• Children at a very young age are usually exposed in some way to musical instruments. They are curious about the sounds they make and how they are played.
• Find some pictures of individual instruments to share with your child or take them to hear a real band or orchestra.
• Discuss how different instruments are held and what sounds they make.
• “The Finger Band” (tune: “Mulberry Bush”) is a fun and easy song for children to sing as they pretend to play various instruments and hold them correctly.
• For fun, share the book and tape Wee Sing and Learn ABC with the class. It has full color pictures of animals playing a variety of instruments. The instruments are being held in the correct playing positions and the real sounds of the instruments can be heard on the accompanying audio.

• Children at a very young age are usually exposed in some way to musical instruments. They are curious about the sounds they make and how they are played.
• Find some pictures of individual instruments to share with the class.
• Discuss how different instruments are held and what sounds they make.
• “The Finger Band” (tune: “Mulberry Bush”) is a fun and easy song for children to sing as they pretend to play various instruments and hold them correctly.
• For fun, share the book and tape Wee Sing and Learn ABC with the class. It has full color pictures of animals playing a variety of instruments. The instruments are being held in the correct playing positions and the real sounds of the instruments can be heard on the accompanying audio.