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Sand and Sea #2

Friday, June 13, 2025 | Sand and Sea Lessons

Lesson #2


It’s so fun to see all of you playing with your little ones in class!


Please remember to LISTEN to the music and PLAY with your children at home – in class I teach you fun ways to play at home!  Young children need to hear these songs about 100 times - keep it PLAYing!

I would like to know who is reading this newsletter. Please text to let me know what your child's favorite activity is so far!

Next class we'll sing these songs:


  • Name, Name, What's Your Name?
  • A, You're Adorable
  • Over the Deep Blue Sea
  • Five Little Sandcastles
  • Bickle Bockle
  • In My Class I Have Some Bells
  • Charlie Over the Ocean
  • Lukey's Boat
  • Aquarium
  • Pearly Shells



Children’s ears begin forming in the womb. As fetuses, they are capable of identifying their native (most spoken) language, tones, vowel sounds, and syllables. As newborns, they can segregate and recognize tones, detect beats, and recognize and process sounds. Their ears and voices continue to grow throughout their life, but the greatest growth occurs during the formative years between 0-8 (we call this the music window and is the reason for Sound Beginnings/Let’s Play Music!). If you’d like more information, listen to our LPM podcast: Music in Utero with Dr. Krystal McCoy.


Call and response songs (like Charlie Over the Ocean) allow children to imitate short patterns and song fragments which helps them learn to sing with accurate pitch.


Besides being fun to use, dancing scarves promote self expression, full body movement, coordination, and imagination in young children.


Optional home fun activity: Color your bells on page 7 of your workbook. You can hold a paper on each side of the bell if you'd like to help them to color in the lines. (Remember, these activities are optional but can be a great bonding experience to do with your child during the week.)

          

Did you know that you have tone bells on your LPM app? Just click the note icon in the bottom left corner. Be sure your volume is up and your phone isn't set to "Silent Mode" (if you have an iPhone). Try it on a tablet if you have one!


Please let me know if you have any questions about accessing this awesome feature!


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Sound Beginnings is education through musical play! It prepares children for success in Kindergarten and Let’s Play Music. Sound beginnings provides research-based elements that stimulate growth in the areas particularly crucial to the development of the young child. These elements make up the foundation of the Sound Beginnings curriculum.  Here is just one:
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Sound Beginnings channels the young voice into beautiful, in-tune singing by providing proper vocal modeling in the correct range. Solfege hand signs teach pitch relationships; the minor 3rd (SOL-MI) pattern is used to develop in-tune singing and pitch matching.

Sand and Sea #1

Friday, June 6, 2025 | Sand and Sea Lessons

Lesson #1


What a great first day of Sand and Sea! I hope you and your child had as much fun in class as I did! Here are a few reminders that will help you get the most out of our time together in class:

  • Bring your workbook and scarf to every class.
  • If your child is disrupting the class please take them to the hallway for a little break. 
  • Please turn off your cell phone during class and focus on your child.
  • Please be sure to download and listen to your music often. The kids always have more fun in class if the music is familiar to them! You can do it on your Yoto Player if you have one!
  • Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have throughout the semester. (Texting is best.)myzelleqrcode.png


Tuition is due today and is $90 if you have one child and $110 if you have more than one. You can pay via Zelle using my phone number (preferred because I don't have to pay fees), or pay via Venmo @musikandme.


I will be posting a blog-style newsletter for this class after each lesson. Just so I know you read this post, please reply and let me know what your child's favorite song is so far! Or you can let me know which of the following videos you found the most helpful for you. If you have a child under 2, please watch the baby videos (below) for ideas of how to participate with your child during class. 


Our 7 foundational elements are proven to aid in a child’s development. We will incorporate most, if not all, in each of our Sound Beginnings classes! I encourage you to read through the "Parent Page" in your book more thoroughly at home.


What songs should you listen to at home? I'll let you know here in case you want to be ready with the ones we'll use next class. The more familiar you and your child are with the songs, the more fun you will have in class! Next class we'll sing these songs:


  • Name, Name, What's Your Name?
  • ABC Song
  • Over the Deep Blue Sea
  • In My Class I Have Some Bells
  • Bickle Bockle
  • Charlie Over the Ocean
  • Over In the Meadow
  • Baby Shark
  • Waves On the Sand
  • Aquarium



Besides musical skills, Sound Beginnings also introduces children to kindergarten concepts such as name recognition, letters and numbers, and literacy skills. Among other concepts, the Sand and Sea semester will specifically focus on letters/sounds, sea animals, counting, and feelings.


We will use tone bells in class to introduce children to important musical concepts. Using them with solfege syllables and hand signs will help to build an understanding of pitch relationships.


Optional home fun activity: Do the Name Recognition activity on page 3 of your workbook. (Remember, these activities are optional but can be a great bonding experience to do with your child during the week.)

            

Now that you know more about what to expect in class, here is a video that will help you to know what Sound Beginnings is all about and how it will benefit your child. This was created by another teacher and she was generous enough to share it! (Where it talks about Instrument Day on lesson #15, we will be doing it on lesson #8 for this shorter session!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=qgaNL1HOMOI


Here is a video that will give you ideas for how to participate during class. This was created by another teacher who was generous enough to share it! https://youtu.be/IxZrTdk0pVk


Here are some quick videos for specific ways you can participate with your BABY in class!

Baby - positions: https://youtu.be/8nyS_nQlpE0

Baby - tapping: https://youtu.be/BLTrFKg-qRs

Baby - moving: https://youtu.be/F0_ME4fGTrU

Baby - instruments: https://youtu.be/HjThTkKdmQo


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Sound Beginnings is education through musical play! It prepares children for success in Kindergarten and Let’s Play Music. Sound beginnings provides research-based elements that stimulate growth in the areas particularly crucial to the development of the young child. These elements make up the foundation of the Sound Beginnings curriculum.  Here is just one:
A child learns when he or she feels loved. In class, purposeful touching, eye contact, partner activities, and generational nostalgia help develop the all-important parent/child relationship.