Sound Explorers

09/25/2025

More about what I do in my group sessions!

Because of my background in classical piano, examinations etc, it often gets misconstrued when I post about GROUP music with young children!

This is a good layout!
Young children (I’m talking babies to age 5) need stimulation in all senses when it comes to music! We break up sessions to honor their attention span each session. For the older children, that’s with singing/dance breaks, art that coincides with the lesson (making a shaker) and games! This way it doesn’t feel like a lesson while very much being so!

For the babies, it looks like this while parents are involved and activities be age appropriate!

We never sit still, it’s encouraged not too!

09/25/2025

Why are actions songs one of the #1 practise for developing skills in infants and children?

🎃 Having actions associated with words sends neural transmitters across the brain making connections to help cognitive growth (big brain things!)
🎃 Actions, big or small, improve our fine and gross motor, depending the movement. This helps hand eye coordination and word association with each move! Again.. big brain stuff!

Activities coinciding with this one!
🎃 carving or painting pumpkins! Bonus points if you finger paint-sensory seeking is important!
🎃 Make a pumpkin treat!
🎃 plan to grow your own pumpkins depending the season! Might need to start this early of course; or visit a pumpkin patch!
🎃 Show the children the original song that this tune was composed for! When children can recognize a tune (such as twinkle twinkle little star and the abc song) the pattern forming portion of their brain, that helps later on in life with math skill, develops further!

Now excuse me while I try to make an excuse for pumpkin pie for lunch ..

09/23/2025

This is so cute!
You could totally decorate a bag of your choosing and go out and see if you can find these things! Or make your own list, obviously rake them to jump in…

09/23/2025

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09/22/2025

🍂 🍁🍂🌿🌿🌿🌿🍃🍃🍂🍂🍁🍁🍁
Happy fall!
My mini and me are both huge into music and books, she sits and watches, mesmerized and what she’s capable of seeing on the pages and it’s so cute!
Today we were into our farm book and she smiles extra big at the cows.

When she’s older, id take this opportunity to:
🐮 Discover songs about the farm
🐮 If able, visit one! We’re fortunate to have family that farm!
🐮 Coloring pages and various crafts of the animals!
🐮 an opportunity for cognitive skill building would to buy or make animal puppets and have to listen for each animals “turn” in Old MacDonald
🐮 If you’re a sensory bin pro, Pinterest is your BESTIE with this theme!
🐮 Deep dive with the concept of what all happens on a farm!
🐮 Make homeade instruments and sing along! If you have multiple children or a classroom, a turn taking opportunity is there
🐮 Act out the animals in an animal freeze dance game!
So many opportunities.

09/21/2025

Senory Open Gym is back!!!

09/21/2025

Just like music !

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09/21/2025

Sometimes a little imagination goes a long way!

Via .and.sow

09/21/2025

Public apology as we have a sick bb but we’re back to our classroom/home music and development activities: 🍁 🍃 🍂 Fall edition! 🍃🍂🍁🍂🍁Also, this is the type of things I offer with my group classes of older kids!

-Props, props, props! Felt is cheap! Make leaves for everyone to twirl, throw, and wave! Scarves can be supplemented with the same colors! Auditory skills and gross motor for when they need to do the actions and the actions themselves strengthen their coordination and spacial awareness!
-The already family tune of this song is a bonus for cognitive memory recollection!
-Make your own paper tapestry with leaves you can make your own from ones you can collect outside- bonus points if you rake leaves and jump in them-that’s just fun!
Endless opportunities

09/20/2025

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Little Grace

09/20/2025

5 little pumpkin opportunties for a classroom, home, afterschool program and more!
🎃 Learn the song, silly!
🎃Make your own actions! Ex: arm rolling movements, log rolls, etc!
🎃 Repeat for important cognitive function skill!
🎃 Perform it for others! Social development through performing for children boosts confidence and creates a positive experience!
🎃 Hands on art projects thematically related and more!
Happy Fall! (In two days)

09/17/2025

You’re never too young 💁‍♀️