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SparkleCast Episode 6 – Inspiring a Love of Music with Andrew & Polly

Andrew & Polly are award-winning music makers and the hosts of Ear Snacks, a radical podcast for kids and families.

In this episode, Andrew, Polly, David, and Rebecca talk about music and ways to introduce or boost music appreciation in your home. They use the Junkyard Tales story “The Band” as a model of how music can create community and be a mechanism for social inclusion. They also show how music can come naturally to children and offer suggestions around encouraging musical development.

Story: “The Band” from the Junkyard Tales Series.

Tools:

• Playfully making music with whatever is in your child’s environment

• Ways to encourage and refine musical improvisation

• Using music as a way of personal and social expression

• How playing music together can strengthen social bonds

SparkleCast Episode 6 – Inspiring a Love of Music with Andrew & Polly

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More about Andrew & Polly!

Andrew & Polly are award-winning music makers and the hosts of Ear Snacks, a radical podcast for kids and families. Their original ear-worms ("Grapes” was SIRIUS XM’s #1 kids song of 2015) and inventive reimagining of classic favorites ("Forever Young," "Ghostbusters") are smart, quirky, and full of heart.

"Odds & Ends," Andrew & Polly's 2015 self-produced album, received a Parents' Choice Award and was named one of the Kids & Family Top 10 Albums of 2015. The duo was honored to receive the ASCAP Foundation Joe Raposo Children's Music Award in 2012.

Together, Andrew & Polly compose and produce music for television and film. Their production credits include songs for Wallykazam!, Sesame Studios, the score to Welcome To The Wayne, their own dope jams and a bunch of boring commercials and films for grownups.