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/

Just A Little Reminder

These are things you should have already noticed while reading my blogs. You can find the answers to these questions by looking through my past blogs, or just look at the bottom of this page.

1. True or False. Music is sometimes loud and sometimes soft.

2. What is A capella?

3. True or False. The more you practice on your instrument the better you become.

4. What is tessitura?

5. What is tempo?

6. Can learning a musical instrument improve grades in school?

7. Does taking piano lessons help with SAT scores?

8. Who was Richard Wagner?

9. Name some musical instrument that make high sounds. Name some musical instruments that make low sounds. 10. When singing, should you ever 'belt it out'?

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/

Answers:
1. True
2. A cappella music is music sung without any accompaniment.
3. True
4. Tessitura is the range in which a given voice has it's best timbre and texture.
5. Tempo in music is the speed of a composition. The tempo is measured according to beats per minute.
6. Yes. Studies have linked active music making with better language and math ability, improved school grade, better-adjusted social behavior, and improvments in "spatial-temporal reasoning". - American Music Conference, 2001.
7. Yes. There is a direct correlation between improved SAT scores and the length of time spent studying the arts. College-bound senior who'd had music experience scored 52 points higher on the verbal portion of their SATs and 37 point higher in math, than those without arts instruction. - Profiles of SAT and Achievement Test Takers, The College Board, 1998.
8. Richard Wagner, a German composer was born May 22, 1813. He was the court composer for King Ludwig of Bavaria. You can see frescoes of his opera on the wall of Neuschwanstein Castle. This is the castle Disney copied for the Disney Castle.
9. High sounds - recorders, flutes, piccolos. Low sounds - bass fiddle, tuba.
10. Absolutely NO! It can ruin your voice and vocal chords.

Young Children Composing Music


I teach some of my piano students at a preschool. Today I would like to introduce some of them to you. There is Ryan, who is always smiling. He just turned 3 years old. Then there is Wilmans who loves to fish and has a heart of gold. Akshaj loves to laugh. Wilmans and Akshaj are good buddies at school.

I also teach two preschoolers in my studio. Christian is very curious and wants to learn about everything. And Ryan, he is shy and quiet. He observes what is going on around him and thinks about it.

One thing they all share is their love of learning and their love of music. In order to teach them about music I had each one them compose a song. By writing these song they learned about and felt the rhythms of the whole note, half notes, and quarter notes.

You can listen to their first songs by clicking beside the song name:

Akshaj's Song (click here)
Christian's Super Awesome Song (click here)

Macaroni and Cheese (click here)
The Lion's Song (click here)
Wilmans' Song (click here)
Wilmans found the pitch bar and used it as I recorded his song.

If you have a question you would like me to answer about learning music please email me at Catherines.Music.Notes@gmail.com

Happy Holidays!!!

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 include:
Impressions Volume One, Two, and Three
Marches

The Frog Prince
CDs include:
Wedding Bells
Lullabies