Teaching Tool: Self-Assessment
by Kathy Morrison, Director As we continue working towards achieving our annual goals, it’s important to take time and assess where we are in our musical studies. One of the …
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A Mom’s View: Kindermusik makes great parenting easier.
by Heather Stitt, Macaroni Kid of Washington-Canonsburg Is there anything sweeter than hearing tiny little voices singing? Only when it’s your littles doing the singing! Mine have started singing in …
Read MoreA Mom’s View: Seeing the Social Interactions Up Close.
by Heather Stitt, Macaroni Kid of Washington-Canonsburg In my last post, I talked about the benefits of Kindermusik and how using the ideas from class can help make parenting easier. …
Read MoreMom’s View: The Benefits of Kindermusik
Written by Heather Stitt, Macaroni Kid of Washington-Canonsburg We all know the value of music education at an early age but what benefits do the parents see? You may have …
Read MoreMusic to Help Others: A goal for our students.
by Laura Roberts, Piano Instructor Kathy’s Music, LLC On October 29th, some of my students and I had the privilege of performing a costume recital for the residents of Broadmore …
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My First Kindermusik Class
Written by Guest Blogger, Heather Stitt What do you think of when you hear about Kindermusik? That it is a music class for children, right? We just had our first ...
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Babies, Timbre, Rhythms, Counting & Patterns
Parenting Tip: Sing, play, and count in 3’s Why? Researchers, scientists, and teachers have long recognized the link between music and math, but the benefits seemed to be long-term – …
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Musical Memory for Toddlers
Parenting Tip: Add music to your daily routine to boost your toddlers’ memory! Why? Short-term memory has the ability to hold about seven bits of information. But, when patterns and …
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Integrated Learning for Preschoolers
Parenting Tip: Learn Kindermusik games from your child, and play, sing, read, write, and move together! Why? Each Kindermusik activity has multiple objectives, and helps your child to develop multiple …
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Baby’s Awareness of Rhythms
Parenting Tip: Move & tap to rhythms with baby. Why? Rhythmic awareness is simply being aware of steady beat and meter in music and in our surroundings. The most fundamental …
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