Musical Play is a universal, sensory, relationship-based language of the emotions.
It is the first language of children. It is an intuitive part of our humanity based on physical and acoustic laws. This is why we need to give children many opportunities to listen, watch, explore, interact, and be inspired to create their own music and dance. They learn by performing, moving, doing, listening, feeling, expressing themselves, naturally incorporating elements of music. I believe that only when children have mastered the joyful art of incorporating these elements into their own self expression and play, are they ready to advance to learning, reading and playing the musical instrument of their choice.
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