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1  BrillKids Software / Little Musician - General Discussion / Re: LITTLE MUSICIAN - BETA TESTING - SIGN-UP on: September 15, 2011, 02:59:07 PM
If you still need anyone for BETA Testing, I'd be interested.

I currently have had a piano and flute studio in my home for 16 years.
I've played piano since 1978.
I've played flute since 1981.
I also sing in choirs and play accompaniment guitar (chords)
i've had extensive theory training growing up and at Arizona State University.
Graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy.

Let me know!
Thank you,
Sarah
2  EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child - Other Topics / Re: "Mushy" legs on: September 01, 2010, 07:20:26 PM
We swaddled our son from the beginning through Harvey Karp's advice.  That helped him sleep better.  He didn't start crawling until 6 months, and started walking at 10 months.  He also has a huge vocabulary and loves playing his ukelele and making up songs too smile  Thought that was an interesting similar story to Kizudo's smile I wouldn't put any thought toward your child not weight bearing yet.  I don't know how much your child weighs or how tall he is, but I'd imagine, the more he has to "hold up", the harder it would be??  If Doman is saying that your child should be doing that by now, just remember that every child is different, and every parent's effort is different. 
3  Parents' Lounge / General Parenting / Re: Excuse this house on: August 18, 2010, 07:55:30 PM
I love it too!  big grin  I find that my child certainly enjoys me more as a mother than when I'm a homemaker!!  I just choose to do that stuff when he's in bed  sleep .

I read an acronym for CHAOS that I wanted to share with you..
Can't
Have
Anyone
Over
Syndrome

Thought that was pretty funny!!   LOL
4  EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child Music / Re: Teaching to play keyboard?? on: June 14, 2010, 08:06:24 AM
On a piano, you have 88 keys (black and white) total.  8 white keys in a row are called an octave.  The musical alphabet is A, B, C, D, E, F, G (7 letters) then it starts over again at A.  So, from one A to the next A, is called an "octave". 
I'm honestly not sure HOW you should teach your child, but I do know that when you asked about all C's being called "c" or something else, whatever you choose to do, just be consistent for the range of the instrument.  The C in the middle of the piano keyboard is called Middle C.  It's also called C4 because from the left of the keyboard, it's the 4th C over to the right.  It can also be written c'.
The farthest left key is an A.  The farthest right key is a C.  There are 7 octaves, and an additional Bb, B, and C at the far right. 
On flashcards there will be a visual difference (where it's placed on the staff), even if you still just call it C.  I'd stick with one octave at a time, and make sure your child knows it very well, before you add on another octave. 
For what it's worth, I am a professional musician, play piano and flute, and sing.  I was not trained in solfege, but I know what it is, how it works, what a moveable do is, etc. 
Yet, to train a child with all these different names for 1 thing, might be confusing?  When reading piano music, I, myself, use the letter names.  I say Middle C, Treble C, Bass C, High C, Low C for the different C's.  I don't have Perfect Pitch, but I have very good relative pitch.  If I already know a song, I will always sing it in the same key.  If I don't know it, I'm usually off by a half-step or a whole-step if I started to sing and then pitch matched it to the piano.  In college, I did sight singing, and we used numbers, for example,  1 was the tonic.  So, C, D, E, also know as Do-Re-Mi, was sung as 1, 2, 3.  If G was the tonic, then all G's would be 1.  Solfege does not appear to differentiate between the octaves.  So, the tonic is always "Do". The numbers system doesn't differentiate either.  I'd just teach the one octave for awhile, then when they get it, it's really just 6 more repeats of the same "words".
Do some google searches too, and see what other people/teachers are doing. yes
5  Parents' Lounge / General Pregnancy / Re: Here comes another one on: June 14, 2010, 07:30:33 AM
Hey Daddude!  Congratulations on the news of your new baby!! smile  That is so exciting!  We're only planning to have no more than just our son, and I didn't come on to any of these programs until AFTER he was born.  I started a lot of the Doman things, but I had to do all the prep work whenever the baby was sleeping, and well, I would have rather been sleeping myself! smile  If I had known ahead of time, I would have prepped then.  Oh well!  You have so much of your work already done, since you've been doing it with Henry!  Tweak a little here or there as you see fit, and your baby will be blessed with all the love and energy you have to give!  Blessings!! smile
6  EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child to Read / Re: Early readers don't read with comprehension-true? on: June 14, 2010, 07:18:21 AM
I would say, any word that a child reads, if it is used outside of a book, in everyday life appropriately, then there is comprehension.  My son doesn't read yet, but when he hears me read something, he relates it to real life.  He can say all the words in the book, repeat anything i say, fill in the blanks when I read a line but leave out a word, but hasn't demonstrated to me that he can actually read outloud by himself.  When I read the word "moon" in a book, he'll say "moon, outside" and he'll point up to the sky.  I'm very confident that once he sees the word "moon" and actually says it without me prompting him, he'll say the very same thing.
When you talk to a baby, language is being input into their brains.  The output will come much later, because they can't talk yet.  I've heard an interview done with an autistic child who later came to be much more verbal, told someone, I learned to read by watching the captions on TV and hearing the words being said.  Pictures in books will reinforce their learning, I would watch for some of the things that daddude mentioned too.
You could find a word in a book and just point to it, have her say the word, and then go find the object or picture somewhere else in the room. Without you prompting or a picture prompting, that would be a good indicator that she is comprehending what she reads.  Obviously sight words, like "a, an, the, with" etc. she's not going to know.  The main nouns, verbs, adjectives are going to be key.
7  EARLY LEARNING / Early Learning - General Discussions / Re: Reading to your child on: June 14, 2010, 06:58:19 AM
I read to my son at bedtime, usually a short bible story and another book or two.  I also ask him questions, usually "where is the..." and have him point.  He does seem to like doing that, which engages him more.  I agree that stalling/manipulating bedtime is a definitely possibility, as my son does this as well (he's almost 2 years old).  If this is the best time, where he actually will be more attentive to reading, or letting you read to him, then just plan for extra time in his bedtime routine.  Reading is a great thing, and when they decide that they are interested, read away!!!
With the humming and counting, you might try asking him questions about the book.  Or, you could do two different tactics.  Read "louder" than he is humming/counting (although don't go anywhere near yelling smile, or you could try reading "quieter" than he is humming/counting.  Sounds though like he'd rather be involved than just a passive listener?
Do you sing to him?  You might want to try to sing a couple of songs before you read?  Then he's got some of his noise out, and you could say, okay, now it's time to listen.  If he's counting, have him count something in the book.  If you can match pitches, catch a line that he's humming, and "sing" a line in the book to him.  Like a call and response or echo thing.
Reading during eating times is also a great idea.  Just make sure no TV or radio is on in the background.
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