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Toys for Music Loving Kids

Posted by Merrily James on Mar 8, 2019 12:53:32 PM
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Are you looking for a gift for a music loving kid? These games teach sightreading, composing, and pattern recognition. These are great supplements for students enrolled in piano, guitar, voice, ukulele, and drum lessons. 

Compose Yourself ($14.99)

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You don’t have to know how to write music or even own an instrument to be a world-class composer. Created by the ever-famous composer and cellist, Maestro Philip Sheppard, Compose Yourself teaches children as young as six to play with music. To create your own melody, arrange cards in a visual pattern, enter the codes with our music making software at ComposeYourself.ThinkFun.com, and hear your piece played by a full symphony orchestra at Abbey Roads Studios. Then flip, rotate, rearrange and even add more cards to create your very own masterpiece. 

 

 

The Award Winning Symphony Blocks ($79.95)
Screen Shot 2019-03-08 at 12.26.11 PMThese blocks can be rearranged to play a million different melodies, teaching children about music, shapes, and colors. A recipient of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Blue Chip Classic Award, it consists of five blocks that can be placed in any order into the sturdy base. Each side of each block plays a different phrase of music when pressed, while hitting the big red button on the front runs through all five phrases in sequence. A flip of a switch changes the music from a classical, symphonic performance to swinging jazz to drum-filled African rhythms. 

 

 

Simon Electronic Memory Game ($24.99)

simonmusicAttempt to memorize and repeat the light and sound sequences. This helps students learn memorization, pattern recognition, and sequences. 

 

 

 

 

 

Rock & Roll It Rainbow Piano ($50)

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Play music on the go with this fun and creative roll-up rainbow piano from Mukikim. With cool features like demo songs, multiple keyboard tones and a built-in speaker, this roll-up piano is perfect for you to rock and roll your way anytime, anywhere. 

 

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Piano Lessons for 4-Year-Olds

Posted by Merrily James on Aug 1, 2018 5:47:38 PM
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The "right" age to begin piano lessons varies from child to child. A good first test is the age when your child can tie their shoes. Many four year olds can achieve great success with piano lessons. It's important for these early lessons to be based around fun, and plenty of off the piano activities and games. Below are the skills you can expect your 4-year-old to gain in their first few months of lessons. 

1. Play Pre-Reading Songs - Begin teaching 4-year-olds with finger numbers. Books like WunderKeys, Faber Piano Adventures, and Alfred 1A Lesson Book, all have great pre-reading pieces. See more fun songs below.

Try These Resources: Hot Crossed Buns, Lizzy's Cat, Snail Snail, Wiggly Worm, Red Light, Green Light 

2. Build Finger Dexterity - In the early days of piano lesson, 4-year-olds can gradually build finger strength with fun games and stories.  Practicing separating each finger from the other will help build grace and confidence at the piano. 

Try These Resources: Finger Play Poems, Fun With Frogs: Fingers and Frogs

3. Identify Notes and Patterns - Start teaching notes by identifying the patterns of black keys on the piano (try using Seeing Black Key Patterns). Then slowly introduce one note at a time. 

Try These Resources: Seeing Black Key Patterns, Introducing the Animals 

4. Learn Rhythmic Patterns - I love using the stick rhythm method to teach young students. This technique uses words for each rhythm instead of numbers. This is particularly helpful for children who haven't yet learned math. 

Try These Resources: Blue Jello Cards, Rhythm Pizza, Miss Frog's First Rhythms, Rhythm Hunt

5. Improvise - I love to start the first lesson with young students by playing an Eb blues scale, and encouraging them to improvise by only playing black keys. 

Try These Resources: I've Got The Blues Improv Activity, The Snowflake Technique

6. Compose - 4-year-olds can start composing at their first lesson. Encourage your student to start by using only two notes and write the pattern on one of the composing templates below. 

Try These Resources: Ice Cream Composing, Spaceship Composing, Compose Yourself

ROCK ON! 

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