Create a Sprouting Melodies 2 Framework

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Sprouting Melodies 2 Framework:

Use 5 words to describe the music experiences in Sprouting Melodies 2.

Write 5 sentences you can use when speaking with parents about musical responses of children in SM 2.

Create a plan for songs and music experiences to use in a Sprouting Melodies 2 session

[Grace Baer]

5 words – investigate, exciting, playful, adaptable, open

5 sentences – It’s okay to let loose and get silly with your child – even get down on the ground with them! If your child is drawn toward the music and crawls away from you, it’s totally okay to let them wander and explore. This investigation is a natural stage in their development and this is a safe place for them to explore. Even if your child does not actively take part in singing or playing instruments, they may still be engaging fully by listening, absorbing, and watching which will still produce so many benefits. They may just need a few moments to stop and process what they’re hearing, and you might see them recreating some of these songs and experiences at home.

Plan: Gathering/Hello song
Instrument play: Can I Hear You Shake
Transition chant to clean up instruments
Movement: Where Is the Music?
Bonding/tickles: I’m Coming to Getcha
Song about Me: Can You See Me?
Goodbye

[Samantha M Lawrence]

5 Words: Playful, exploration, spontaneous, observation, energy

5 Sentences: Your child is vocalizing with me using pitches that go along with this song! It’s okay for them to explore the instruments however they like, it’s all part of the process of learning and developing. They may need to move around in the space, that doesn’t mean they aren’t listening and engaging with the music! Your kiddo is so excited by the surprise in the music, you can do these “gotcha” songs at home too! They’re able to tell you when they do and don’t like the music, when they like it, that’s a great motivator for them to move towards it.

Plan:
Greeting/Gathering Song: Sit Down With Me
Bonding Song: Wiggly, Jiggly Car
Song About Me: Just Like Me
Instrument Song: In My Little Hand
Movement Song: March With My Baby
Goodbye: Thank You Very Much

[Celia Grove]

5 Words: Playful, curious, exciting, responsive, instrumental

5 Sentences: It’s so good to see your child coming into their own! I’m starting to see their own personality coming into class, and see them exploring instruments they might like, and some that maybe they won’t like. It might take a little bit of time for them to show those preferences too, but every time they come to class they’re learning and listening! It’s okay for them to explore and move around and they really feed off your energy too! Feel free to use these songs at home and see if they are interested on their own using them at home.

Plan:
Gathering song/ Greeting: Everybody’s Here
Moving Song:I Can Move Around
Bonding Song: Wiggly Jiggly Car
Instrument Song: I Like This Song
Song About Me:Where is the Music?- I’m going to also slow this one waaaaay down as I get closer to goodbye to get energy back down a little and not end on a peak!
Goodbye Song

[Leeann Mcmorrow]

Very good idea the way you transitioned into the goodbye song!

[Hally Batterman]

5 words: Playful, Movement, Energy, Exploration, Surprise, Maybe even curiosity

5 sentences:
1. It’s okay that your child is standing and observing. I can see that he/she is engaged in the music and he/she is taking it all in.
2. We are all musical and I am here to give you the tools to show you that you can do this! Let’s jump on in!
3. Feel free to bring any of these songs home, even if it means humming it with your child and just see what happens!
4. It’s okay to let your child explore the instruments. He/she is still figuring out what he/she likes best!
5. Your child may want to turn around and face the other kiddos in the room and that’s okay! They want to explore what is going on around them at this stage.

Plan:
1. Gathering – Hey! Hey! Come and Play!
2. Bonding – Jingle Up, Jingle Down
3. Song about me – All of This Is Me
4. Instrument Song – I Like This Song
5. Movement song – I Can Move Around
6. Good bye – Music Time Is Over

[Brenna Sheaffer]

5 Words: Playful, energetic, curious, exploratory, Silly

5 Sentences: It’s okay to be silly in here! You child is totally open to move around the room and to explore. Kiddos come up to my guitar and touch it all the time! Everybody stays, everybody plays! It’s okay to let your child explore the instruments. We can hold on to the instrument and use it for the next activity if we don’t want to let it go just yet.

Hello/Gathering, Instrument Play: Are You Ready for Music? Can I hear You Shake? Movement: March with my Baby Sit down with me and sing this song Where is the Music? Bonding/Song about Me: Row Your Boat, Coming to Getcha, All of this is Me Goodbye Song.

[Caitlyn Pawelek]

5 words: Exploration, curiosity, expressive, playful, movement

5 Sentences: Let your child feel free to try and out and explore their instruments how they want to! Your child can sit and watch us play, they are still taking in the experience with us all that way! Your child does not need to sit still, they can move around and explore! If you child isn’t quite ready to switch instruments that is okay! Please take these songs home with you to try together, in any way that you and your child want!

Hello/Gathering- Come on Everyone Instrumental Play- Can I hear you shake Movement Where is the music Bonding Song- Wiggly Jiggly Car Cool Down/Goodbye All of this is me

[Leeann Mcmorrow]

Sprouting Melodies 2 Framework:

Use 5 words to describe the music experiences in Sprouting Melodies 2.

Exciting, Bonding, Fun, Exploration, Relational

Write 5 sentences you can use when speaking with parents about musical responses of children in SM 2.

1. Observe all the ways your little one is responding to the experience- vocalization, movement, instrument-playing, watching/taking it all in.
2. Model for your child how to start and stop playing the drum.
3. It’s okay if your child is watching- they’re still taking everything in and we can go back and repeat the song again!
4. We encourage being silly and making funny sounds here!
5. It is okay if your child wants to move around the room, check out the guitar, and say hi to other kids.

Create a plan for songs and music experiences to use in a Sprouting Melodies 2 session

Gathering: Hello Everybody song
Movement: If You’re Happy and You Know it
Sense of Self: Where is the Music chant
Instrument Playing: Drumming song where the music cues the children to play the drum in different ways (with a mallet, with their hand, with their feet, etc)
Bonding: The Elevator Song (a lap song where parents lift the baby up and down like an elevator)
Closing/Goodbye: Goodbye song that I wrote to say goodbye using each child’s name.

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