Our focus today was Long & Short - in sounds, and in movements. When we sang 'Come Follow' and used long & short steps we were helping our babies to experience long & short with their entire bodies! When we sang it in a round it sounded wonderful - what a fantastic group of mums :) 'Blow Away the Morning Dew' used long & short blowing, and 'Come My Little Darling' focussed on the long slow swaying of the hammock. Be sure to try that one at home!
Your Dewdrops Journal activity for this week is centred around blowing. Our little people don't know how to blow yet, their lungs & diaphragm are still developing, but we can teach them about it by blowing gently on them, and blowing safe small items in the air for them to watch. Feathers, cellophane, tissue, cotton balls...so many things to choose from! This is great for working their little eye muscles, which will eventually help with learning to read!
Let your baby touch you to work out what you're doing when you blow - he'll feel your mouth, feel the warm air coming out, and think it's all very interesting indeed! Make sure to be careful with any little items you're blowing on, you don't want them to be eaten...
Share your blowing activities & baby's reactions - we love your input! It's so wonderful reading about what other families are doing at home, sharing ideas is so beneficial to all of us.
Have a musical day!
Kath & Jarvis
Sounds like so much fun! Can't wait till we get to join in on the class :)
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