The youngest children have the greatest power to “make sense” of music—a tonal sense and a sense of rhythm.  We know that with language, the youngest children are primed to learn any language, and that it is far easier for a child to learn a language than an adult.  Similarly, the young child is primed to perceive musical nuance more acutely than we do.  The more we saturate young children with the various tonalities and meters, the more “musical sense” they can make.  Each of the CCS Activities presents a different experience, and each experience contrasts with the others, guiding and reinforcing the child’s “making musical sense.”  Each better defines the other, old or new.  It is not a dozen balls in a toy box that teach a child what a ball is, but rather, a ball, a truck, a doll, and other toys, with repeated experience with each.  Further, it is not just one truck that teaches a child the properties of wheels, but rather various trucks, cars, and push toys.  Similarly, a child needs to play with a variety of toys in the “aural toy box,” manipulating each in his own way, “chewing on each,” discovering unique or related characteristics of the various “aural toys.”  Giving your child regular access to all of the toys in the “aural toy box” makes sense—“musical sense.”