Little Sunshine Music Studio

Calming Strategies For Kids: How To Help Your Child Cope With Stress - Begin Learning

Love these resources from the Begin Learning group—a great children's social-emotional book list, a feelings vine, art and music strategies...check it out.







Little Passports

Calming Strategies For Kids: How To Help Your Child Cope With Stress - Begin Learning What are the best calming strategies for kids? Here are our top tips to help your child learn to manage their feelings better.

We can't wait for Friday! Join us for a super special Musical Storytime with local author Kristina Sheldon. Come explore music and instruments and a wonderful story about a boy's best friend!
https://www.mykpro.com/registration/c5407/

💡 Try this to jumpstart your baby's speech skills:
⏱ For 5 minutes, put baby in front of your on your lap.
🔊Babble "tricky" sounds a few times each like "sh" or "th"
👁 Go slowly so baby can see how you're forming your mouth
🦜 Pause and wait for them to imitate you!









Kindermusik

This is why music is essential to our children's development, mental health, and nearly every facet of their early learning.

Yesterday, Ms.Pam rescued an 8ish week old kitten from a car engine in the Walmart parking lot. She is desperately trying to find him a home before going out of town tomorrow evening. Can anyone help? Please share!

Engaging sounds, visuals, bright baby-safe instruments...we've got sooooo many tricks to help babies hold their heads up high!

Happy 4th!
Reminder- no classes today but we will see you tomorrow, thursday, and friday!
Stay Safe!

The struggle is real. Give yourself grace. And remember...it IS worth it. Take a deep breath and try just one of these strategies the next time you feel yourself about to yell.

Set the worksheets aside...PLAY teaches children to problem solve, create, and gain understanding of the world around them! 🌎

Did you know?
"Providing your child with love and affection is a pre-requisite for the healthy development of their brain, their self-confidence, capacity to thrive and even their ability to form relationships as they go through life. You literally cannot give babies ‘too much’ love." 🥰
-unicef.org

They're watching you. 👀 Calming yourself down, modeling how to stop your body, talking through your emotions...it helps them SO MUCH later in life.

Using Co-Regulation to Build Self-Regulation in Kids - Helping Families Thrive

"Children with stronger self-regulation abilities are more likely to perform well in school, have stronger relationships with adults and peers and have fewer behavioral challenges."

Using Co-Regulation to Build Self-Regulation in Kids - Helping Families Thrive The process of caregivers providing support for kids to develop self-regulation is referred to as co-regulation.

When your child has the opportunity to play along without the fear of criticism (process over performance!), it makes working on steady beat as fun as 1-2-3....... 4!

Little Red Bird – Kindermusik

Wind down with your little one with this song from Kindermusik.

Little Red Bird – Kindermusik Sign up for access to our weekly activities and get reminders with downloads straight to your inbox at https://try.kindermusik.com/free-kids-activities/Downl...

Vitamin MM (For Music and Movement! 🎵💜)

Incorporating music into baby's daily routine (they process it better than talking!) will spur positive developmental milestones.

"Recent research conducted on the subject of music has found that music has a positive effect on all human beings in general and on babies and toddlers in particular." -TinyLove.com

Even before they arrive, sing to them like they're right there in your arms! 💜

Heads up grownups: you'll come out of your shell and get some cardio in. 😅





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"Watch me play it like this!" 🥁
It's so rewarding to see our students share their ideas in class. They are gaining self-confidence, becoming leaders, becoming listeners, and working as a team!

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10 Reasons Why Music Belongs in Every Child's Home

"Learning to sing, dance, and play instruments gives a child a confidence unlike any other activity. Perhaps it’s because music can be such personal self-expression or because making music with others feels so rewarding."

Kindermusik
Kindermusik International

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10 Reasons Why Music Belongs in Every Child's Home Musical play should be all about awakening and refining senses and skills to help children soar in any environment, and home is the best place to start.

Help us congratulate Ms.Kerrie and Ms.Kristen on completing their training and receiving their Kindermusik accreditation. We are so excited to have Ms.Kerrie teaching on Fridays and Ms.Kristen teaching on Sundays. Try one of their classes today!

Check out what parents are saying about our birthday parties!

"We held my daughter’s 4th birthday party at Little Sunshine Music. It was amazing! The kids loved It and were entertained for a solid hour! We then moved into the bright, clean party room for food and cake. The party was ran efficiently and was probably the easiest kid party I’ve planned!"

Our window art has become something we love and today became a family project! Thanks to Ms.Pam's girls and her neice Mckenzie. What do you think?

What song brings back a specific memory for you? Music is stored in our long-term memory which makes it such a great tool 🧰 for teaching your little ones new things!

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At the end of May, we celebrated our Young Child class with their recital and fiesta celebration. We are so proud of these girls for the last 2 years of hard work learning the glockenspiel, dulcimer, and recorder!

Keep spreading the word! Our family is growing for Season 4 and we could not be excited! We still have spots available for athletes ages 3-18! Register online at Rvathrivecheerleading.com

Did you see our summer schedule?? We have added even more classes! Hope you can join us this summer- classes begin June 4th 😊❤️

We are having a blast at the ASCV 5k event this morning!
Autism Society Central Virginia

Music education is key contributor to academic achievement | Op-Ed

"Music teachers aren’t in this just to train musicians; only a tiny percentage of students who participate in school music will pursue it in college or as a career. No, music teachers are training the future biochemist who will cure cancer, the tech genius who will invent an organic processor faster than anything we can imagine, the engineer who will devise an efficient, compact way to create hydrogen to power automobiles, or the scientist who will make nuclear fusion a viable energy source."

It is amazing what music can do!

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/music-education-is-key-contributor-to-academic-achievement/

Music education is key contributor to academic achievement | Op-Ed Study after study shows that students who participate in school music outperform their non-musical counterparts in math, sciences, and English.

Motherhood is more than bearing children. It is the essence and love that we share to those around us. It is the force that motivates the future generations and keeps the world turning.

Wishing all a Happy Mother's Day ❤️

We will also take currently enrolled students as well! We will give a credit to your account :)

We are still in need of a few more families for our new teachers' classes that begin tomorrow and Friday! Please register if you can join us.

We have 2 new teachers that are ready to complete their training and need a class to teach!

Mixed Age (0-5) class May 12,19,26 and June 2 5:30pm-6:15pm
https://www.mykpro.com/registration/1291150/

Level 2 (2-3) class May 11,18,25 and June 1 2:30pm-3:15pm
https://www.mykpro.com/registration/1291151/

Please email us with any questions and invite your friends!
[email protected]

We are still in need of a few more families for our new teachers' classes that begin tomorrow and Friday! Please register if you can join us.

We have 2 new teachers that are ready to complete their training and need a class to teach!

Mixed Age (0-5) class May 12,19,26 and June 2 5:30pm-6:15pm
https://www.mykpro.com/registration/1291150/

Level 2 (2-3) class May 11,18,25 and June 1 2:30pm-3:15pm
https://www.mykpro.com/registration/1291151/

Please email us with any questions and invite your friends!
[email protected]

We are still in need of a few more families for our new teachers' classes that begin tomorrow and Friday! Please register if you can join us.

We have 2 new teachers that are ready to complete their training and need a class to teach!

Mixed Age (0-5) class May 12,19,26 and June 2 5:30pm-6:15pm
https://www.mykpro.com/registration/1291150/

Level 2 (2-3) class May 11,18,25 and June 1 2:30pm-3:15pm
https://www.mykpro.com/registration/1291151/

Please email us with any questions and invite your friends!
[email protected]

Summer is almost here and our class schedule is now live to the public! Make sure to save your spot since classes begin the week of June 4th! A $10 charge will occur at registration and the remainder ($65) will come out on June 1st. We can't wait to see everyone in the studio!

https://littlesunshinemusic.com/list-of-classes/

When we feel unsafe, our minds can't focus on anything else but self-protection. Children are the same, so physical, mental, and emotionally safe spaces (in a classroom AND at home) are key to unlocking their full learning potential.

Music, movement, and... geometry!?
Research shows children who engage in early music making will be stronger mathematicians.