to my Kindermusik and studio families for their patience and understanding while I underwent surgery last week. I’ve been forced to slow down and take things easy for a few days, but plan on being back in the classroom this Thursday, May 1st.
Our summer schedule will also be up and available for online registration later [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Many Thanks…….
Posted in ABC Music & Me, Adventures, Cancellations, Class Schedules, FYI, Family Time, Imagine That, Kindermusik, Masterworks Studio, Our Time, Sign & Sing, Village, Young Child, tagged cancellation, class, gratitude, summer, surgery on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Celebrating Earth Day with Your Baby
Posted in FYI, Just for Dads, Just for Grownups, Just for Moms, Links for Cool, Interesting Websites, Parenting, tagged "green", baby, diaper, Earth Day, environment on April 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This will definitely not be a post like you’re anticipating. While I wholeheartedly agree with the premise of a clean, safe environment now and for the future, I never had the opportunity to support it with my five children when they were infants as today’s young parents do. Meet the gDiaper – the breathable diaper you [...]
Building Bridges in the Brain
Posted in Benefits, Benefits of Music, Education, FYI, Kindermusik, Masterworks Studio, Music For Children, Parenting, Simply Music, tagged child, children, corpus callosum, flute, MRI, music practice, musical instrument, musical study, neuroscientist, Piano, violin on April 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Many times in our Village classes (for infants 0 – 18 months), during our exercise time, I will often tell the parents that by providing the cross-lateral movements between opposing hand and foot, they are stimulating the corpus callosum which contains the nerve pathways between the two hemispheres in the brain. This area is also linked [...]
*Four*-handed Guitar?
Posted in Artistry, FYE - For Your Enjoyment, Fun Stuff, Video Clips on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just for Now
Posted in Artistry, FYE - For Your Enjoyment, Just for Grownups, Video Clips, tagged Artistry, creativity, Imogen Heap, Just for Now, taking a break on April 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Reminded by a good friend how easy it is to be hard on yourself, I’ve decided to give myself a break tonight after spending four hours sorting through Kindermusik teaching materials, lesson plans, lyric sheets, home kits, and schedules from last summer. I am working on this summer’s class schedule and plan to have that up by [...]
A Rocker at Heart
Posted in Artistry, Classical Music, FYE - For Your Enjoyment, Video Clips, tagged Deep Purple, Kindermusik, music, rock, Smoke on the Water on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In surfing some other Kindermusik blogs tonight (notably Miss Christa’s), I ran across a video of a Japanese version of one of the classic all-time great rock songs, “Smoke on the Water.” I enjoyed viewing it, although I will confess that the vocals caught me a little off guard.
However, it did prompt me to [...]
Where have I been?
Posted in FYI, Health, tagged absence, muscle strain, pain on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s hard to believe that it’s been two weeks since my last post. I’ve had several readers write, asking where I’ve been, and the honest truth is that I haven’t actually *been* anywhere other than home, studio, church, and the doctor’s office.
Wait a minute -
Doctor’s office?
Yes, I found myself on March 26 at the [...]
