Having a hard time this holiday season to feel festive??!! I have as I’m working this hard. Yes, yesterday’s snow helped a lot. But what really did the trick for me was this fun and excellent IU Acapella choir ‘Straight No Chaser’ singing Christmas carols. Christmas carols do not have to be obvious and ‘boring’. [...]
December 14 2008 | Child Music Education and Holidays and Teens | No Comments »
By Wyman Pat “ Have you ever noticed how your favorite music can make you feel better? Well, new research studies suggest that certain types of music can boost your memory, cut your company’s training time and make you smarter too. Scientists at Stanford University, in California, have recently revealed a molecular basis for music [...]
February 08 2008 | Child Development and Child Education and Child Music Education | No Comments »
As our children grow, they need well-rounded stimulation and exposure to various interests in order to become informed and educated adults later. Most children are taught to engage in sports, while their exposure to the arts may not be as intensive. As the daughter of a teacher who has taught the basics of art, dance, [...]
January 26 2008 | Arts Education and Child Education and Child Music Education | No Comments »
“We’ve all heard of them. Child prodigies who begin composing music at some ridiculously young age. For instance, history reports that Mozart was writing minuets by the time he was five years old. Amazing. At five years of age, I’m not sure that I knew the difference between my finger and my thumb and I [...]
December 20 2007 | Child Development and Child Education and Child Music Education | No Comments »
