Posted in Book Reviews Music

Lovely Picture Book about History of Musical Notation

In a new picture book, The First Notes: The Story of Do, Re, Mi, Andrews and her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, share the story of how the musical scale came to be.

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Baby with Musical Instruments
Posted in Kindergarten Music Preschool The Homeschooling Life

Why Music is Important for Young Children

Scientific research has shown that early exposure to music is essential to a child’s development. #music #babies #preschool

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Posted in Kindergarten Music Preschool

The Gift of Music Combined with Prayer

Music is one of God’s greatest gifts to us.  Children are naturally moved by music and respond to it even before they are born!  There is no…

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Posted in Music Preschool Religion

The Importance of Early Childhood Development

My grandfather used to say that most of the work a parent puts into the salvation of a soul and the development of the person…

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Posted in 1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade 6th grade Music

Zeezok Music Appreciation Curriculum Set

Music Appreciation for the Elementary Grades: Book 1 will introduce children to seven different composers, dating from 1685 to 1828 (Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven,…

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Posted in High School Music On-Line Classes

PianoNanny.com – Free Piano Lessons

This educational site is a free public service brought to you by PianoNanny.com (Piano Nanny) and The Art Department. Your instructor for the course is…

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Posted in Music On-Line Classes

Hoffman Academy – Free Piano Lessons

Our series of 100 free piano lessons are carefully sequenced to build ability and understanding. No prior experience required. Each lesson includes practice instructions and…

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The Great Courses

The Great Courses offers DVD, Audio CD, and streaming courses taught by experts in their fields in a variety of subjects, including art, history, math,…

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