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Music and Movement
Invite a local musician to perform. Everybody can move and dance to the beat.
Sing songs with hand motions, such as “Wheels on the Bus”, “Baby Bumble Bee”, and “Where Is Thumbkin?”
Introduce sign language for favorite words in songs, such as signing “spider” during the song “Eensy-Weensy Spider.”
Introduce instruments by naming them and listening to their sounds.
Provide stuffed animals, pictures, or other objects that represent the words in songs, such as a cow when singing “Old MacDonald had a cow.”
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