10+ Ideas For Making Music Part of Your Child’s Day // How to Nurture a Toddler’s Love of Music

Making music a part of our daily life with children, in a classroom or at home, has many benefits. Learn how to incorporate singing and other music activities into your parenting life to make memories, evoke joy, regulate emotions, teach lessons, and have fun! Nurturing your child’s love of music is easy to do when you work singing and other activities into your daily routine. In this video Montessori toddler guide, Miss Julie, shares her favorite tips and activities to make music a part of your toddler’s daily life. This video is a collaboration with Chantal over at Raising Littles! So be sure to check out her video for more ideas and inspiration on making music a part of your daily parenting life! Head on over to Raising Littles to check out her gift guide to Montessori-inspired musical instruments! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWaP25N24P0 And her channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6LS3oKPG6P-oI1fOpJYgcg Maria Montessori’s son, Mario Montessori, listed music as one of the basic human tendencies, under the category of spiritual needs. So, if you’re doing Montessori at home, singing and making music with your child should definitely be incorporated into your daily life. The positive effect music and singing has on a child is evident everyday in my classroom of Montessori toddler students. When we share music with our children in the classroom or home we observe the deep way music can benefit children. But the music making isn't just great for toddlers, music brings adults and children joy, improving daily life and nurturing the spirit. I encourage you to sing with your toddlers throughout the day using the tips and ideas in this video, in addition to playing instruments and listening to music with your child. There is really no wrong or right way to sing or make music with toddlers! I trust that the general tips and ideas in this video will help make singing and making music with your child easy to incorporate into your daily routine. Nurturing your child’s natural tendency towards loving music will benefit you as well as your child. And please remember your child will love your voice because he/she loves you! If you have any other ideas, tips, suggestions, experience to share with other toddler parents on how to bring more music into their daily life, please comment below! Time Stamps: 0:00 Ideas for Making Music Part of Your Child's Day 0:11 Raising Littles 0:38 Benefits of making music daily 01:16 Making Memories with Music 01:37 General Tips 01:39 Your child will love your voice so sing! 02:06 Choose songs you love to sing with your child 02:29 Share different genres of music with your child 03:06 Music is free and fits every budget 03:15 Easy ways to incorporate music with your toddler throughout the day 03:17 Sing a good morning song 03:52 Use songs for transition times 04:12 Songs can reinforce learning values, behavior or concepts 05:15 Use music to help regulate emotions 06:07 Sing a song to begin meal 06:34 My Favorite Tip: Take time to sit and listen to music deeply 08:00 Make life a musical 08:50 Keep instruments handy for your child to use throughout the day 09:27 End the day with a song Miss Julie is a Montessori toddler guide, Montessori teacher trainer, and Advanced ECE professional development trainer in her state. Her passions are toddler communication strategies, a well-prepared toddler environment, growth mindset, and respectful discipline. Also, cheese. Are you a YouTube content creator with a Montessori toddler or preschool focus looking to collaborate? Inquiries can be sent to collabwithmissjulie@gmail.com