Baby (Scarlett, 16m): 1-2-3, 1-2-3Parent: Our little girl seemingly has amazing rhythm, and has taken a strong liking to dance--- showing a strong preference to show tunes (actually, just Cats) and various contemporary country music. She almost always gets up and dances to music, tries clapping, and even spins around dizzy doing piroets.
Development: It turns out infants are wired to move to rhythm - their auditory system is wired to their sense of balance so that moving to music can strengthen the development of both systems. The importance of rhytm actually extends beyond music, to things like speech. The development of rhythmic patterns in things like children's nursery rhymes help child both learn the cadence of speech as well as when to expect and notice subtle difference in syllabic sounds.
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