Flower Pots and Tin Cans

Tin Cans and Flower Pots make a great percussion instrument! Take any empty tin cans (soup, etc), make sure the sharp edges are crimped with plyers or filed down. Set them down and use wooden dowels or spoons to play them.
Clay Flower Pots make excellent sounding bell drums. Strike the pots near the rim with chopsticks or other light beater. The playing motion should be sideways against the sides of the pots near the rim. (advice from Bart Hopkin)

Drum Set for the Entire Family!

From Cradle to Grave

Our brain neurons are hard-wired for music -- from cradle to grave. And the more we use 'em, the less we lose 'em!

Snow and plains combine, To form a bond so divine, That nature itself bows. - L. Benson

25,000 Years Ago! Vulture Bone Flute

Perhaps the earliest known musical instrument, a vulture bone flute found in Germany, dates back to 35,000 years ago. The foot-long flute, made from the naturaly hollow wing bone, has five finger holes and a v-shaped mouth piece.

Flutes

Playing a musical instrument can reverse stress at the molecular
level, according to studies conducted by Loma Linda University School
of Medicine.

Ukulele Madness!

Gather around the circle and discover the magic of music for kids

Gather around the circle and discover the magic of music for kids

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Pie Pan Tambourine Craft

If keeping time to the music is your kids' favorite pastime, have them ring in some fun with this easy-to-make pie pan tambourine. You'll need to help them with a few of the steps here.

What You'll Need:

• Foil pie pan
• Nail
• File or hammer
• Jingle bells - Old Christmas bells, etc. Purchase at art store, drug store, 5 and dime store.
• Yarn or string

©2007 Publications International, Ltd. A finished pie pan tambourine in action.

Step 1: Punch holes in the edges of an aluminum foil pie pan with a nail. Help kids smooth the sharp edges of the holes with a file or hammer.

Step 2: At each hole, tie a small jingle bell to the pan with yarn or string. Now jingle those bells -- you'll have a rhythmic adventure you won't be able to resist.

--- You can purchase bells at your local arts/craft store or toy store-----
Musical Instruments for Kids!

Music is a way to help focus children in the right direction.

Owls at my parents owl box.

Check out this link:
http://www.laphil.com/yola/

Kids Singing: http://ping.fm/LPiRk

Movies for kids: The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Singing in the Rain

Austin Pea Party :)
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After receiving keyboard lessons, preschool children in L.A. performed 34 % higher on tests for spatial-temporal reasoning than children who were either trained on computers.

Music changes the fabric of reality. Since kids are in the moment all the time they don't miss a beat!
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"I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds."
-Dizzy Gillespie

"When one teaches, two learn." - Robert Half

"I've noticed that one thing about parents is that no matter what stage your child is in, the parents who have older children always tell you the next stage is worse." - Dave Berry

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate." Nikka - age 6 (we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)

Tim Cain: Doggie Song -
http://ping.fm/lFErt

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~Stacia Tauscher