Activities to enhance music intelligence for kids

Jingle bells socks. Easy right? 

Teach children how sound is made.

Musical Instrument using Cooking Utensil. Baby learn through making different type of noise.

 Besides fingerplay that we are familiar with...what else can I do when I am singing a song?

Song especially classical song are good for kids.Often we heard that the song compose by Mozart is good. There's a saying goes like this "The Mozart Effect: Tapping the Power of Music to Heal the Body, Strengthen the Mind, and Unlock the Creative Spirit" But have you ever wonder WHY?

• Create enjoyment and engagement
• Reduce stress, depression, or anxiety
• Induce relaxation or sleep
• Activate the body
• Improve memory or awareness.
• Innovative and experimental uses of music and sound can improve listening disorders

Some sample song that helps your baby. Click here!

Activities to enhance sensory motor development

Children especially aged 0-2 is at their sensory motor stage where they learn the best by using their 5 senses. So, what are the activities to help them develop well in their growth? The activities I love the most is sensory play. Perhaps you will know the medium that you can use can be flour, play dough, sand, salt, water, shaving cream, jelly and gel. Yes! You are right! Is that all? NO! There are more. Let’s see…I found some other interesting way.

 Spaghetti Play

Play with spaghetti? Try before? 

You may produce a rainbow lunch with your kids.

Have fun learning about colours and art while enhancing their sensory motor

 

Bubble wrap mat

Next time if you buy Jacob or Julie’s biscuit or any electrical appliances, they do have a bubble wrap inside. 

Do not throw away! 

Keep it and let your child play with it yeah!

He or she may crawl on it, 

stomp on it or smack on it!

 Colour Soap Play

Enhance sense of touch and sense of smell.

 

Try out different medium including plastic, cloth, roti canai, vege, taufu, etc. and you may carry out sensory steps activity with your kids.

  

More about sensory play? Click here!

 

Activities to enhance Aesthetic and Creativity Development

How do you teach a child about colour mixing, here are some example:

 

Melted Crayon Art

Children also learn that some solid melt when meet up with something called heat (flame).

 

Tall Painting or Pour Painting

Bubbles Art

 

Do you know what is ice cube painting? It’s interesting!

If you would like to know how to make a coloured ice cube. View here!

    Ice Egg Painting

This ice egg is made up of ice with salt.

Tips: the more salt you put, the harder the ice egg melt! (It's Science!)

Children learn about arts, decorating it creatively and they learn about Science too! 

(hot and cold).

Paint in the RAIN!

 

Splatter Painting

Moon Paint Bomb
Amazing!! 

Colour soap play

What can you do with a leaf? Let’s see!

Crafty leafy animals

Try different medium. Children need to learn how to use different medium and different colour in their art work. This is called  

print art.

Can a child play with cement? They can make their own leaf stepping stone with cement. I love this so much!

Do you try this before? Paint on a bread! All you need is just milk and colouring.

It's SAFE to eat :) 

Shaving Cream Art