Swish. Twist. Float. Twirl. Bounce. Wave. Scrunch. Toss. Peekaboo. Up high, down low. Fast or slow. Round and round. Side to Side. Over your shoulder. Behind your back. Through your legs.
There are a thousand and one ways to play with scarves. That’s precisely why scarves are such a valuable prop in a music class. But surprisingly, what looks like just fun and games is actually enhancing your child’s development, especially when you combine scarf play with a song, a rhyme, or a recording.
Benefits of Scarf Play include:
- Sparking imagination as we explore all kinds of ways to play with our scarves
- Teaching directional tracking as we visually track our scarves’ movement
- Improving eye-hand coordination as we play catch or peekaboo
- Increasing vocabulary as we verbally describe what we are doing with our scarves
- Sharpening listening skills as we move our scarves based on musical or verbal cues
- Practicing inhibitory skills as we start and stop our movements with the scarves
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