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Music is an important part of daily life in our house, so I was happy to accept Team Mom’s offer for me to review some Music Together products. We were sent one of their mini-rainmakers (pictured in motion, above), as well as their Family Favorites, Family Favorites 2, and Lullabies CDs. We enjoyed all three CDs. They each feature a range of songs from around the world, with nice arrangements. I also enjoyed reading their Music Together Experts Blog, which is full of articles about music in childhood.
What role does music play in your home? Here are a few of my favorite ideas for using music with toddlers, and my kids still love our fancy egg shakers!
There were so many fantastic links last week, I had a hard time picking favorites to feature! Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational’s post about studying weather across the US has me planning a similar activity for my kids. I love the adventure theme in these letter treasure maps from Reading Confetti, and I adored this Gruffalo outdoor play trail at Sun Hats & Wellie Boots. If you’ve never read The Gruffalo, be sure to check it out! AND I got to learn about weirs through this lovely, visual post from at home with Ali.
What fun and creative learning is going on in your house? Grab a button and link up – text link backs are fine, too!
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I love music makers. I’ll have to check into that.
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maryanne Reply:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:20 am
They have some great rhythm instruments!
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Music is a huge part of our lives! My husband is musically inclined, I worked in the music business, our children can learn anything as long as we put it to music. It was especially instrumental when our children were diagnosed with ASD…
Visit Sofia’s Ideas … {Magic of the Mundane} 2.27.12
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maryanne Reply:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:21 am
Music is a wonderful tool for ASD – benefits any child, I am convinced.
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This sounds like it was a fun music set! We love singing and dancing and will sing along to all sorts of music! :)
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maryanne Reply:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:21 am
We’ve been enjoying it! :)
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A mini rainmaker sounds like a perfect addition to your musical instruments!
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maryanne Reply:
February 27th, 2012 at 11:21 am
It’s fun – I love rainmakers, and the mini one is very cute =)
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I love that you put so much emphasis on music! My kids both really want to sing, play piano, and play guitar..I need to get my act together!
Visit sherri … Flying Bird Crafts!
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She looks so happy. What a great action shot. :-)
I love the mini rainmaker. We do a lot of spontaneous parades over here, so these would be great to play while we march!
Visit Didi {Duck Duck Octopus} … Filter Cup Painting
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We love music around here. Usually it’s in the form of dancing around like crazy people to a song I’ve youtubed.
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How fun! We took a Music Together class a while back and have the CD which we enjoy listening to in the car.
I will be back to link-up. I’m a little behind with learning posts. I will grab your button now and add it to my last linked post!
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maryanne Reply:
February 27th, 2012 at 6:44 pm
I would love for you to link up anytime! Thanks for adding my button!
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J came home with a “noise maker” shaker from school during “N week”. It was made from half of a toilet paper tube filled with rice and colorful painters’ tape sealing the edges shut. He then was able to color and decorate the tube for his own unique instrument.
Visit Jessica … End of Balloon Experiment
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maryanne Reply:
March 6th, 2012 at 6:35 pm
Very cool! I love that he could color it easily!
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I really feel we should do more with music. I am not very musical, and we don’t even have music in the background often enough. Anna does enjoy her Melissa and Doug “Band in the Box”, especially during playdates.
Visit Natalie … What My Child Is Reading–March 10, 2012
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