Teaching your children about beautiful Christmas carols is a gift you can easily give this year.
Yes, it's wonderful to have carols playing in your home and to sing them with your children - but learning about the history of the carols, their meaningful lyrics, musical intricacies, and interesting arrangements - will turn the experience of le...
Do you turn on motivating music while cleaning the house?
(I certainly do, and I'm willing to be most of you do as well.)
I'd like to suggest you do that for your children - but make the music classical. The benefits of this are two-fold:
Cleaning up is accomplished.
Classical music is secretly inserted into your children's memories (you can e...
“Music — what a powerful instrument, what a mighty weapon!” ~ Marie Augusta von Trapp
If you are familiar with The Sound of Music, the von Trapp family had a strong culture of music. Their family bond was strengthened by music, and ultimately music saved their lives.
When my daughter was just two years old I took her to a performance of the ...
Do your children know simple folk songs?
As with so many beautiful things of the past, folk songs seem to be falling by the wayside. One of our greatest treasures is being lost and it's up to us to keep those songs alive for this generation!
Just as with beautiful living books, folk songs teach our children history in an authentic and engaging ...
As I worked with a group of elementary students today, I was reminded how capable they are of BIG thoughts about beautiful music.
After we had listened to a couple of different sections from Swan Lake, I encouraged them in their listening efforts. Practicing Super Quiet UnInterrupted Listening Time for 3-4 minute stretches at a time transfers o...
My love for music began with piano lessons.
In my elementary music class I remember wanting to win the note reading games my teacher, Mrs. Sprinkle, would have us play. It seemed like the kids that won these games took piano lessons.
I distinctly remember going home and asking my mom if I could take piano lessons. My older siblings had al...
