Music in Movement

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The child, the playing, and the music.

The child communicates mainly through the body. Singing and playing, she is her own instrument.

The toys with music belong to the child universe; the secrets of childhood, of our tradition, are inserted in the toys. In the toys and games, the children learn the very first principles of life, move their muscles (they breathe, walk, jump, and run), develop the imagination, the improvisation, the bendiness, and the fluidity of their musical thought.

So, the child that accompanies their games and toys spontaneously only needs to develop what she is already able to do.

Among all of the musical instruments, the body is the most natural to the human being: why not be aware of breathing, which is the primary rhythm of life? Use the voice to sing melodies, the hands and feet to pace the rhythm. For this reason, it is important that the use precedes the ...