Music is a universal language appealing to all, including your baby. Singing with your little one is an experience in itself. You can sing rhymes, poems, songs, and even lullabies when putting your bundle of joy to sleep. Toddlers respond to different types of sounds in a song, identify sound patterns, learn numeracy, and fundamental literacy through music. Your baby learns to move with a particular song and shake to the beat. All parents around the world teach their darlings songs, poems, and rhymes. It is a great learning experience for you and your kiddo. Singing develops skills in matching the tone, maintaining a steady rhyme, and expressing emotions through the song. Read on to learn more about the benefits of singing with your kid.
Boosts mathematical skills
Did you know kids who go for music classes score higher in mathematics tests? It has been proved through various researches. Music is a language and teaches kids to process ideas and helps in their brain development, especially concerning counting, pattern identification, time, division of huge notes to smaller ones, and organizing ideas. You can enroll your child to a music class, or sing with your kiddo for enhancing his mathematical and spatial abilities. Your kid will love singing with you, making the learning process fun and enjoyable.
Improves literacy and vocabulary
Teach your kid numerical and alphabet songs. It will help them remember numbers and letters easily than memorizing them from books. That is because songs for babies teach them naturally without any hard and fast rule to finish a chapter as done in traditional classes. For example, if you sing a song such as A for apple and B for banana, C for cat, and so on to your toddler, it will help your child remember these alphabets in the correct sequence faster than asking her to memorize the letters directly from the book.
Besides numbers and alphabets, music introduces your little one to the meanings and sounds of different words in the English dictionary. It improves not only your child’s memory but also her vocabulary. The kid also learns to pronounce every word correctly through music.
Helps to connect and enhances emotional intelligence
When you sing with your child, it is one of the best ways to connect with your kiddo. It strengthens the bond between mum and baby or papa and baby. Moreover, music also helps kids to connect to their roots. Be it a Yiddish, Mexican, or an American lullaby, all of them gives the kid an idea of the family tradition, culture, and heritage. It is something that books cannot teach your children.
When your toddler learns to identify different sounds, he also recognizes different emotions. It tells them how people feel. Toddlers in music classes improve their communication abilities. These kids are more likely to point out things, smile, laugh, cry, wave goodbye to guests, and show little distress. That is because different sounds played through songs make your baby happy.
Conclusion
Now that you know about the benefits of singing with your kiddo, involve him in music. He will love the experience.
I love this post! My little ones love dancing and singing around the house especially when I join in! Glad to know it has lifelong benefits as well!