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Universal Language: Music Therapy universal language: music therapy Nov 02, 2024

Universal Language: Music Therapy

Prof. Laurie Fox, Board Certified Music Therapist, takes us on a brief journey, and explains her field along the way. It’s been...

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Self Awareness and the Dragon: A Parenting Fairytale self awareness and the dragon: a parenting fairytale Nov 01, 2024

Self Awareness and the Dragon: A Parenting Fairytale

When our sons were young (age 4), they memorized a very simple, two-part definition of self-awareness. Here is it:

1....

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What Kids Need what kids need Oct 31, 2024

What Kids Need

Last month, I wrote an article on what kids want that featured a commercial from an Australian food company. It beautifully demonstrated the...

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RESERVED SPACE: DEDICATED GREY MATTER FOR MUSIC! reserved space: dedicated grey matter for music! Oct 30, 2024

RESERVED SPACE: DEDICATED GREY MATTER FOR MUSIC!

Last month, The New York Times reported on new research conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

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Crazy Sounds: What the Voice Can Do crazy sounds: what the voice can do Oct 29, 2024

Crazy Sounds: What the Voice Can Do

Okay folks…this is going to be a weird post, but stay with me. I’m a collegiate choral director, so singing is big part of my...

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How Music Strengthens Emotional Development and Bonding how music strengthens emotional development and bonding Oct 28, 2024

How Music Strengthens Emotional Development and Bonding

Music moves us.  It’s a plain and simple truth, common to human beings all around the world since time...

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Music and Memory – Helping Stroke and Dementia Patients music and memory – helping stroke and dementia patients Oct 26, 2024

Music and Memory – Helping Stroke and Dementia Patients

Sometimes I apologize in advance to my Kindermusik families for how many times we repeat a song in class. But...

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Using Music to Address Challenging Behaviors using music to address challenging behaviors Oct 25, 2024

Using Music to Address Challenging Behaviors

Whether in the classroom or at home, if there are children, there are likely to be challenging behaviors.  That’s...

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Online Toys for Music Joys: Google’s Chrome Music Lab online toys for music joys: google’s chrome music lab Oct 24, 2024

Online Toys for Music Joys: Google’s Chrome Music Lab

Greetings music fans! In celebration of the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s...

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Moving and the Mind moving and the mind Oct 23, 2024

Moving and the Mind

When does the most powerful and sustaining learning happen?  Look in the window of any Kindermusik classroom, and you’ll see the answer...

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Whisper, Talk, Sing: How the Voice Works how the voice works sing talk whisper Oct 22, 2024

Whisper, Talk, Sing: How the Voice Works

The Voice. Not the TV show – the aural presence of each of us. It’s an amazing instrument, able to produce an incredible...

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Kindermusik and the Music City: Betsy Flanagan Speaks at the National Head Start Conference and Expo kindermusik and the music city: betsy flanagan speaks at the national head start conference and expo Oct 21, 2024

Kindermusik and the Music City: Betsy Flanagan Speaks at the National Head Start Conference and Expo

Next week, Kindermusik International’s Director of Professional...

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