Grade 3 • Music How to Support Your Child
Music is a wonderful way for families to connect and spend time together! Here are some strategies to help set your child up for success in the music classroom.
- Listen to recordings of music by well-known composers. Discuss the times and life of the composer.
- Discuss with your child appropriate singing posture and singing voice.
- If your child expresses particular interest, allow him or her to take private lessons on an instrument or to elect strings instrumental music at school.
- Encourage your child to create movements that illustrate recognition of the elements of music in familiar songs and recorded examples.
- Ask your child to explain and demonstrate the music symbols used in the school music class.
- Attend concerts by a symphony orchestra or other instrumental ensemble and describe how the sounds of various instruments are produced.
- Explore with your child the emotional content of various styles of music.
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