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Ages & Stages: 6-10
Dancing At this age children are becoming more and more aware of the different kinds of music. They will hear the music you play on the radio when you are driving the car and then the difference between it and what your spouse enjoys listening to. This is a wonderful time to expose your child to different kinds of music and to discuss it in your language. Your child is coming to an age where he and she can understand the different cultural links to music as well so share with your child traditional music from your home country. School-age children tend to have an overabundance of energy, so get them dancing to the different kinds of music. Take this opportunity to teach them some traditional dances from your home country and talk about what each of them means and what they mean to you based on your childhood associations with them. Try to find pictures of your childhood when you participated in local festivals. Maybe you were wearing traditional clothing or played an instrument. Music can establish very emotional ties with language and culture so don’t miss out on this opportunity to share it with your children. When visiting your home country with your children, make a special effort to bring them to festivals and events where traditional music is being played. Your children may not want to come with you to such festivals but bring them along anyway and explain to them what it was like for you as a child going to such festivals. Describe what the smells were like from the food cooking and what the weather was like. Talk about the memories you have when you were their age and they are bound to become more and more interested. Make sure your family shares their memories of the music and dances of your home country. This is an essential part of who you are and by sharing your memories, you are helping to provide a link between your culture and that which you hope to provide for your children.
Ages 0-2: Lullabies
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