The Music One-to-One project is developing ways of using music with parents/carers and their under-two-year-olds with particular emphasis on playful, communicative activities.
Listening to recorded music on CD or cassette with a baby can be enhanced by gentle movement of soft fabrics such as lengths of sari or nylon curtaining. If the fabric is transparent and light, the adults' faces can be seen through it and they can speak to their babies, which is reassuring for them. At first babies may have different reactions to lying on their backs with the fabric rising and falling above their faces. But with reassurance through a familiar song or a piece of music, it becomes both exciting and relaxing.
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