Posted in Artistry, Video Clips on January 31, 2007 | No Comments »
Be prepared to be amazed at Andy McKee and his musical talents. I’ve really enjoyed not only listening, but watching him play. I hope you enjoy this as much as I have!
Posted in FYI, Parenting on January 26, 2007 | No Comments »
Having a child with an auto-immune disease, I am always concerned about staying healthy and not bringing home any germs that might cause havoc with anyone’s immune system. Having now come down with a lovely case of what’s better known as “the crud”, I can tell you that I have been washing and washing and washing [...]
Posted in ABC Music & Me, Fun Stuff, Our Time, Video Clips on January 20, 2007 | No Comments »
This semester in Our Time and this month in ABC Music & Me, we visit the farm in our classes, making friends with the cows, pigs, ducks, sheep, and every other kind of animal we can find there. So, just for fun, turn up your speakers, grab a child for your lap, and enjoy this [...]
Posted in ABC Music & Me, Fun Stuff, Links for Cool, Interesting Websites, Parenting, Recipes, Village on January 18, 2007 | No Comments »
for families with children is found at Wondertime.com. I’ve had their name in my “Links” section on the right side of the blog page for a long time now.
Today when I opened my email, I had received their latest free online newsletter. It was chock full of wonderful goodies for children of all ages.
This month [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Interesting Musical Trivia, Kindermusik, Links for Cool, Interesting Websites, Music For Children on January 15, 2007 | No Comments »
Kindermusik has a “sister” company, Do Re Me & You! that provides fabulous educational materials for children of all ages. Listen to this song, ”Follow the Drinking Gourd” from “America the Musical” ( page 10) and see if you can follow the secret code within the song.
While slave owners thought they heard singing in the fields, the slaves were [...]
Posted in Kindermusik, Masterworks Studio, Music For Children, Video Clips on January 11, 2007 | No Comments »
Today marks the end of our Fall Semester. As Family Time class wound down this afternoon, and we sang our good-bye song, “Sing Through the Week”, for the last time, it was bittersweet to realize how much these children have grown over the past 4 months. How much more will they have grown when I [...]
Posted in Benefits, Kindermusik on January 5, 2007 | No Comments »
A recent study found that repeated enrollment in Kindermusik improves a child’s ability to plan, guide, and control their own behavior.
“Children currently enrolled in Kindermusik showed higher levels of self-control than those never enrolled and those previously enrolled. …This suggests that in order for children to reap the benefit of increased self-control as a result [...]
Posted in FYI, Video Clips on January 3, 2007 | No Comments »
I received a link to this video in my email and, after viewing it, I realized that I need to make changes myself in simple things like pulling into a gas station and pumping gas. I never realized that driving a mini-van or a full-size van might be hazardous to my safety. You’ll understand my dismay after viewing [...]
