Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Music and Movement
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Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Music and Movement
Keep children engaged when you have to wait
- Move to the beat
Tap, clap, shimmy, or sway in time to music in the car or while waiting in line. Pretend to play band instruments, such as an “air guitar.” - Sing along
Take turns choosing songs to sing together or make up songs about what you are doing. - Listen
Investigate sounds together! Talk about musical concepts such as loud or soft and high or low pitches. - Create sounds
Make sound effects with voices, fingers, and objects. Imitate animal noises or machinery sounds.
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Related IEL Birth to Three Guidelines:
Related Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards:
- Child Care Center
- Family Child Care
- Home
- Kindergarten
- Preschool Program
Intended audience(s):
- Faculty / Trainer
- Parents / Family
- Teachers / Service providers
Age Levels (the age of the children to whom the article applies):
- Infants and Toddlers (Birth To Age 3)
- Kindergarten
- Preschoolers (Age 3 Through Age 5)
Related IEL Birth to Three Guidelines:
- Approaches to Learning
- Creative Expression
- Creativity, Inventiveness, & Imagination
- Developmental Domain 4: Cognitive Development
Related Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards:
Revised: 2019
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