Moms and Dads and all kinds of caregivers have known for years that babies and toddlers love to bounce to music. Now new research from McMaster University in Canada has shown that babies that bounce along in the synchrony with their grownup showed more altruistic behavior than babies who were not bounced in the same rhythm.  Here is a new Sprouting Melodies Sing at Home all about bouncing with your baby and sharing the joy of mutual movement and singing.  Try it and you might just find out that singing and moving together will make you and your baby nicer. Enjoy!

Beth

Here With Me!  (Adapted from an Irish Folk Dance by Elizabeth K. Schwartz 2014)

I’m so glad that we’re here in music. I’m so glad that you’re here with me.  Diddle dee dee.  Here with me.

I’m so glad that we’re here in music. I’m so glad that I’m here with you. Doodle dee do. Here with you.

I’m so glad that we’re here in music. I’m so glad that you’re here with me.  Diddle dee dee.  Here with me.