Village: Hickory Dickory Tickle & Bounce Week 6

FOUNDATIONS OF LEARNING

DORIAN MODE: Much of the Western music encountered on a regular basis is either major or minor; yet there is a range of other types of scales (or modes) that can be used in music as well. Sulla Lulla uses the dorian mode. Dorian mode can be demonstrated using the pattern of eight white keys on a piano beginning on D and ending on D at the next octave. Modes are used in some church music and in folk songs and jazz.

RECEPTIVE & EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE: Understanding language and talking are two different processes. Both require that a child hears well enough to distinguish meaningful sounds. Understanding is a sensory perception process sometimes called receptive language. A child will understand many words before she starts to use them in speech. Speaking is a motor process – getting the muscles of the tongue and mouth to function together just right to produce the desired sound. This is often referred to as expressive language.

ROCKING: Rocking has so many advantages for your baby. It soothes, provides rhythmic motion, and promotes muscular strength, control, balance, and lateralization (development of the right and left sides of the body).

FUN & LEARNING: If an activity is not fun for your child or you, don’t do it. When we say “fun” that means that the child’s mind is engaged, that the child feels capable and powerful. Delight is a key ingredient in all learning. If the child is frustrated, stop the activity and offer it at a later date.

LEARNING TO RELAX: We know as adults that we encounter stress, but we may forget that babies also experience stress and frustration as a natural part of learning and growth. Helping your baby learn to intentionally relax will serve her well all her life as she encounters the stresses of the world.

PENTATONIC SCALE: The pentatonic scale can be demonstrated using the pattern of five black keys on the piano. Scales of this type are widely distributed geographically and historically, e.g., in American Indian music, European and Anglo-American folk music, and in musical cultures of the Far East and Southeast Asia.