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Free Recorder Fingering Chart

My six-year-old daughter has been asking to learn to play the recorder this week, so we pulled out my husband's old recorder, dusted it off, and let her practice on it. But when I checked online to find a good fingering chart to print off for her, I only found ones that were either interactive [...]

My Son's Beginning to Scare Me!

We've been studying composers the last few weeks, and on Mondays and Fridays I require the kids to listen to 30 minutes of the composer we've studied most recently. Last Wednesday we talked about Haydn, so the kids listened to some of Haydn's Creation both last Friday and yesterday, which was Monday.
But just a couple [...]

A Little Random Link Love

San Francisco Symphony for Kids: Learn about music and instruments with the San Francisco Symphony. Joely absolutely loves this site!
Nourish Interactive: Nutrition education games for kids. Although this uses the "new" food pyramid (which I thoroughly despise), the information is great on this site, and the games are really engaging.
Make Your Own Handwriting Sheets: How [...]

Music Literacy Monday: Intro to the Basics of Music Notation

I'm going to begin this "Music Literacy Monday" campaign as if the reader has absolutely no experience or understanding of music notation, so please forgive me if what I post today comes across as extremely elementary; it won't always be this basic.
Imagine, if you will…
a teacher on the West Coast who is telling a story [...]

Musical Illiteracy: The Quest for the Cure

I've taught piano lessons for over 12 years, mostly from my home, but in the early years at a private Christian school. As a teacher, I've encountered numerous parents who have told me they never learned how to read music, but they want their kids to learn. Unfortunately, more often than not, their child ends [...]