Music lessons for young children

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 12:43 pm

I am reading a book about music lessons being good for young children. It says that music helps children to use their brains in all sorts of positive ways, and I agree. When I was pregnant and Dan would play the piano, Joey would dance in my womb. She LOVES music, and the piano, especially. I look forward to starting her with lessons when she's about three.

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 2:06 pm

My wife was 7 months pregnant when we went to a Who concert. My daughter loves the theme song for CSI. Connection? I think yes.

JessieD · Post by **JessieD** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 5:25 pm

I rescind the compliment I paid you.

chattiekathy · Post by **chattiekathy** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 6:03 pm

Jessie,

Go to www.kindermusik.com and check out their curriculum. My daughter was on the creative team there for a few years before she went to teaching music in the public schools 2 years ago. It is really great stuff and it is for ages newborn to Seven I think. I read about a study that was done, on music being instrumental in developing math skills in children.

By the way, Joey is really cute!

Cheers,
Kathy

JessieD · Post by **JessieD** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 6:10 pm

I rescind the 2nd compliment I paid you.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 6:29 pm

Looks cool. Hope it works out. I wouldn't have thought about the average kid being "teachable" in any formal way at age 3, but I don't know anything about kindermusik's approach.

Hey, JessieD--maybe you could sign on as a teacher rather than as a student! I bet those toddler's would dig Kwela.

MurphyStout · Post by **MurphyStout** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 6:40 pm

I would argue against being overly tenacious in getting your kid into things. There is a good chance that you will drive your kid away from music rather than towards it. I've seen it happen many times and being the son of teachers I've seen too many mothers being overly tenacious yielding bad results. But I'm not the kids mother so what do I know. Good luck with it.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 7:08 pm

Seems to be a lot of vanishing posts on this thread....

Then again,I might be imagining things.....

Slan,
D.

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 7:10 pm

MurphyStout wrote:I would argue against being overly tenacious in getting your kid into things. There is a good chance that you will drive your kid away from music rather than towards it. I've seen it happen many times and being the son of teachers I've seen too many mothers being overly tenacious yielding bad results. But I'm not the kids mother so what do I know. Good luck with it.

I agree. So long as the curriculum is geared more toward helping the child enjoy/have fun with making sounds and listening to music, it's fine, but anything in the form of formal training should wait for a bit...otherwise you stand a good chance of turning the kid off the whole thing.

You can do so much on your own to help your daughter enjoy music. Seeing and hearing you play will be wonderful for her. Singing with her...finding tapes or CDs you both like and playing them around the house and in the car...that will go a long way toward creating a life-long music lover (and musician).

Redwolf

TyroneShoelaces · Post by **TyroneShoelaces** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 7:39 pm

i don't know. i think that kids can learn music at an early age and that it
will stick with them the rest of their life. the photograph above reminds
me of pictures my mom has of our cousin liberache when he was little.
he was introduced to the piano at about the age of that kid, and he
enjoyed playing the piano until his death a few years ago. mom said that
liberache's parents - my mom's aunt and uncle - used to dress him in pink
as a toddler and that might have had something to do with his flashy
clothes and strange mannerisms. but cousin liberache was still one heck
of a pianist who loved his instrument until the day he died. mom always
said that if his parents had not pushed an interest in the piano on him at
such an early age then liberache might never have given so many people
such beautiful music. i think my mom knows why people like cousin
liberache were such good musicians.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 8:27 pm

I've heard of Liberace,a very flamboyant character by all accounts,but never of anyone called Liberache.

Did he play Vegas as well?

Slan,
D.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 9:02 pm

dubhlinn wrote:I've heard of Liberace,a very flamboyant character by all accounts,but never of anyone called Liberache.

D, we're clearly talking about a pair of parallel lives here!

Furthermore, as I see no evidence of candelabras in that photo, I imagine that Joey will cultivate a considerably different style than either Liberace or Liberache. She also looks better in pink.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 10:08 pm

Encourage and support your children in their discoveries and endeavors. Try as you might, your offspring will combat and 'change the rules' according to how they are hardwired. They will find their own way, and sometimes (though you may not expect it), they will suprise you with their similarity to you.

These are our children, our future and ourselves. Let's give them every opportunity to reach what we wanted to, but now blame our parents for never being able to achieve. Don't live through your children, allow them to live through you....then stand back, and watch yourself.

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 10:14 pm

Séamus loves when I play my whistle (he being the smart little lad he is!), and will hold it when I play. This of course doesn't make it all that easy to play, but try to tell a 7 month old that.

Our friend's 8 month old, however, cries when I play (hmmm....maybe HE'S the smart one!

). I wonder if it's because Séamus was so used to hearing me play even when he was in the womb. It would make sense, really.

TyroneShoelaces · Post by **TyroneShoelaces** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 11:42 pm

dubhlinn wrote:I've heard of Liberace,a very flamboyant character by
all accounts,but never of anyone called Liberache.

Did he play Vegas as well?

Slan,
D.

he spelled his name "liberache". that's how he signed his name in all of
the letters he sent to mom from his various tours. some people
change their name in one way or another for show biz - mom never
said. he was always just "cousin liberache" to me. and the photographs
my mom has of him sitting at the piano as a toddler look identical to the
kid in the picture at the top of the page. i would think they were the same
person, except my mom's photographs are in black and white and you
can't tell he was wearing pink. to call cousin liberache a "flamboyant
character" is a great understatement. his flashy clothes and jewelry and
the air that he projected certainly got everyone's attention whether he
was performing on stage or having sunday dinner at our house when i
was a kid. they threw away the mold when they made liberache, and he
is sorely missed by his family. may he rest in peace.

i didn't know he was so well known or remembered on your side of the
pond. i am sure that he would have liked knowing that. thank you.