Great Children’s Music Resource

Any of you who have experienced Kindermusik classes know that the songs and recordings are high quality, age appropriate, and designed to enhance the young brain in all kinds of ways.  Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of much of the children’s music available today.  Therefore, I was pleasantly surprised to stumble upon Beat Boppers [...]

Why Music Matters ~ You Heard it Here!

I have communicated in this blog on many occasions (using words, videos, articles, and pictures) about the benefits of music.  I just found another source, schoolmusicmatters.com, that contains quotes from other folks who can talk about this subject much more eloquently than I.  Here is some of what these folks had to say:
When I hear [...]

Getting the Most Out of Your Kindermusik Home Materials

Unlike most other music programs for young children, Kindermusik is designed as an everyday musical experience. That’s why Kindermusik puts so much energy into creating high quality At Home materials that are second to none. Thoughtfully crafted sets of materials are purposefully incorporated to provide the most complete and the best possible musical [...]

Parent Involvement Needed for Better Musical Learning

Here is a wonderful article I heard about from another Kindermusik educator. It is from heraldsun.com.au. Don’t get me wrong…I think that some of the commercially available music out there is great for kids. I have even used some of it when I bring music to area preschools (one of my staple “get moving” songs [...]

What Kind of World Do You Want?

As you probably know, autism now affects nearly 1 in 150 children, with more children being diagnosed every day. The band 5 for Fighting is raising awareness and funding for this condition which currently has no cure. Every time someone watches a video like the one below, the band will donate 40 cents [...]

A New Inspiration for Moms

Last week, I had the opportunity to spread the word about my Kindermusik program at the Blue Valley Parents as Teachers annual Resource Fair. You can probably guess that the fair included all kinds of activities to benefit children, including preschool, dance, movement, and (of course!) music programs. As I was setting up [...]

Things I Wish I Knew When My Kids Were Babies

I just finished reading an article in Parenting magazine entitled, “How To Be a Great Mom To a Baby.” If you are interested, you can read the article at Parenting’s website. (Yes, the article is from May. I’m a little behind on my reading these days.) However, it got me [...]

Music Training Linked to Enhanced Verbal Skills

I found this article on a website called Terra Daily.  To see the article on the site, click on this link:
http://tinyurl.com/3ao8mu
by Staff Writers
Evanston IL (SPX) Sep 25, 2007

Music training, with its pervasive effects on the nervous system’s ability to process sight and sound, may be more important for enhancing verbal communication skills than learning phonics, [...]