Music for kids including playing instruments and getting children to practice their instrument. Also music and songs to learn math facts and foreign languages.
My son has always had his obsessions: Age 3: Dinosaurs and Angry Birds Age 4 and 5: Pokémon Age 6: Bakugan, Ninjago Age 7: Magic Cards, Minecraft, Mario Brothers Video Games Age 9, 10: Minecraft, Dragonballz, Injustice Video Game Age 1o and 11: Dragonballz, Naruto
Two of my kids are fascinated by the ukelele. My son, who plays guitar, was inspired by musician Jake Shimabukuro that he showed the video to his guitar teacher, and watched Jake’s videos on technique that he can apply to guitar later on when he gets more advanced. Grasshopper and Sensei is learning the ukelele on…
Tau is approximately equal to 6.28, so that makes today, 6/28, Tau day! Happy Tau Day. One easy way to think of Tau Day is just to eat twice as much pie today as you did on Pi Day (March 14). But … uhmm, what exactly is Tau?!
One of the great pleasures of blogging is meeting wonderful fellow bloggers like Debbie Clement, a teacher, musician, author/illustrator and performer. What doesn’t she do?! In celebration of National Teachers’ Week which kicked off yesterday and National Teacher Day today, I wanted you to meet her! Her company, Rainbows Within Reach, is now launching it’s 18th year…
I received an email from CWIST, a free website for parents and kids, and was intrigued by their idea: Challenges or “cwists” are crowd-sourced from parents, educators, mom bloggers and experts and posted in the cwist library. The cwists can be anything from organizing a community clean-up, researching fun facts for an upcoming family trip, completing a summer reading…
With 11.7 million YouTube views, you must see this performance by Jake Shimabukuro, a ukulele virtuoso known for his complex finger work. Be sure to watch the last minute where Jake plays a pretty incredible sequence. My husband gave found Jake on YouTube and my kids loved watching him play, especially my son who plays the…
Musical toy selection for infants, toddlers, preschool and elementary school kids. Product reviews by mom and her kids who used these toys for years!
When my flute teacher sent me this enewsletter, I immediately zoned in on the article on practicing. Here it is. And here’s the link to this excellent blog, GreenRoom.FromTheTop.org, which showcases the preeminent showcase for the nation’s best young classical musicians.
