Songs and Finger Play
“The first year of life is a critical one in the child’s development...it is generally recognized as the most important formative year in the development of receptive language (listening)...probably no other age group is as predisposed to music and sound as are infants.” Brand, Pp. 31
We do not sing to our children because they will understand everything we sing. We sing to them so that they will build an unconscious library of sound and words that they can draw upon later.
We do not sing to our children because they will understand everything we sing. We sing to them so that they will build an unconscious library of sound and words that they can draw upon later.