by Chris Salter | Nov 20, 2010 | Early Learners |
My background is in music and linguistics, but I am fascinated by how people learn, and convinced that music can and should be a birthright to all people. Here is the first of a few essays on different modes and styles of learning. Modeling is one of the primary ways...
by Chris Salter | Nov 18, 2010 | Chris Salter |
My background is in music and linguistics, and I want your children to learn music more naturally and easily, like they learned their first language. For those of you who have little or no experience teaching or playing music, getting your kids started seems like a...
by Chris Salter | Nov 18, 2010 | Chris Salter |
My name is Chris Salter, and welcome to my blog. The intention of this blog is to help parents, non-music educators, and music teachers look at different approaches to learning music, so that together we might help make music a birthright for us all. Teaching Your...
by Vincent Miele | Aug 27, 2010 | Music In School |
Music has everything to do with math, science and education. The value of music education cannot be denied. To substantiate this premise, we can quote statistics and studies that show how a large portion of scientists, mathematicians and doctors are amateur...
by Vincent Miele | Aug 15, 2010 | Music Therapy |
The Mozart Effect: What is it about? A few years ago there was quite a bit in the newspaper and popular magazines about "The Mozart Effect." Many people believed that simply listening to the music of Mozart would raise their I.Q. and marketers went to work churning...
by Vincent Miele | Aug 1, 2010 | Music In School |
There are many basic reasons that justify the inclusion of music in schools in the elementary curriculum. The first of the reasons is that music serves mainly as an aesthetic or a visual experience. This experience basically involves the observation of significance...
