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Boomwhackers are eight musically tuned percussion tubes designed by MIT graduate Craig Ramsell. To play, each person holds one or two of these colorful and perfectly tuned percussion tubes and whacks them against his arm, thigh, or any hard surface to produce a sound. The harder the surface, the brighter the sound will be. The tubes are various lengths and…
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Movement is an important part of learning. According to Dr. Karla Hannaford in, Smart Moves, movement is an indispensable part of learning and thinking. While your child is beating to the tune of the music—get up and move to the music. Percussion-type rhythm Instruments to hit, pound, or shake Jingle Bands: these are strips of metal bells that attach around…
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This week, we are going to discuss simple rhythm instruments for children. Playing a rhythm instrument is fun, easy, and does more than occupying a child’s time. As a child learns to play a rhythm instrument, it impacts their listening and motor skills which later impact their reading ability. They will also develop a sense of rhythm and train their…
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Today I want to talk about some of the benefits of playing a musical instrument–it’s important for your brain and you! The greatest brain benefits of music happen when you actually learn a musical instrument. By doing so you are exercising the left, right, front, and back portions of the brain—and when the entire brain is being utilized—learning increases….
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Wouldn’t it be amazing if you could just listen to music and have it positively affect the brain? Well, it can and does… Years ago, a man by the name of Georgi Lozanov, (1926-2012) a Bulgarian psychiatrist studied how music affected the brain when people merely listened to it. What he discovered was rather astonishing. He found that when we…
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Classical music is truly a multi-level experience. We’ve learned that music plays a role in our universe, is found in nature and even animals respond to music. Proportionately, though, its greatest impact is on human beings—to our learning processes, brain development and the refinement of our entire neurological system. Thousands of studies over the last two hundred years illustrate the…
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