Why Singing With Your Child Builds Strong Readers
Remembering Through Music Think back to your childhood. I bet you can start singing a song that you heard often—maybe a theme song, something your parents sang to you, a song from preschool, or one you heard on a kids' CD. It doesn’t matter where you heard it, I bet you can still sing it! Music has long been thought of as a powerful learning device. For me, it was the Schoolhouse Rock songs. I can still sing them, and they’re how I helped my daughter learn the Preamble to the Constitution. I also used music to teach my kids our address and phone number. I borrowed familiar tunes and made up simple rhyming songs or chants. It worked! They knew how to reach me before they even started preschool. Ok, they might have had to sing their address, but they knew it! Singing Builds Language Skills Singing helps children remember. It taps into rhythm, rhyme, and repetition—the very same tools we use to support early literacy. When kids sing, they hear syllables broken apart, play with...
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