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  Your Preschooler and Beat and Rhythm

  February 20, 2010 by Angie Janson

  If toddlers can begin to keep a steady beat, then preschoolers can do it that much better. But it takes amazing skills to move to the music, so you’ll notice lots of variation in ability from one child...

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  Your Toddler and Beat and Rhythm

  February 19, 2010 by Angie Janson

  If anyone seems to march to the beat of a different drummer, it's a toddler.  But watch your toddler during any music time and you'll see how remarkably capable s/he is of moving in time to the music. ...

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  Your Infant and Beat and Rhythm

  February 18, 2010 by Angie Janson

  The daily rhythms of life change when a newborn joins a family.  Suddenly, everyone must adjust to the new sleep and wake cycles, and to the baby's pattern of comfort and discomfort.  And with most babies...

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  Beat and Rhythm

  February 17, 2010 by Angie Janson

  Babies get their first introduction to rhythm before they're even born, when they sense the comfort of their mother's heartbeat in the womb. Rhythm adds richness and meaning throughout our lives. We have...

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  Falling Down and Getting Back Up

  February 11, 2010 by Angie Janson

  Falling down and Getting Back Up. As young toddlers have the physical experience of falling down and then getting back up, a significant emotional event occurs as well.  They are encountering and...

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  Inhibitory Control

  January 26, 2010 by Angie Janson

  One aspect of self-control is inhibitory control, or the ability to stop oneself and to wait.  Toddlers love stop and go games because they allow the child to practice control over his/her physical body...

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  Pretend Play

  January 24, 2010 by Angie Janson

  Imitation is the first stage of pretend play.  As imitation evolves it becomes more imaginative.  The complexity of pretend play can be seen when the child re-examines life experienes by adding or changing...

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  Variety and Repetition

  January 12, 2010 by Angie Janson

  Two key elements of the Kindermusik Village learning environment are variety and repetition.  Through exposure to variety (of objects, instruments, people, movements, songs, etc.), an array of possible...

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  Literacy

  January 05, 2010 by Angie Janson

  Reading picture books together wit adults helps children internalize some skills that are crucial in the development of ture literacy.Reading Together: fosters reading enjoyment provides predictability...

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  Intentional Touch

  December 18, 2009 by Angie Janson

  In addition to being a way to create adult-baby emotional bonding, intentional touch has many physical benefits, including stimulation of the digestive, circulatory, and lymph systems.  If Baby spends...

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