Kindermusik Family Time Our Kind of Day Week 5

Dear Family Time Parents,

This week’s activities have so many practical and whimsical applications to life around your house. Simple, fun songs you can sing together will make clean-up time a breeze, and make this important ritual—which is a necessary part of being in a family—a fun, musical activity.
You can reinforce learning concepts such as self-discipline when you sing “Shake, Shake the Apple Tree” at home. Pause at the end of the line, “One for you, one for me!” Then finish the song with enthusiasm as you sing the last line, “Shake, Shake, the apple tree!” By repeating this song several times, your children practice inhibitory control, a skill used in self-discipline, or when waiting in line, and taking turns.
Patiently waiting until next time,

P.S. You can make your own “Washing Machine” like with a 2-liter bottle, drops of soap, water, and a few scraps of fabric. I would love to see your “washing machine” project next week in class. Bring it along!

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Kindermusik’s Foundations of Learning – some of the benefits your child received from today’s activities are:

Integrated Learning – The most powerful learning experiences are those that integrate the senses, learning domains, developmental needs, and interests of the children. Through such a variety, each child will surely be touched in at least one area. Equally important is the fact that development in one learning domain inevitably influences development in other domains.

Movement and Body Control – During movement activities, children learn to organize the available space in relation to themselves and in relationship to objects and other individuals…they are developing body control and confidence in the power and ability of their own bodies. (Linda Carol Edwards, The Creative Arts.)