Teaching Kids About Stretching the Face, Voice & Body to Prepare to Sing

Series Summary

The benefits of teaching children music lessons at a young age have been well documented. Research suggests that children who are exposed to music and music theory perform better in tests of memory, literacy, mathematics and general IQ. The effect of music on the brain also seems to promote creativity and help children learn coordination, cooperation and concentration.

In this series of free video lessons, you’ll learn some effective methods for teaching music to children. Expert Dani Rhodes offers tips and techniques that will help you teach your child and have fun at the same time, including face and body stretches, voice and breathing warm-ups and entertaining rhythm exercises with wood blocks, triangles and maracas. These free how-to video clips are great for introducing your children to the simple basics of music education.

Video Transcript

" Hi! I am Dani Rhodes and you can find me at youtube.com/danirhodes and today I will be demonstrating how to teach music to young children. On behalf of Expert Village.com, I welcome you. When working with young children in music, I find it is best to have a variety of all different things to do to keep their interests occupied. One of which is stretching out the face and the voice and the body. So can we start with stretching out our faces, a big face and our little face, big face, little face and tug boats and if you can’t do it, you can push your cheeks together and that loosens up your lips. Okay and do your neck. To check your neck, do a little massage on the back of your neck. On your cheeks, loosen those cheeks up, forehead, on top your head… real big, real big tug boat; the size of the wall and hands down and ready to begin."