Ritsch, Ratsch, Boom!

In class we explore a variety of musical instruments with different timbres (pronounced “tam-bers”) or characteristic sound qualities, such as the scratching of egg shakers, the ringing of baby bells, and the resonant “boom” of the drum.  As your little guy hears this variety of sounds, he is developing the listening vocabulary necessary for sound discrimination preceding language.  And if he plays the instruments, he learns that he can create a nice-sounding result.