What’s better for children than stories?

The Singing stories!

What does a JazzyBees Singing Stories workshop consist of? 

It is well-renowned that reading stories is important for developing children's literacy skills.

But adding the singing and some music and interactive musical activities to those stories can make the experience even more educational and meaningful for them ( and parents too!). 

In this way, the benefits will be enormous. 

Children learn words and language skills from listening and engaging in stories, songs, and conversations. By sharing stories and singing with your child, you are helping them to become more familiar with words and sounds. 

Singing a book instantly engages a child’s brain. Because music affects multiple regions of the brain, when a child is listening to a book being sung, both hemispheres are working. One side of the brain processes the words while the other processes the music.

I’ve personally written melodies for a specific story and recorded in advance simple sounds and harmonies that can support my singing of the story. The melodies and the choice of sounds, colours, materials and musical activities have the intention to bring little children into the discovery of new words, and new sounds  but, overall, into discovering the world of emotions that are hidden inside the story. 

The voice is used by a professional as a way to communicate more authentically with children and the background sounds support this intention. 

Singing different melodies, rhythms, and harmonies teach children how to break down words into smaller parts. 

When words are sung, they are naturally broken down into smaller sounds. This is the rhythmic element of language that allows it to pair so well with music. By highlighting each syllable in a word, more focus and awareness is given to it. This experience helps children get ready to read independently teaching them how to break down words into bite-sized pieces.

The JazzyBees Singing stories are not a passive experience for children.

The workshop focuses on a global experience made of interaction where we will also make musical activities that help the learning experience.

When children actively participate in the telling of the tale rather than passively listen, their level of focused attention is heightened. 

Singing books improves the ability to understand the stories, it reinforces narrative skills, and the ability to retell a story because they will be more likely to remember it.

So don’t miss this chance to book your next JazzyBees Singing Stories.

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