Play ideas from Somer Valley Children's Centre Services.
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Key Messages 1. Have fun playing together! 2. Babies and children need to play - it’s how they learn about our world. 3. Talk with your baby or child while you play - it will help them learn to talk to you. 4. Watch and listen to your baby or child - let them lead the play. 5. Don’t worry if your baby or child only plays for a short time, it will still have been a positive experience. Watch out for….. 1. Always keep a careful eye on your child. 2. When making shakers, always make sure that the lid is well sealed so that the contents can't escape, to prevent your child from choking. ! If you would like more copies of this leaflet, want more information, or would like a copy of any of the another leaflets in this series, please contact Somer Valley Children’s Services on 01225 396660 This leaflet can be made available in a range of languages, in large print, Braille, on tape, electronic and accessible formats from Tel: 0800 073 1214 or Textphone: 07980 998906 Musical Play Somer Valley Children's Centre Services Play Ideas working together for health & well-being
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Key Messages
1. Have fun playing together! 2. Babies and children need to play - it’s how they learn
about our world. 3. Talk with your baby or child while you play - it will help
them learn to talk to you. 4. Watch and listen to your baby or child - let them lead the
play. 5. Don’t worry if your baby or child only plays for a short
time, it will still have been a positive experience.
Watch out for….. 1. Always keep a careful eye on your child.
2. When making shakers, always make sure that the lid is well sealed so that the contents can't escape, to prevent your child from choking.
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If you would like more copies of this leaflet, want more information, or would like a copy of any of the another
leaflets in this series, please contact Somer Valley Children’s Services on 01225 396660
This leaflet can be made available in a range of
languages, in large print, Braille, on tape, electronic and accessible formats from
Tel: 0800 073 1214 or Textphone: 07980 998906
Musical Play
Somer Valley Children's Centre Services
Play Ideas
working together for health & well-being
What can I use? • Lots of household objects,
including saucepans, containers, plastic bottles, yoghurt pots can be used to make drums
• Kitchen utensils such as wooden spoons can be great drumsticks!
• Fill pots with dried food such as rice and pasta to make shakers
• Half fill a plastic bottle with water and add glitter
Why play with musical instruments?
• Musical play helps encourage lots
of areas of children’s development
• Babies and toddlers love repetition - they can make the same sounds again and again
• Listening to and making music helps children’s concentration and communication
Talking together...
• Talk about the different noises the instruments make - are they loud or quiet, do they bang or rattle?
• Talk about different songs to sing, or how different sounds could represent parts of a story (e.g. a shaker could sound like a river, a drum could sound like footsteps)
• Let your child try describe what sounds the instruments make
Playing together…
• Make your own band, playing instruments and singing songs together
• See who can make the loudest noise
• Cover your eyes and guess which instrument is being played
• Use instruments to practise taking turns and sharing
