The Magic of Music for Infants and Toddlers
Explore the amazing cognitive, social, and language learning benefits of exposure to music and rhythm during the infant and toddler years.
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Responsive Caregiving
Responsive caregiving is individualized, nurturing, respectful, and a foundation of quality infant and toddler care. It refers to a parenting, caregiving, and teaching practice where the adult notices, understands, and responds to an infant or toddler’s cues. When caregivers respond to cues in ways that ensure a child's needs are met, infants and toddlers feel safe, heard, and valued.
Music Touches Us All
This video clip is part of the Magic of Music for Infants and Toddlers series.
Are Lullabies Universal?
This video clip is part of the Magic of Music for Infants and Toddlers series.
Infant-directed Singing
This video clip is part of the Magic of Music for Infants and Toddlers series.
What the Research Says About Music Helping Infants Learn
This video clip is part of the Magic of Music for Infants and Toddlers series.
How to Provide More Music Experiences
This video clip is part of the Magic of Music for Infants and Toddlers series.
Establishing Behavior Expectations: Infants
Caregivers arrange the environment and respond to cues from infants during play and diaper changing.
Establishing Behavior Expectations: Toddlers
Three teams of educators arrange the environment; provide practice, modeling, and scaffolded support; and teach toddlers behavior expectations during routines and activities.
Behavior Expectations: Transition with Toddlers
Caregivers teach a transition routine by providing plenty of space to move, modeling, and visual supports.
Conversations with Infants
In this video, two educators play with two infants on the floor. Watch and listen to how one of the educators engages an infant in conversation by narrating the infant's actions and repeating their vocalizations.
