{"id":477,"date":"2026-06-26T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mnm\/?p=477"},"modified":"2026-06-04T20:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:53:53","slug":"camp-au-pair-music-explorations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mnm\/2026\/06\/26\/camp-au-pair-music-explorations\/","title":{"rendered":"Camp Au Pair &#8211; Music Explorations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Research has found that learning music facilitates learning other subjects and enhances skills that children inevitably use in other areas. \u201cA music-rich experience for children of singing, listening and moving is really bringing a very serious benefit to children as they progress into more formal learning,\u201d says Mary Luehrisen, executive director of the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation, a not-for-profit association that promotes the benefits of making music. (from pbs.org)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pin.it\/7HrN0sXH0\">Our Pinterest Board<\/a> this week has ideas for making instruments, making music, enjoying music, and learning about music of different cultures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mnm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-04-8.32.09-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-478\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mnm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-04-8.32.09-PM-300x99.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"627\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mnm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-04-8.32.09-PM-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mnm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-04-8.32.09-PM-1024x337.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mnm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-04-8.32.09-PM-768x253.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mnm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-04-8.32.09-PM-1536x505.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mnm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-04-8.32.09-PM-624x205.png 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mnm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-04-8.32.09-PM.png 1900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Field Trips<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Minneapolis Parks have music and movies in the parks every night and\u00a0 Tuesday afternoons. You can find the whole schedule <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minneapolisparks.org\/activities-events\/music-movies\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuntwincities.com\/events\/centennial-lakes-kids-summer-entertainment-tuesday\/\">Centennial Park<\/a> in Bloomington has concerts for kids every week. Check website for upcoming events.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>There are so many different free music events that I&#8217;m not going to list them all! Here&#8217;s a resource through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuntwincities.com\/summer-music-twin-cities\/\">Family Fun<\/a> (which is a terrific resource anyway.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Online music experiences<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnegiehall.org\/Education\/For-Educators\/Music-From-Around-the-World\">Carnegie Hall<\/a> has a whole series of lessons about music around the world. designed for teachers but you can certainly use them! Share your own country&#8217;s musical traditions with your host kids.<\/li>\n<li>Lincoln Center&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lincolncenter.org\/lincoln-center-at-home\/series\/concertsforkids-1\">Concerts for Kids<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PBS has an amazing amount of activity ideas and lessons. Here&#8217;s an <a href=\"https:\/\/tpt.pbslearningmedia.org\/resource\/reach-with-stem-seeing-sounds\/seeing-sounds\/\">interactive activity<\/a> where kids can have fun while learning about music.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Books about music &#8211; read alouds<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wd7zq8aDswg\">I Got the Rhythm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mmBrBpxlbFk\">Jazz Dog: Being Different<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2REU8uISCKU\">Allegro<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=atdzw_P1ofQ\">Music is in Everything<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jw1HHGacCv0\">Reading Rainbow Zin Zin Zin! A Violin Story<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spend this week making music with your kiddos! There&#8217;s so much music in the world &#8211; all you have to do is listen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research has found that learning music facilitates learning other subjects and enhances skills that children inevitably use in other areas. \u201cA music-rich experience for children of singing, listening and moving is really bringing a very serious benefit to children as they progress into more formal learning,\u201d says Mary Luehrisen, executive director of the National Association  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mnm\/2026\/06\/26\/camp-au-pair-music-explorations\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,238,3,95,4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-au-pair-tips","category-blog","category-child-care","category-cultural-exchange-and-adjustment","category-fun-things-we-do","category-kids"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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