Are you looking for something for your child to do this summer?
How about learning how to play the piano?

"It has been noted that music can have a very positive affect on a child's personal development. Music helps to teach children crucial skills that have a postive impact on their lives. Studies have shown that children who learn music have better pitch. Better pitch will often help children to learn languages much easier." - www.sovietrussia.co.uk/music-can-help-children-learn-a-new-language/

"A research team exploring the link between music and intelligence reported that music training is far superior to computer instruction in dramatically enhancing children's abstract reasoning skills, the skills necessary for learning math and science."

"Research shows when a child listens to classical music the right hemisphere of the brain is activated, but when a child studies a musical instrument both left and right hemispheres of the brain "light up". Significantly, the areas that become activated are the same areas that are involved in analytical and mathematical thinking." - Dee Dickinson, "Music and the Mind," New Horizons for Learning, 1993.

Piano Lessons with Catherine!

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These lessons are given using SKYPE.

Send an email to Catherines.Music.Notes@gmail.com

If you have any questions about teaching music or about learning music please email me at: Catherines.Music.Notes@gmail.com

Have a Musical Day!!! *Smiles*

Catherine
"Music lessons should be about the student. Each student learns in different ways, and at different speeds. Music is a journey, and on that journey we will work and learn together." - Catherine

Books with CDs included:
Impressions Volume One, Two, and Three
Marches
The Frog Prince
Reading Music, Middle C, D, and E
CDs include:
Wedding Bells
Lullabies

http://sites.google.com/site/musicbycatherine
www.ShoutLife.com/ClassyKeys
http://catherinesmusicnotes.blogspot.com

Discovery

Saint Patrick was born in the 4th. century. He used the shamrock to teach about the Holy Trinity. He died March 17, 461. As early as the 17th century people wore shamrocks to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day.

Answer the two questions. See if you get the answers right. The answers are at the bottom of the page.

1. True or False. The "wearing of the green" means to wear a shamrock on one's clothing.

2. True or False. Originally the color that everyone associated with Saint Patrick was blue.

Write a poem or song about Saint Patrick, or a Shamrock, or the color green. I'd love to hear what you wrote. Please send it to me at Catherines.Music.Notes@gmail.com

If you have any questions about teaching music or about learning music please email me at: Catherines.Music.Notes@gmail.com

Have a Musical Day! *smiles*

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Catherine
"Music lessons should be about the student. Each student learns in different ways, and at different speeds. Music is a journey, and on that journey we will work and learn together." - Catherine

Books with CDs included:
Impressions Volume One, Two, and Three
Marches
The Frog Prince
CDs include:
Wedding Bells
Lullabies

http://sites.google.com/site/musicbycatherine
www.ShoutLife.com/ClassyKeys
http://catherinesmusicnotes.blogspot.com

Answers:
1. True.
2. True.

Preschool, Toddlers, and Babies

Today let's make believe!!!

Have your child or children perform each activity after you describe it. Of course, it's fun if you do the activity also.

1. You are the rain.
(click here for the rain song to move to)
2. You are a snowflake.
(click here for the snowflake song to move to)
3. You are leaves falling from the tree.
(click here for the leaves falling song to move to)

If you have any questions about teaching music or about learning music please email me at: Catherines.Music.Notes@gmail.com

Have A Musical Day!!! *smiles*

Catherine
"Music lessons should be about the student. Each student learns in different ways, and at different speeds. Music is a journey, and on that journey we will work and learn together." - Catherine

Books with CDs included:
Impressions Volume One, Two, and Three
Marches
The Frog Prince
CDs include:
Wedding Bells
Lullabies

http://sites.google.com/site/musicbycatherine
www.ShoutLife.com/ClassyKeys
http://catherinesmusicnotes.blogspot.com/