Holistic method to nurture your child’s musicality from birth!
Magical Music Method was created by a professional musician, music educator and mother of three for her own children. Utilizing wisdom of the past from different cultures, music philosophies from the Kodály and Dalcroze methods and the beauty of the Classic and Waldorf education, Magical Music Method encapsulates a simple way to nurture musicality in your child wether you consider yourself “non-musical” or a seasoned music maker!
Very often parents feel unequipped to do music with their own children because they never received formal musical training. Children innately love to hear the voice of their own parents, which makes YOU their first and best teacher. This method will empower you to guide your child on their musical journey. This holistic method takes a whole body approach to the understanding of music and how learning should be intertwined with life!
Magical
Learning should be imaginative and play based in the early years. Influenced by Waldorf education, this method utilizes the power of play as being the most effective teacher. When children play, they learn, and this method evokes the magic in music learning. Whimsical watercolor imagery and colors created by hand accompany the simple musical concepts. Classical music comes alive with storytelling!
Holistic
The most critical years for developing the musical ear and such traits as “perfect pitch” are between the newborn stage and ages 6-7, which also happen to be the years where most children are not receiving a formal music education. You can help create neural pathways in your child that will last a lifetime! This method was created by a professional musician and music educator for her own children.
Impactful
Humans are wired to be sensitive to sound patterns, and this sensitivity allows music to foster communication and imagination in young children. (Dr. Dennie Palmer Wolf, Why Making Music Matters) Scientists have been studying the effects of music and it’s role in aiding the development of the brain. A study in 2005 (Gromko) showed that children who receive musical training will develop aural skills for spoken sounds and words faster than children who did not receive musical instruction. We believe that music in of itself, is intrinsically beneficial to everyone and provides a richness to life that everyone should receive. We don’t need to read about higher IQ’s and faster language acquisition to know that learning music is impactful. Our hearts tell us this already. However, it is fascinating to learn about the positive effects music has on the brain and body.
“I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.” Plato
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“I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.” Plato *
Importance of Music
Music and Creativity
In studies, most parents have polled they would like their child to learn a music instrument. Numerous studies have shown the positive effects of learning and playing music on the brain, and even physical markers such as reduced stress and emotional regulation. To set up children for success in learning a musical instrument, the critical years of birth to age six/seven is where the most rapid brain growth happens and where pitch recognition can be instilled easiest. By using our Magical Music Method you are making the most of this special time in your child’s development. Learning music will LITERALLY change the way your child’s brain makes connections, deciphers information and creates! You will foster neural pathways and connections in your child’s brain that could open an endless array of possibilities!
Methodology
Magical Music Method was created by a professional musician, music educator of over 20 years, and mom of three, for her own children and draws on many cultural influences, the music methods of Kodály, and Delacroze and the educational philosophies of the Waldorf education and Classical education. In much the same way that children learn to talk by absorbing the speech around them, musical pitches can be organically taught in the same way by YOU. Parents don’t need to be broadway singers or classical pianists to teach their kids musical concepts that can have life changing positive effects for the rest of their life. This method will show you that it only takes a few minutes in a day and the materials can be as simple as your own voice and hands. Simple instructional videos for parents and caregivers and beautiful downloads make this method a joy to teach! Our method aims to excite the imagination and foster a beautiful musical journey between child and parent!