Physical• Improve both gross- and fine-motor skills• Develop vestibular system, balance, and coordination• Build key muscles for standing, walking, and running• Use developing sense of steady beat to coordinate

complex movements

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Music• Exercise auditory discrimination

skills that will be criticalfor language

• Explore relationships betweeninstrument movementsand sounds

• Recognize and besoothed bysteady beat

• Begin toexplore andexpressmusicalpreferences

• Developpredictable and comfortingroutines around music

• Play!

Cognitive• Boost brain power and stimulate

all senses• Introduce identification of patterns• Light up both sides of baby’s brain• Strengthen and expand brain cells

and neuropathways• Explore principles of cause-and-

effect through instrument play

Language and Literacy• Build receptive and expressive language skills• Develop coordination of small muscles and

vocal cords needed for vocalization• Use gestures to develop early communication• Practice language through rhymes,

rhythms, and chants• Introduce reading and story time

Social and Emotional• Build healthy family interactions and

strengthen early bonds• Develop a safe, predictable space for music

time and play• Begin to explore focus, listening skills, and

even turn-taking• Provide rituals and routines for tricky

transition times