Saturday, July 5, 2008

"MISS G'S OWN WORDS: WHAT IS LITTLE HOUSE OF MUSIC?"


WHAT IS LITTLE HOUSE OF MUSIC?
BY: Miss G July 5, 2008
Where Children say, “I LEARNED MUSIC THE “FUN” WAY”

Little House of Music is a home, a fantasy where children learn music and the only supplies they need are their hugs, teeth for smiling and their bellybutton. The hugs and teeth are easy to understand but the bellybutton means if you line it up with middle “C” you can play any song our world has ever been blessed with. Little House of Music is all about love for music. Little House of Music sets the environment where every musical symbol becomes a part of the happy family.

Where else can a child have Mr. Quarter note as their best friend, touch Miss Treble Clef as they would touch their own mother. Where else can a child have sisters and brothers as notes?

Little House of Music not only teaches children music, Little House of Music teaches children to love music.

Out of our 5 senses children use 3 of them in Little House of Music. Seeing, hearing and touch. Touch should be called feel because music is filled with feelings.

Little House of Music builds self-esteem in children, entertains children, teaches self-awareness, self respect, values and most importantly respect for others.

Little House of Music is so overly exaggerated that students learn and don’t even realize they are learning. Little House of music is fun, and music should be fun. Our students never practice the piano, they play the piano.

There are thousands of different styles and sounds in music. In our musical home, Little House of Music children’s ears hear bagpipes, accordions, rain sticks, harps, didgeridoos, saxophones, children also are introduced to different styles of music such as jazz, classical, marches, Celtic, opera and mood music to name just a few.

Children at age four can tell you the difference between the musical terms instrumental and A cappella.

Little House of music prepares a child to play the instrument of their choice in the first three levels or 30 lessons. Although we encourage our students to continue with the piano because it is the only instrument that continues to teach both clefs, dynamics, appreciation and music theory.

Students are taught the importance of listening to Mozart while doing homework or studying.

Little House of Music helps prepare our students for formal education. We encourage students to speak or sing into a microphone by having show-time at the end of each class.

Time after time University studies have proven that children who study music do better in math, reading and science skills.

In Little House of Music the children appreciate our free music concerts every morning. Our bird ensemble entertains us every morning until our world gets noisy.

In Little House of Music children learn that it is OK to be shy, to cry, and to make a mistake and to never to say can’t.

The only universal language we have in the world is music. When a child plays a song they are playing that song the same way any other child in our universe would play that same song. Could music possibly be the catalyst that unites our world into a peaceful world?

MISS G LITTLE HOUSE OF MUSIC

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