Jun. 11, 2006 - How cute!

Posted by Mamma1420

My 2 yr old seems to be very musically inclined, so his grands have supplied him with a guitar, drums, bongos, and we have gotten him a recorder, marcaras, play toy piano. His sister is starting recorder lessons at home this year. I haven't played a thing since middle school when I was in band and played the flute, over 15 years ago! Thank you for sharing your darling pictures...too bad we can't put cute headlines on them. Like Born to Rock or something. LOL Jessica

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Jun. 12, 2006 - That is truly precious!

Posted by Dy

I love those moments - and all the delightful ones that led up to them. :-) Thank you for sharing them - those are two of the cutest little munchkins ever! Dy

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Jun. 20, 2006 - Music Lessons

Posted by Anonymous

Those pictures are just adorable! From a music educator's point of view, you can't start too soon getting the kids comfortable with musical instruments. In school, many children are not exposed until the fourth grade, when the music teacher or band director will teach a class on recorders or basic classroom instruments. I actually think that's a late start, but part of the reasoning is that their fingers simply are not large enough for some instruments until they are nine or ten. It's also possible that they feel there is not enough breath capacity for wind instruments, but I taught fourth graders beginning instruments and they didn't have a problem. I applaud you for encouraging your children's interests, and hope that your budding musicians bloom into lovers of music. Kitty

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