So many adults wish that they had learned to play a musical instrument or to read music. Give your child the gift of music! It is a gift with endless value.
Here is a local opportunity for music involvement: Musical Zoo is an annual event that is this Sunday, Feb. 17 from 2:30-5:00pm at Timberline Church in Fort Collins, CO. This low cost event is a wonderful experience for the whole family. My own 3 children attended last year at ages 1, 3, and 5 years old and they have been talking about it ever since. More information at this link.
Here is a great article about the benefits of music education. Music can help your children do better in math, reading, and so many other subjects.
I am doing 2 FREE sample classes in my studio on Feb. 25th at 10am and 4pm. Let me know if I can reserve a space for your child. Fall registration is going on now, just click on the tab above to choose your class time for next year. If you would be interested in Summer Camp or need a class time that is not offered, let me know. If the waiting list is long enough, I may open an additional class.
Hope to see many of you at Musical Zoo on Sunday, if you are a current student, don't forget to wear your red shirt to save $5 off registration.
Joy! Ms. Robin
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Registration open for new students Fall 2013
I am excited to announce registration for Fall 2013 Let's Play Music is now open. If you are interested in enrolling your 4 or 5 year old in a first year class, please click on the registration link above.
If you would like to attend a free sample class, please contact me for dates, times, and locations for this month. Looking forward to singing with you soon! Ms. Robin
If you would like to attend a free sample class, please contact me for dates, times, and locations for this month. Looking forward to singing with you soon! Ms. Robin
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Registration for fall of 2013 begins!
I am very excited to announce that registration for my current students and siblings is now open! Please feel free to click on the link above and select your preferred class time for next fall. Registration is filled on a first come first serve basis, so if you have a sticky schedule, you may want to jump on it!
Registration will open to my waiting list and then the general public in February, so please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Welcome Back!
Hope you had a wonderful break and enjoyed some family time filled with lots of music! Now it is time to break out the new songs and have some fun in Blue Bugs! Our second semester of Let's Play Music is called Blue Bugs and we have lots of fun with our new bug rhythms! Make sure to clap the bug chant at home with your kids and use opportunities for teachable moments when they arise. "Hey, is that a butterfly? How would you clap But-ter-fly? "
" Ooo, look, The Very Hungry Caterpillar book, can you clap ca-ter-pil-lar?"
In looking ahead for next year, encourage any interest in keyboard/piano playing! Most of our LPM songs and lots of nursery rhymes (twinkle, twinkle, old macdonald, etc.) have very simple melodies and lots of familiar patterns the kids can tap out on their tone bells or on piano.
Encourage them to look for -mi-re-do, sol-sol-do, and sol-la-ti-do's in music.
I had so much fun teaching this past week and look forward to seeing everyone again this week for more great classes and lots of FUN!
In this cold and flu season, I really appreciate everyone being mindful of keeping others from getting sick and containing the germs when possible. I am setting a bottle of hand sanitizer at the entrance and as you enter for class, please remember to wash hands either with soap and water or with sanitizer to prevent the spread of germs and keep instruments clean, THANKS!
" Ooo, look, The Very Hungry Caterpillar book, can you clap ca-ter-pil-lar?"
In looking ahead for next year, encourage any interest in keyboard/piano playing! Most of our LPM songs and lots of nursery rhymes (twinkle, twinkle, old macdonald, etc.) have very simple melodies and lots of familiar patterns the kids can tap out on their tone bells or on piano.
Encourage them to look for -mi-re-do, sol-sol-do, and sol-la-ti-do's in music.
I had so much fun teaching this past week and look forward to seeing everyone again this week for more great classes and lots of FUN!
In this cold and flu season, I really appreciate everyone being mindful of keeping others from getting sick and containing the germs when possible. I am setting a bottle of hand sanitizer at the entrance and as you enter for class, please remember to wash hands either with soap and water or with sanitizer to prevent the spread of germs and keep instruments clean, THANKS!
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Blessed with music and so much more!
I saw this video the other day and I was struck by how these children were so thankful to have music in their lives. Music is a gift and I am blessed to be able to teach and share it with so many. I hope you have a Merry Christmas and enjoy this amazing video.
landfillharmonicmovie.com
landfillharmonicmovie.com
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Music makes you smarter!
Did you know...?
Music stimulates the mind, encourages creativity and helps to lay a foundation for learning that leads to higher intelligence and aptitude.
Preschoolers who studied piano performed 34% better in spatial and temporal reasoning ability than preschoolers who spent the same amount of time learning to use computers (Rauscher & Shaw. As reported in Neurological Research, February 1997).
Preschoolers who took singing and keyboard lessons scored 80% higher on object-assembly tests than students at the same preschool who did not have the music lessons (Rauscher & Shaw. As reported in Symphony, Sept.-Oct. 1996).
Listening to Mozart’s Piano Sonata K448 was found to significantly increase spatial scores of college students on IQ tests (Rauscher & Shaw. University of California as reported in Nature).
In a study of medical school applicants, 66% of the music majors who applied to medical school were admitted, the highest percentage of any group. Only 44% of the biochemistry majors were admitted (Lewis Thomas, as reported in the Phi Delta Kappan, February 1994).
The very best engineers and technical designers in the Silicon Valley industry are, nearly without exception, practicing musicians (Grant Venerable, The Center for the Arts in the Basic Curriculum, New York, 1989).
For the unborn child, classical music, played at a rhythm of 60 beats per minute, equivalent to that of a resting human heart, provides an environment conducive to creative and intellectual development (Dr. Thomas Veert, The Secret Life of the Unborn Child).
In 1994, it was reported by the college entrance examination board that students with coursework in music performance taking the university entrance exam (SAT) scored 49 points higher on the verbal portion of the test and 36 points higher on the math portion than students with no course work or experience in the arts.
It has been shown that high school music students have higher grade point averages than non-music students do in the same school (from Time Magazine June 11, 1999).
"It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the rest of musical perception." - Albert Einstein on his Theory of Relativity.
Plato once said "...music is a more potent instrument than any other for education..." Now scientists know why. Music, they believe, trains the brain for higher forms of thinking. After eight months of musical training, 3 year olds were expert puzzle masters, scoring 80% higher than their playmates did in spatial intelligence – the ability to visualize the world accurately. This skill later translates into mathematical/conceptual and engineering skills.
Happy Thanksgiving, I am very thankful for Let's Play Music and all of my amazing families!
Music stimulates the mind, encourages creativity and helps to lay a foundation for learning that leads to higher intelligence and aptitude.
Preschoolers who studied piano performed 34% better in spatial and temporal reasoning ability than preschoolers who spent the same amount of time learning to use computers (Rauscher & Shaw. As reported in Neurological Research, February 1997).
Preschoolers who took singing and keyboard lessons scored 80% higher on object-assembly tests than students at the same preschool who did not have the music lessons (Rauscher & Shaw. As reported in Symphony, Sept.-Oct. 1996).
Listening to Mozart’s Piano Sonata K448 was found to significantly increase spatial scores of college students on IQ tests (Rauscher & Shaw. University of California as reported in Nature).
In a study of medical school applicants, 66% of the music majors who applied to medical school were admitted, the highest percentage of any group. Only 44% of the biochemistry majors were admitted (Lewis Thomas, as reported in the Phi Delta Kappan, February 1994).
The very best engineers and technical designers in the Silicon Valley industry are, nearly without exception, practicing musicians (Grant Venerable, The Center for the Arts in the Basic Curriculum, New York, 1989).
For the unborn child, classical music, played at a rhythm of 60 beats per minute, equivalent to that of a resting human heart, provides an environment conducive to creative and intellectual development (Dr. Thomas Veert, The Secret Life of the Unborn Child).
In 1994, it was reported by the college entrance examination board that students with coursework in music performance taking the university entrance exam (SAT) scored 49 points higher on the verbal portion of the test and 36 points higher on the math portion than students with no course work or experience in the arts.
It has been shown that high school music students have higher grade point averages than non-music students do in the same school (from Time Magazine June 11, 1999).
"It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the rest of musical perception." - Albert Einstein on his Theory of Relativity.
Plato once said "...music is a more potent instrument than any other for education..." Now scientists know why. Music, they believe, trains the brain for higher forms of thinking. After eight months of musical training, 3 year olds were expert puzzle masters, scoring 80% higher than their playmates did in spatial intelligence – the ability to visualize the world accurately. This skill later translates into mathematical/conceptual and engineering skills.
Happy Thanksgiving, I am very thankful for Let's Play Music and all of my amazing families!
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
We are thankful for Let's Play Music!
All my classes are well into becoming musicians and having fun! I am no longer accepting students for the 2012-13 year. Please let me know if you would like to be added to my waiting list for next year. I am thankful for each of my students! What a gift to share music with all of you each week, blessings! Ms. Robin
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