Proverb SING ING Humans are born to sing. As soon as a child can focus on the mouth of the mother, he is studying how lips move and how sounds are made. When he begins to make intentional sounds and the adult imitates them, the first duet is born. Let us help the child continue with this joyful human creation. There is no such thing as a nonmusical child, there are just nonmusical adults who did not get this practice as children.
Songs give children a way of expressing emotions, and the very act of singing is a physical release.
I have always watched for the casual, unintentional singing in class, knowing that it is a positive sign. In our home, hearing our son sing in bed as he went to sleep at night was a reassuring sign that his life is in balance. We do not need beautiful voices to model singing for children. Singing also gives practice in language, new words, poetry, and historical and other cultural information. In a class, where children work individually instead of having group lessons, the teacher will sing a song, make music, dance, at any time during the day with two or three children who aren't busy.