This post is by regular contributor Christine Gora of Kids Music Toys. In this post and over the next few months I will be exploring the ways in which music can be used to calm and to stimulate, how it can be used to influence emotion and mood, and also how it can be used […]
The Little Drummer: Drumming with Preschoolers
“Come they told me, pa rum pa pum pum A new born King to see pa rum pa pum pum” The strains of The Little Drummer Boy are in my ears as I write this, reminding me that there is a little drummer in every child. Keeping a beat is a basic musical instinct probably […]
Learning to Listen
Today I welcome Christine Gora of Kids Music Toys with a guest post about the importance of children learning to listen. There is so much emphasis today on the visual. Young children are bombarded with visual stimuli through television and DVD. While all of this visual entertainment may have its place and provide parents with […]