The Human Voice:

Our voices do so much for us every day, communicating information or emotion, sounds of surprise or delight, and more. The voice is sometimes considered "the first instrument," the human voice has amazing possibility and range in speech and singing, as well as vocal sound effects. Children first participate in musical experiences by responding to them with sounds from their voices. As they grow, they begin to control those sounds, matching pitch and singing along, or singing on their own, without accompaniment. In Family Time class we will be exploring the sounds that our voices make in the next two classes, we will make glissandos, toot-toots, and more. We'll sing up high and down low, and make music together in vocal ensembles. The whole family gets to sing and play together, allowing us to experience first hand that every child and adult is musical by nature.

Here's an exercise to help children hear the difference between whispering, speaking and singing:

Rub hands together and say: whisper, whisper, whisper
Tap knees and and say: speaking, speaking, speaking
Wave arems side to side and say: singing, singing, singing

Then have them repeat after you:
This is my whispering voice (this is my whispering voice)
This is my speaking voice (this is my speaking voice)
This is my singing voice (this is my singing voice)

Here is a Silly Song you can sing!

Hey Lolly!
Hey Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Hey Lolly, Lolly-o
Hey Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Hey Lolly, Lolly-o
This is a silly kind of song. Hey Lolly, Lolly-o
You make it up as you go along. Hey Lolly, Lolly-o

Then substitute the words: mommy, daddy etc. for Lolly

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