Seeing

Seeing musical behaviors is easy.

First, start by going somewhere where there are children free to play.

Second, just sit, look, and listen.

Finally, think of musical behaviors as anything a child is doing to make noise, or move to a beat or pattern.

The more open minded you are about musical behaviors, and the more times you look for musical behaviors the more you will see, that they are happening all around you.

Some of the musical behavior I have seen recently include:

When the body moves to the beat of the iPod.

When the child sings to the song.

When the child creates noise to create a beat or pattern.

When a child conducts the sounds they hear.

When they tap their feet to a beat.

A small child calling their dog "Here, doggy, doggy". With the same highs and lows over and over, until the dog came. 

Posing on a beat, (cha,[rest], cha,[rest] chachacha). 

Slow slow quick quick, when she was on the scooter.

A very obvious example of musical behaviors is the singing of happy birthday.

Marching at a steady pace.

Swaying with the intention of moving to a beat in a song, or in their head.

Beating a beat on the back of a car seat.

Whistling in the Mall, loving the echo.