Enjoying Music with Your Elementary Age Child

(Ages Five to Twelve)

• Continue to sing and memorize songs and poetry with a strong rhythm and rhyme.
• Play musical games with your child involving math, spelling and reading.  They can learn ABC's, multiplication, The 50 States by singing them!
• While driving in the car, play musical guessing games such as "Name that Tune."
• Play guessing games that require recognizing the different instruments of the orchestra.
• Take your child to age-appropraite symphonies, musicals, ballets or chamber orchestras.
• Rent movies about music and musicians and watch them as a family. 
• Organize a yearly talent show in the neighborhood.
• Play music from the Baroque or Classical periods while children do their homework.