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A child’s job is to play. I don’t mean on an X-box or sitting in front of Cartoon Network. I mean real, old-fashioned playing. Exploring, building, creating, imagining, figuring things out. Building forts, playing pretend, exploring a park: that is the work of children, and there is nothing better for their mental, physical and emotional Continue reading Preview 3: Music is Child’s Play Of all the complaints that people can have of a singing performance, usually the most unforgivable is that the singer does not sing in tune. With young children, intonation is almost always an issue. The majority of parents who ask me to teach their young child come with the complaint that “the notes just don’t Continue reading Preview 2: Teaching Children to Sing in Tune With the impressive success of the original Singing Lessons for Little Singers book (available on Amazon and Lulu.com), we have received numerous requests to expand the method. As many of you already know, a pre-school to early elementary level is currently in the works, with progressively more advanced levels to follow soon. Here is a Continue reading Preview #1 of New Singing Lessons for Little Singers Level A: Level Objectives During my research for the new level of Singing Lessons for Little Singers that will be coming out, I came across this wise advice from “The Child-Voice in Singing” by F. E. Howard, published in 1895. [W]hile it is possible to develop the adult voice very considerably in power, range and flexibility, we ought, in Continue reading Good Advice on Teaching Children to Sing I’ve been working on a new addition to “Singing Lessons for Little Singers.” It will be a new level that will come previous to the current edition, focusing on preschool and early primary-aged children. Some of the highlights will be: Creative movement and character songs focusing on hissing, buzzing and sirens to teach breath control Continue reading New Level Coming Out Soon! |
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