healthykids
how, illustrated via Old MacDonald’s
Farm:
Comfort
If you do this: Repeat the song several
KeeP KidS SiNGiNG
times, each time encouraging the child
to say the name of a farm animal that
COMFOrT, PLAy, TeACH
she knows and make each animal’s
unique sound (e.g., baa, cluck, oink,
quack, woof-woof or gobble).
by Jacqui debique
Your child will: Feel increasingly
S
inging to children helps promote
confident as you pay special attention
their development, so go ahead
to her when singing this familiar song.
and give a “moo moo” here and a
Older babies, who are now using 10
“moo moo” there; do the hokey pokey
to 20 words, will proudly demonstrate
and turn yourself around. When it
what they know about animals and the
comes to children’s songs, it turns out
sounds they make.
that this really is what it’s all about—
simple, silly lyrics that are fun to sing
over and over again, with little more to
Play
them than that.
If you do this: Suggest different farm
Parents and kids love singing songs
animals that the child may be less famil-
like Old MacDonald’s Farm and acting
iar with. If he doesn’t know the animal’s
out The Hokey Pokey together. Mak-
sound, demonstrate the sound for him,
ing music and movement a regular part
or he can invent one.
of our children’s lives supports their
growth in joyful ways and brings beauty
Your child will: Build his imaginative
into their days.
skills as he tries to make these new
According to the parenting and
sounds and pretends to be various farm
child development experts at Invest
animals. Toddlers are especially eager to
in Kids, Canada (InvestInKids.ca),
try new things and love to pretend.
a national charity aimed at helping
parent-child routines and activities like
parents improve their parenting skills,
singing favorite songs into teachable Teach
traditional classics sung routinely
moments that actively support a child’s If you do this: Use a picture book about
with our kids can have tremendous
healthy social, emotional and intellec- farm animals or puppets to make an
benefits. Invest in Kids’ thorough,
tual development. Its positive approach activity visual and tactile. This supports
research-based approach to parenting
to “opening a world of possibilities” is a child with little prior experience with
specifically aims to transform everyday
called Comfort, Play & Teach. Here’s farm animals.
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