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Parenting tips for making music every day! Here are a few fun ideas to add singing, dancing, and playing to your daily life with your child. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Music is a\u00a0powerful\u00a0learning tool for parents to use every day.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As I was belting out the song, “When the Saints Go Marching In,” while marching around the room, banging a drum with my four year old today, I was also thinking of 3 things.  <\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. I am NOT a good singer – but oh well – making music with my child has language benefits.<\/i><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. I am NOT a talented musician – but, oh well – letting him feel the beat with his marching feet and hear my steady drum beat lets him begin to grasp the rhythm of words.<\/i><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. This music stuff is really good, I should share it with our readers.  Wait, I am NOT the one to be sharing parenting tips for making music with your child every day – time to bring in the experts.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    And then he stopped marching.<\/i>

    <\/i>I focused on him and only him.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “What did the words mean?” he quizzed me.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “I don’t understand what you are asking.” I answered.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “Who are the saints? Why are they marching? When was this song written…”<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    And the importance of music rained down on me in the form of a preschooler’s questions. Often as parents, we forget how the simplest things can be of such high learning value. MUSIC is a powerful learning tool and one that we at The Educators’ Spin On It<\/a> feel strongly about. <\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So without further adieu, I asked an expert in the field of musical education if she would share some parenting tips to help us “Make Music Every Day!”<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Making Music Every Day<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    By Lacey Cupp<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Like most parents, my life is busy. Very busy. And I only have one child! I\u2019m a full-time working mom of a 2-year-old with a daily routine of getting myself and our daughter out the door, putting in a long day teaching middle school, cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, grocery shopping, snuggling, and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    With a busy life, it\u2019s easy to overlook great opportunities to enrich your child\u2019s world with culture, art, music, and more. But, my experiences over the years as a music teacher of varying age groups make incorporating music into my toddler\u2019s day a natural occurrence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I\u2019ll highlight some of the music-making moments we share on a regular basis. Maybe you will find these same ideas can be worked into your busy life, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    First, some helpful hints and tips:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n