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Introduction

About the SING.PLAY.LOVE. Kit

We can't wait to show you how fun and exciting learning through music and play can be!

Music combined with play, rich picture book literature and YOU as your child’s play partner create the engagement a young child needs to learn and grow.SING.PLAY.LOVE. songs, books, and learning activities can be powerful tools for supporting the development.

Overview

What we can learn.

Building Relationships

Teaching your child to connect with their caring adults

Relationships are the water in which we swim. Just like little fishies are born to be in the water, our little “fishies” are born to be in relationships. Babies and young children arrive expecting to interact with others and to build relationships. The most important lessons of early development are learned in the context of relationships.

When children develop the type of positive and secure relationships that allow them to thrive, they can venture boldly out into the world because they know someone has their back. The ability to become independent and competent is grounded in relationships where children can turn to someone for help when necessary.

Children develop these positive attachment relationships by learning to clearly communicate their needs. As babies, they do this by crying. As they get older, they do this by smiling, lifting their arms to be picked up, crawling after you, and eventually using more sophisticated communication like sign language or verbalizations.

Adults encourage the development of these positive attachment relationships by responding to the child’s cues. Every time you respond to a baby’s cries, smile in response to their smile, or pick them up when they lift their arms you are communicating that you notice what they need and are there to provide it. Here are some activities to help you enrich and strengthen your relationship with the young child in your life.