarten. Come experience this stimulating musical environment with your children!

WhatsApp 9278 3315 for more information/class schedules.
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Reply to Young Children and Music on Mon, 06 Sep 2021 09:35:07 GMT

BloomSchoolSG — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 09:35:07 GMT

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Reply to Young Children and Music on Sat, 28 Aug 2021 15:14:02 GMT

nathanlyon5454 — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 15:14:02 GMT

Music ignites all areas of child development and skills for school readiness, including intellectual, social-emotional, motor, language, and overall literacy. It helps the body and the mind work together. Exposing children to music during early development helps them learn the sounds (https://faze1audio.com/what-we-do/jingle-creation/radio-tv-jingles/) and meanings of words.

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Reply to Young Children and Music on Fri, 02 Oct 2020 13:57:35 GMT

BloomSchoolSG — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 13:57:35 GMT

Read the article in its entirety at https://www.bloom.com.sg/musical-games-to-play-with-your-children/

Children generally love games and music. Why not combine the two and play musical games with your family?

These musical games I will share, may not necessarily reinforce musical concepts, although you can adapt the game rules to include objectives to teach musical concepts. I will include some ideas for music lessons, and also share the teachable moments for each game. Read on to find out what the games are!
[quote]Besides musical play, would you like a holistic, musical environment in your home?
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Songs, dances, rhythms and stories are repeated appropriately, building on what each child has mastered. CDs with songs sung in class, and age-appropriate instruments are included in the lessons, and helps bring the lessons into the home environment.
With Musikgarten, music learning involves the whole family, and enhances parent-child interactions. Children will also develop a deep affection for music, and possess the ability to express it. Over time, they will be well-prepared and ready to continue https://www.bloom.com.sg/tutti_program/.

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For starters, here are some low-effort, self-entertaining, indoor/outdoor musical game ideas to play with music and/or musical instruments:

Musical Chairs
This is a top favourite, and a popular game to play at children's parties.
You start with one chair fewer than the number of players. The players walk around the chairs (arranged in a line or a circle) when music is playing. When the music stops, the players have to sit on a chair each. The player without a seat will then be out of the game. The game continues by removing one chair before each round, and the players will play until there is only one champion left.

One not-so-fun part of Musical Chairs is that there will be disputes, especially if two buttocks land on one chair, and neither child wants to give up their seat. Adults have to be prepared to mediate in such a situation. Tantrums aside, playing Musical Chairs is a safe way for children to learn practical life skills such as patience, resolving conflicts peacefully, sportsmanship, and dealing with disappointment.

Lesson ideas: You can teach the concept of beats with Musical Chairs; choose a piece of music with a strong, steady beat, and include the rule that players have to march according to the beat.
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FREEZE!
This game is another party favourite, and is so simple to play! All you need is some music, and children who are ready to bust some moves!
The rules are simple: While music is playing, players can move or dance freestyle. When the music stops randomly, players have to stop moving, and \"freeze\" in whichever position they stopped at. Anyone caught still moving when the music is stopped, is out of the game. The game then continues in an elimination manner, until someone is declared the winner.

If you think about it, this is as much a strategy game as it is a simple game of Freeze. Smart players will know that it is better to stay grounded (pun intended), lest they get caught off-guard with a foot off the floor! Unless you are good at balancing, it is a good idea to do mainly upper-body movements, to stay on top of your game.

Lesson ideas: Freeze is a Music & Movement lesson in disguise. The music for each round of the game could be of a different genre, and the players have to move accordingly to how they feel about the music.
Not only will children be introduced to various types of music (classical/jazz/pop, to name a few), the children will get to practise directionality (the awareness of space, and the ability to orientate themselves through space) with locomotion. It is also a good opportunity for children to explore their bodies' capabilities (for example, learning how far they can bend backwards or forwards).
It will also be interesting to see how the children interpret that piece of music with movements.
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Hide & Seek Instruments
Honestly, this idea came from the Hide and Clap scene in the horror movie The Conjuring. The game does not have to be creepy though!
Hide & Seek Instruments follows the general rules of Hide & Seek: There will be a seeker, and the other players will be the ones hiding. For a musical twist, the hiders hold on to a musical instrument each, and they will sound off their instruments after the seeker counts down and shouts \"Ready or not, here I come!\" The seeker then has to find the hidden \"instruments\" (the hiders). After all the hiders are found, this round is over. The players can then take turns to be the seeker, and the game continues.

Lesson ideas: Hide & Seek Instruments will be a great game to practise listening skills, since the seeker has to look out for where the sound is coming from. The game's difficulty level can be increased by changing the objectives of each round; for example in this round, the seeker would have to find only the bells amongst the mix of bells and drums. Do note though, that unless you're playing with gifted musicians, the sounds made by each instrument have to be well distinguishable.
You can also choose to play this game outdoors, so the seeker has to filter out more sounds to be able to find all the hidden instruments.
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Drop Handkerchief
This game goes by many names, the familiar one being Duck, Duck, Goose. A player goes around the circle to choose a catcher. The chosen catcher has to get up to chase the player, and the player has to run around the circle and sit in the place vacated by the chosen catcher. If the player gets caught before getting to the seat, the player has another go to choose another catcher. If the player manages to get to the seat, the catcher becomes the player, and chooses another person as the catcher.

There is a version played in Mandarin, with the difference being the player drops a handkerchief behind the person the player has chosen. The children seated in the circle will sing this song as the game is in play. This video shows an example of the game that is enjoyed by kindergarteners. This is a great way for non-Mandarin speakers to learn the language, as the song lyrics explain the rules of the game.

Lesson ideas: Fast and slow (tempo) can be a concept to be taught with Drop Handkerchief. While the player is going around the circle to choose the catcher, the players in the circle sing and clap along to the song slowly. When a catcher has been chosen, and he/she is getting up to chase the player, the players in the circle start singing and clapping along to the song faster. This would increase the intensity and excitement for everyone in the game!
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The Telephone Jingle
I enjoy being a spectator of the Pass The Message game—also known as The Broken Telephone Game—because it is amusing to guess where in the line the message got broken, based on confused looks of the messengers!
It is not that fun to be the messenger though! Especially if you have got a particularly difficult and long message to remember.

The gist of Pass The Message is to pay attention!
In the original game, all the players stand in a line, close enough to hear the message whispered to them, but not so close that other players down the line can hear. The person at the end of the line is the intended recipient of the message. The other players are the messengers. The first messenger passes on a message—usually a funny, uncommon phrase—to the messenger next to him/her in the line. The game continues with the messengers passing the message until it reaches the last player. The intended recipient must then say the message out loud, so everyone can hear how it has, or has not changed from the original message.

Lesson ideas: The Telephone Jingle is apt for listening, and pitching practice.
In this musical version, instead of passing a message in words, players would pass a message in musical notes or musical rhythms! Depending on the players' music level, each messenger can play a musical note or a bar of notes (on a xylophone), or clap out a rhythm, to the next messenger.
The challenge can be increased by allowing each messenger to compose their own bar of notes, and the last person must be able to replicate the melody!
There are some learning points in playing the various versions of Pass The Message. This is a fun way to show how small misconceptions can end up making a huge difference. It also provokes reflection about the consequence of passing on the wrong message, intentionally or not (gossip and rumours). It definitely helps to pay attention to ensure you are relaying the correct message, and this game is good practice for active listening, a skill that is very much needed in the real world.

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What are your favourite musical games to play? I hope this list is useful for you, and will be added to your repertoire of games to play at home with your family, or at the next party you are planning.

Let me end with this quote by Fred Rogers of US preschool television series, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood:[quote]Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning.
But for children, play is serious learning.
Play is really the work of childhood.[/quote]

So, let children play!

From all of us at Bloom School of Music & Arts,
here's wishing all children, and everyone young at heart,
Happy Children's Day!

Reply to Young Children and Music on Sun, 30 Aug 2020 02:36:11 GMT

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Reply to Young Children and Music on Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:06:38 GMT

Diamanta — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:06:38 GMT

My family has 2 children, I often play children’s music for my 2 children. I often play "baby shark" music which is really funny and nice. Thanks

Reply to Young Children and Music on Tue, 14 Jul 2020 14:43:41 GMT

BloomSchoolSG — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 14:43:41 GMT

Hi!

This is an update for everyone following this thread, where I post articles relating to music and its benefits for young children. I also post information about Early Childhood Music programmes offered by Bloom School of Music & Arts. Have fun reading!

For starters, read about my experience with Musikgarten's Family Music For Babies back in 2016:
https://www.bloom.com.sg/music-lessons-for-babies-musikgartens-family-music-for-babies/

Learn more about Musikgarten here:
https://www.bloom.com.sg/musikgarten-family-music-for-babies/

If you have queries regarding class schedules or the music programmes mentioned here, please go directly to https://www.bloom.com.sg/contact-us/, and our friendly staff will help you.

Hope to see you around!

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Hi,

I'm Denise, a preschool teacher, mother to three, and a blogger for Bloom School of Music & Arts.
I have decided to open up a new thread, to post some articles relating to music and its benefits for young children. Have fun reading!

For starters, read about my experience with Musikgarten's Family Music for Babies (FMB) programme at Bloom School of Music & Arts.
http://www.bloom.com.sg/CMS/BlogPage.aspx?ID=7
http://www.bloom.com.sg/CMS/BlogPage.aspx?ID=33

If you have other queries regarding the music programmes mentioned here, please send me a PM, or go directly to http://www.bloom.com.sg/Bloom_CMS_Page_ ... x?PageID=6 so as not to flood this thread.

Really appreciate it!

Reply to Young Children and Music on Fri, 01 May 2020 06:39:47 GMT

BloomSchoolSG — Fri, 01 May 2020 06:39:47 GMT

(Read the full article https://www.bloom.com.sg/musical-books-to-enjoy-with-your-children/)

If I asked you to recite the Alphabet, would you read it, or sing it? I would automatically belt out the ABCs in the familiar tune of \"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star\", because that was the way I learnt it; music has the wonderful power to help us learn better!

Music plays a major role in young children's development. Music offers children a variety of enriching experiences, regardless of physical, social, emotional or intellectual limitations. Music also offers children the opportunity for support and/or extension of content areas. ¹

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Musikgarten is a leader in early childhood music education, with more than 30 years of research on child development and psychology. Bloom School of Music & Arts has adapted the Musikgarten curricula to offer your children the opportunity to develop holistically:

* Family Music for Babies (FMB) Suitable for newborns to 18 month-old toddlers, and even pregnant mothers
* Family Music for Toddlers (FMT) A parent-accompanied programme for children 18 months to 3 years old
Upon completion of the Musikgarten programmes, your child will be ready for individual music lessons, and they can progress with Bloom's Tutti Tots (3-4 years old), and then Tutti Keyboard (4-5 years old) programmes.

Let Bloom School of Music & Arts take your children on their most exciting musical journey yet. Contact us to enquire about our early childhood music programmes, or our individual or group instrumental classes. We hope to nurture your children’s love and ear for music, and set them up for life.
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The creators of Musikgarten, Audrey Sillick and Dr Lorna Heyge, and we at Bloom, believe that [quote]\"Music makes a difference\"[/quote]Parents and teachers alike are recognising that music is being valued as part of any child's well-rounded education. We believe that children are innately musical, with the ability to sing and move rhythmically. ²

Research and experience tell us that the earlier a child is in an environment of active music-making, the more likely that child's inborn musicality will be awakened and developed.
- Dr Lorna Heyge & Audrey Sillick

The first 6 years of a child's life are optimal for development. And the first three years are extremely critical, because this is the time intellectual growth occurs most rapidly, and cognitive functions are set. A stimulating environment promotes a child's development physically, socio-emotionally, spiritually and intellectually. ²

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1. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr & Lois Elhert
The letters of the Alphabet (graphemes) are used to represent phonemes, the smallest unit of sound in a language. Young children associate letters with meaningful contexts; they notice letters in names and in environmental print (on signboards, clothes, for example). Research suggests that children do not learn alphabet letter names in a specific order. The ABC song is used as a strategy to help children reach independence in recognising and identifying letters. Over time, with many purposeful experiences with written language, children will learn to decode unfamiliar words as they read and to spell words as they write (using phonics). ³

One way to encourage children's alphabet learning is to capitalise on their interest. Music and/or videos which children enjoy can get them to notice the alphabet as they sing and/or read (subtitles). And they will definitely talk about it if they are interested! ³

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2. The Cooking Pot by Joy Cowley
Levelled books have 3 levels of difficulty ⁴: Easy, Harder, and Harder Still.
The lowest level has
* big fonts, and print is clearly separated from pictures
* few, repetitive words/phrases
* one to two sentences per page
* simple plots
* high frequency words accompanied by content words reinforced with pictures
As the levels go higher, the reading difficulty also increases. Children begin with guided reading (with an adult), and they can select books at their reading level. Over time, with enough exposure and reading practice with the same books, children will be able to read independently. ⁴

A jingle is a short, catchy tune designed to be easily remembered, and usually used in advertising. “The shorter the better, the more repetition the better, the more rhymes the better”, says Tim Faulkner, who explains how commercial jingles work.

With levelled reading books, I pick out repetitive phrases, or look out for rhythmic sentences, and compose a simple melody to sing with. This invites children to sing along, and eventually they remember the words by heart. This eases the transition to reading as children match the lyrics to the words on the book.

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3. Puff The Magic Dragon by Peter Yarrow & Lenny Lipton, Illustrated by Eric Puybaret
When I was learning French, I found the best (and most fun!) way to learn vocabulary, remember phrases, and recognise grammatical structure, was through song lyrics. One of my class assignments then, was to translate Pink Martini’s Sympathique. Luckily for me, it is a song I genuinely like, so it was relatively easy for me to complete the task. 10 years later, I still remember the lyrics to the whole song.

“Puff The Magic Dragon” is a special song to me. I first heard it in secondary school. My favourite teacher let us listen to this song, and we were going through the lyrics to identify feelings and emotions. I fell in love with this song, and over time, whenever I heard it, I would get this wave of nostalgia and happiness. Naturally, remembering the lyrics came easily.

Singing helps people learn words and phrases faster. Music is sometimes used as therapy, as shared by Dr. Anne Fabiny in her https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/music-can-boost-memory-and-mood, because it has the ability to reactivate the areas of the brain associated with memory, reasoning, speech, emotion, and reward.

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4. We're Going On A Lion Hunt by David Axtell
“We’re Going On A Lion Hunt” is similar to the popular story “We’re Going On A Bear Hunt” by Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury. There are repetitive parts which invite children to join in to recite the story. I added the hand actions to aid children in remembering both the vocabulary and the directions “over”, “under”, “around”, “through”. When I read this story to children, it was always a joy to see them read aloud and gesture at these parts of the story.

Songs like \"The Wheels On The Bus\" are always warmly welcome by children because repetition allows them to enjoy the fun experience over and over again. Whether it is a song, a dance, or a story that is repeated, children derive pleasure and enhanced “motor memory”, a memory of actions. ²

Finger plays that are rhythmic such as \"The Finger Family\" are developmentally sound activities that children enjoy. Finger plays not only help children learn about their own bodies, it also helps guide vocabulary and improve their oral language; hand motions and naming at the same time is a double reinforcement through movement and word. Finger plays also assist in self-expression and self-discovery—the growing awareness of how an action should feel while it is happening. ²

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5. Is Your Mama A Llama? by Deborah Guarino & Steven Kellogg
We can learn just about anything through the wonderful medium of books. In “Is Your Mama A Llama”, a little llama goes in search of his mother, and we as the readers, get to learn some information about animals. The illustrations invite children and adults alike to ask questions about the animal mother-child relationship (eg. What is a baby cow called? A calf).

“Is Your Mama A Llama” can be a great book to introduce phonics because of the rhymes, and rimes (word families). Earlier, we learnt that graphemes are used to represent phonemes. When children can choose the duck as an animal whose name begins with a /d/, can identify duck and luck as rhyming words, and can blend individual sounds to pronounce duck, this means that they have phonemic awareness, and developing this skill enables them to read and spell words. ³

In phonics, the emphasis is on spelling patterns instead of individual letters. Sounds can be spelt in different ways, and it is dependent on a variety of factors, including the location of the sound in the word, and the language origin of the words. Children have the opportunity to learn to orally match, isolate, blend, and substitute sounds, and to segment words into sounds, when they sing songs, chant rhymes, play games, and read books rich in wordplay. ³

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6. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle
Recognising and identifying colour seems like a very fundamental skill that we just know. Did you know that colour is a key concept for building early numeracy skills such as counting, patterning, and sorting? In this Eric Carle book, children not only get to learn to recognise colours (by name and colour), they also get to admire the artistic techniques used to create the illustrations. There is a pattern in this book (Animal, Animal, What do you see? I see Animal looking at me), so I created a simple 4-beat melody to invite children to clap/sing along with me.

Mathematics is more than just “listen, copy, memorise, drill”, because, to master basic math skills by memorisation alone is no more doing mathematics than playing scales on the piano is making music. Mathematics should be connected to the real world, and learnt with understanding, so that new knowledge can be built from experience and prior knowledge. We want to invite and empower children to be able to express a mathematical approach instead of solely depending on the teacher to offer the approach. ⁵

There are 4 types of heuristics (methods of problem-solving) that children may use for Math: ⁶
* Guess-and-Check (Trial & Error)
* Visualisation (mental models)
* Solve a simpler problem (extending on something simple)
* Patterning

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7. The Oreo Cookie Counting Book by Sarah Albee & Victoria Raymond
Call-and-Respond songs typically have a melody that is repeated in the response, or a short repetitive answer. These type of songs draw everyone into participation quickly, and allow for individual or group responses. ²

I found “The Oreo Cookie Counting Book” at a secondhand book sale, and it became one of my favourite counting books, mostly because of the rhymes and the realistic illustrations by Victoria Raymond. Each page is actually open-ended, inviting children to shout out the answer, to complete the rhyme. Again, I created a melody that is easy to remember.

Earlier I shared that counting is one of the early numeracy skills that young children learn. The best way for children to interact with numbers is not only through pen and paper, but also through the questions of everyday play: for example, “Do we have enough cookies for the whole class?” “How many more cookies do we need?” “Are there fewer cookies or fewer children?”

Only the sequence of counting is a rote procedure. The understanding of counting cannot be forced; children need to make meaning attached to counting. Counting involves two separate skills, 1. count words in order, 2. one-to-one correspondence, meaning each item must get only one count. And before children can understand that the last count word indicates the amount of the set, they need to first learn how to count. ⁵

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[quote]I hope you have learnt something useful from these information I have shared.
Music is a universal language, and it has been proven time and again that music improves holistic development, and enhances brain functioning. Listening is not just hearing: Listening is a voluntary act of giving full attention to the sound source. Every aspect of learning requires listening, and learning music can nurture this skill. ²[/quote]*
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¹ Creative Arts for Young Children lesson materials by Belinda Seet
² Family Music Music & Movement Series:
Teacher’s Guidebook and Resource Materials Volume 1: Sing With Me & Dance With Me
by Lorna Heyge, Ph.D. & Audrey Sillick
³ Literacy for the 21st Century (4th Ed.) by Gail E. Tompkins
⁴ Teaching Literacy to English Language Learners lesson materials by Dr Susan Harris-Sharples
⁵ Elementary & Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally, 7th Ed.
by John A. Van De Walle, Karen S. Karp, & Jennifer M. Bay-Williams
⁶ Developing Problem-Solving Skills & Elementary Mathematics lesson materials by Yeap Ban Har

Reply to Young Children and Music on Sun, 12 Apr 2020 10:08:55 GMT

BloomSchoolSG — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 10:08:55 GMT

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Raising cookie monsters in the house means you end up with a sizeable amount of cookie tins you cannot bear to discard. So, I thought I would upcycle the tins and disposable chopsticks lying around in the house, into a drum set that my kids can play with! I used various lashings and knots (amongst other materials and tools) to create this prototype.

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We had so much fun making and playing with this drum kit! What do you think?
If you have recyclables lying around the house, why not create musical instruments with them? This is my take on upcycling with cookie tins, disposable bamboo chopsticks and yoghurt containers.

Have you made a musical instrument before? Share it with us! Remember to tag us on Instagram #BloomSchoolDIY, or you can email your pictures to denise-yong@outlook.sg
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#Learn the various types of knots and lashings on animatedknots.com
#Read how I made it on https://www.bloom.com.sg/arty-smarty-upcycled-drum-set/
#Rethink #Refuse #Reduce #Reuse #Refurbish #Repair #Repurpose #Recycle #Upcycle

Reply to Young Children and Music on Sun, 12 Apr 2020 10:07:40 GMT

BloomSchoolSG — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 10:07:40 GMT

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TSWL4SJ0U4][/youtube]

Raising cookie monsters in the house means you end up with a sizeable amount of cookie tins you cannot bear to discard. So, I thought I would upcycle the tins and disposable chopsticks lying around in the house, into a drum set that my kids can play with! I used various lashings and knots (amongst other materials and tools) to create this prototype.

https://postimg.cc/Js29qcKM

We had so much fun making and playing with this drum kit! What do you think?
If you have recyclables lying around the house, why not create musical instruments with them? This is my take on upcycling with cookie tins, disposable bamboo chopsticks and yoghurt containers.

Have you made a musical instrument before? Share it with us! Remember to tag us on Instagram #BloomSchoolDIY, or you can email your pictures to denise-yong@outlook.sg
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#Learn the various types of knots and lashings on animatedknots.com
#Read how I made it on https://www.bloom.com.sg/arty-smarty-upcycled-drum-set/
#Rethink #Refuse #Reduce #Reuse #Refurbish #Repair #Repurpose #Recycle #Upcycle

Reply to Young Children and Music on Fri, 17 Aug 2018 08:10:30 GMT

Chiaveling — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 08:10:30 GMT

Register your child for our Beginner Brass lessons with trumpet provided!

Give your child an edge over others learning common musical instruments such as piano and violin especially during auditions e.g. Direct School Admission

Brass instruments are essential and found in orchestras, bands and solo settings. Your child will also be equipped with basic keyboard/piano skills along with their understanding of music theory.

Let us provide your child the opportunity to learn the trumpet first before you purchase a suitable type (such as Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba, etc) for their musical development after our evaluation.

Call/WhatsApp: 8154 4875
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Reply to Young Children and Music on Wed, 25 Apr 2018 05:33:00 GMT

BloomSchoolSG — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 05:33:00 GMT

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Bloom School of Music & Arts (Singapore) is delighted to partner with Clever Learning Mount Austin (Malaysia) to share their success in the Musikgarten programme with parents and children in Johor Bahru. Join us at our free preview sessions and learn more about the Musikgarten programmes!

Venue:
No. 2A-01, Jalan Austin Heights 3/2, Taman Mount Austin, 81100 Johor Bahru

Family Music for Babies
(Newborn to 18 months)
Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 4pm
Saturday, 9 June 2018, 4pm

Family Music for Toddlers
(18 months to 3 years old)
Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 5pm
Saturday, 9 June 2018, 5pm

LIMITED SLOTS are available, so register your interest with us now!
For more details/register:
Bloom School of Music & Arts (Malaysia) 011 3716 8832
Email enquiry@bloom.com.sg with the quote “KPJBPREVIEW”

Hope to see you there!

Reply to Young Children and Music on Sun, 25 Mar 2018 14:40:15 GMT

BloomSchoolSG — Sun, 25 Mar 2018 14:40:15 GMT

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Hurray! We were listed as one of the Top 3 music schools in Ang Mo Kio!

Interested to learn music? Drop by our studio, or send us an enquiry with the quote KPXDENISE:
* enquiry@bloom.com.sg
* http://www.bloom.com.sg/contact-us/
* SMS/WhatsApp 96818242

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Reply to Young Children and Music on Tue, 21 Nov 2017 15:01:00 GMT

BloomSchoolSG — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 15:01:00 GMT

Thank you for sharing some songs with us.

Reply to Young Children and Music on Tue, 21 Nov 2017 08:48:40 GMT

kidssongsenglish — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 08:48:40 GMT

I have some funny songs for baby. It's called \"Ruby song\".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PyetUqZD_k

And other songs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOel3A_8QS0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCvmEbWOJaE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d91B4831f_o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYxNEW--214
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjYMOmk2VFM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjee5mW1ZFU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcTENBU6brs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHCGUjGXI2s
Thanks!

Reply to Young Children and Music on Wed, 07 Jun 2017 08:51:44 GMT

BloomSchoolSG — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 08:51:44 GMT

Are your fingers tingling to learn a new instrument? Come join us for a fun, stimulating, and rewarding experience at our June holiday programmes!

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7 - 30 June 2017
Learn the fundamental techniques of playing the violin, including correct postures, hand positions, arco, pizzicato, and fingering techniques for beginner violinists.

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7 - 19 June 2017
Love finger drumming? Why not learn the cajon? Pick it up at Bloom School of Music & Arts this June holidays, and master the basic techiques through our well-crafted syllabus.

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7 - 19 June 2017
Learn the ukulele----a super compact and fun instrument that can be played anywhere. Once you start, you will not want to put it down! Join us this workshop to master the basic techniques through our well-crafted syllabus, and soon you'll be making music on 4 strings!

Bloom School of Music & Arts
Blk 528 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10 #02-2387 Singapore 560528
Tel: 6458 8854
WA/SMS: 96818242
Email: quote \"REFXDENISE\" to enquiry@bloom.com.sg
Website: http://www.bloom.com.sg

Reply to Young Children and Music on Thu, 17 Nov 2016 15:57:53 GMT

BloomSchoolSG — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 15:57:53 GMT

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The pianica is another name for the melodica, a free reed instrument similar to accordions and harmonicas. Pianicas are lightweight and portable, and popular in music education, especially in Asia.
A pianica has a musical keyboard--usually two or three octaves long--and a mouthpiece attached to a hole at the side. It is played by blowing air through the mouthpiece; pressing a musical key opens a hole, which allows air to flow through the reed (mouthpiece).
[quote]The pianica is a simple instrument to learn and use. In Bloom School of Music & Arts' very own Tutti Tots programme (unaccompanied music classes for 3-4 year-olds), students will learn to develop listening, focused attention, imagination, creativity, and self-expression, and by the end of the course, be able to play simple tunes on the pianica.[/quote]Nurture your child's ability to use language and participate in dramatic play within a music context:

* Group class for preschoolers to attend independently

* Children will experience activities that promote Language, Socio-emotional, Physical, Creative & Musical Development

* Children will be introduced to sequential learning of musical concepts necessary for a strong musical foundation, all done in a fun and stress-free environment

* Children will learn music like a language through Rhythm Patterns (Gordon Rhythm Language) and Tonal Patterns (SOLFEGE, Music and Songs in Major & Minor Keys)

* Activities include singing, chanting, moving, dancing, listening, playing musical instruments, story-telling, dramatisation and interpretation of different kinds of music

Class
45 minutes per session, once a week
10 sessions per term
Maximum 5 students per class

Materials (Compulsory to purchase)
1 x Activity Book and 1 x Workbook @ $50
Pianica @ $39.90 – from the 3rd Term onwards
[quote]Register for a trial lesson at just $40! Sign up on the same day, and we will waive off your registration fee of $40![/quote]Start your child's musical journey with us today! Contact us or drop by our studio to learn more:

Bloom School of Music & Arts LLP

By MRT:
Nearest MRT Station is Ang Mo Kio, next nearest MRT Station is Yio Chu Kang

By Bus:
Bus No. 265* / 548 alight at Blk 527, Ang Mo Kio St 52 – Cheng San Market
Bus No. 45 / 88 alight at Blk 540, Ang Mo Kio Ave 10
Bus No. 72 / 88 / 159 alight at Ang Mo Kio ITE, Ang Mo Kio Ave 5
*same bus number but two different directions, kindly check with the bus driver before boarding

Blk 528 #02-2387
Ang Mo Kio Ave 10
Singapore 560528
(Above Ang Mo Kio Town Council)

Tel : +65 6458 8854
Fax: +65 6458 0439
HP: +65 9681 8242 │ SMS or Whatsapp Only
Email: enquiry@bloom.com.sg

Opening Hours
Tuesday to Friday 1.00pm to 9.00pm
Saturday to Sunday 9.00am to 6.00pm
Monday & Public Holidays Closed

Reply to Young Children and Music on Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:36:54 GMT

BloomSchoolSG — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:36:54 GMT

To have children connecting and loving music, we, as parents and teachers, have the duty to foster and nurture them from an early age. Parental involvement is important, because, when the parents participate joyfully in a musical activity, the child will know it, and love it as well. Active music making is more than just about learning songs. It will nurture the musical aptitude of the children, and benefit them at each and every stage of their childhood development.

This is the reason why http://www.bloom.com.sg/ emphasises the importance of early childhood music. Bloom's early childhood programmes offer a comprehensive and sequential plan for the musical development of a child from birth, through beginning instrumental classes. Songs, dances, rhythms and stories are repeated appropriately, building on what each child has mastered, thus making successful learning easier. Class time is always educational, fun and purposeful.

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http://www.bloom.com.sg/musikgarten-program/ programmes for babies and toddlers are designed for parents and children to experience and share music together. Through a wide variety of activities such as singing, dancing, bouncing, and interacting, we want to bring out the musician in every child. Musikgarten is a highly acclaimed early childhood music programme from the USA with 30 years of research on child development and psychology. They are the leaders in early childhood music education – for children and teachers. Through its comprehensive educational programme, children from newborn to 6 years old will develop a deep affection for music and possess the ability to express it.

Our http://www.bloom.com.sg/tutti/ programmes (unaccompanied classes for 3 years old and above) further exposes children to the various genres of music, rhythmic patterns, and important composers. Activities will help your child to nurture their listening skills, attention span, imagination, creativity and self-expression. And at the end of Tutti Tots, students will be able to play simple tunes on the pianica. The child is gradually introduced to the keyboard in the Tutti Keyboard programme. The key components of music learnt in Tutti Tots are reinforced, while keyboard skill is given more emphasis. Children are encouraged to respond to cues, echo short rhythm patterns, identify rhythm symbols and notations, as well as identify and respond to simple scores through percussion playing.
[quote]I think when music becomes a natural and joyous part of the child, they will benefit greatly in many aspects of life, such as language, self-expression, concentration, fine motor skills, emotional and social development.
- Bloom's Teacher Irene [/quote]

If you are interested to learn more about our programmes, visit us at our studio:
Bloom School of Music & Arts LLP

Blk 528 #02-2387
Ang Mo Kio Ave 10
Singapore 560528
(Above Ang Mo Kio Town Council)

Give us a call:
Tel : +65 6458 8854
HP: +65 9681 8242 │ SMS or Whatsapp Only

Or email your interest to
enquiry@bloom.com.sg
with the subject line \"ReferralDenise\"