Time Warner Cable News – Candace Hopkins
“When the weather turns bitter outside, it can be difficult to find ways to keep your kids active, forcing many parents to get creative…These kids are taking part in Toddlers Tango. The program was started in Central New York in 1999, and is now underway in several other areas and states. It’s designed to get little ones, and their parents, up and moving. And it’s one of few programs kids can start before they’re a year old. “For the two, three minutes of the song they’re going to either be jumping, running, moving, walking, at the same time as they’re playing their instrument or using their prop,” said Tamar Frieden, the Toddlers Tango founder…”Research shows that music enhances brain development in children, and doing it in such a natural way by having music, movement, repetition, and helping in development in a fun, enjoyable way for the mom and kids is one of the great benefits you get from coming to a Toddlers Tango as well.””(more)