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Hi,
Welcome to the newly re-designed Music Education Ezine from the Fun Music Company. In this Ezine we hope to provide you with a quick summary of the latest articles, resources and information available at our websites and blogs.
As Parents and Music Educators we know the benefits that playing in band and ensemble can have on children of all ages. Children not only learn important playing and team building skills, but their self confidence and social skills can really help them in all areas of their schooling. The children who play in band at school are often referred to as the "smartest Kids" in the school and brain researcher, Dr Gordon Shaw described music as being “A window into higher brain Function”.
But what happens when our children end up with instruments as part of the program that they are not happy with and what can parents and educators do to a) avoid the problem in the first place and b) Make an acceptable outcome for everyone involved. One of my latest articles entitled Musical Instruments for Children addresses these very questions. The article created an enormous response from both parents of musical children and educators. Their comments and feedback are well worth a read and feel free to add your own experiences on this important topic. Have a read today!
At the Fun Music Company this month, we have been very busy launching two new websites which will make it much easier for you to gain access to motivating materials and save loads of time in lesson preparation. Instant Print Music Lessons is a comprehensive digital package of over 80 pages of worksheets, an exclusive e-book and flashcard sets to help inspire students and make learning music theory fun. My BlogPost called Instant Print Music Lessons Explained will be able to fill you in with all the details.
Our other new project called Percussion Secrets is a step by step learning process to percussion instruments. Through this extensive, but easy to follow course with percussion expert, Tim Irrgang, you will be able to dazzle your children with some inspiring ideas that you can use with the percussion instruments you may have lying around. There is a special coupon promotion running at the moment for Percussion Secrets, just Click here for an article and more details.
All the best in Making your Music Lessons Fun!
Kind Regards,
P.S. Let me know what you think of our new Ezine format - We'd love to hear your ideas and suggestions for future issues, as well as articles and resources you need. My personal email is janice@funmusicco.com
This Months Articles:
Should the Band Director choose the instruments?
This article gained a great amount of comments on the Parents Music Guide, and just the comments show a fascinating discussion on this topic.
It started with a question from a concerned parent saying "Should the band director be able to decide what instrument my 6th grader child plays, and what do I do if I don't agree with their decision?"
How to Use Music Fonts
If you have ever needed to write some musical notation and put it into a word processor document, you'll know that it can be really frustrating to find a simple and easy way to do it
This article will show you some great ideas and links to downloading music font styles that work - All for free. yes thats right... Completely free!
How to record a simple Christmas CD
At the Fun Music Company we love helping people, answering questions and promoting discussion, in the hope that we will develop really useful resources for music teachers and parents.
In this article on the Music Software Guide, Kevin was asked about ways to make a simple Christmas CD for a school. Using his experiences he came up with a way that it could be done for under $100.
Have a Young Child at Home?
If you have a piano in the house and have a toddler, Chances are they'll want to play it!
This article outlines some simple, effective steps you can take to nurture their love for music and to learn some beginning steps in playing on the piano.
Christmas Piano Arrangements
This is a post we made last year, that we felt that you might not have seen - it contains a couple of free Christmas carol arrangements that your children may enjoy if you are teaching piano or your children play piano.
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