Puppet Play!
Have you noticed the AMAZING collection of puppets we use at Song of the Heart? We find that puppets always add a splash of excitement and an extra layer of enjoyment during our classes. We…
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303 articles on music, childhood development, and family connection, gathered from the studio's public archive.
Unstructured Play Boosts Learning
Pediatricians believe in free play as a fundamental healthy-child strategy. How important is it? Enough that the American Academy of Pediatrics dedicated an entire article discussing the…
Read ArticleMusic Making Brings Us Together
As cities all over the world shut down to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, a new crop of videos emerged on the internet: Italians singing from their balconies, policemen in Spain…
Read ArticleThank You For The Music
During this time where we are more distant than we would like from our friends and loved ones, connection has become ever more important. Many of us are suffering from lack of connection…
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The Urgency of Embracing Diversity in Early Childhood
By Sarah Farzam The first seven years of childhood development are the most critical, and set so many things in motion for the future. However, development extends far beyond literacy and…
Read ArticleMusic: A Bridge Over Cultural Divides
Frustration, anger, division, sorrow, shock, anguish. These are the things we are seeing in the news, in our social media, in our neighborhoods, in our families. To varying degrees we are…
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Celebration in a Time of Pandemic
We’ve ALL been working hard to maintain routine and normalcy during these decidedly not normal times. Things are uncertain, life has slowed down, but the responsibilities we have to our…
Read ArticleThe Power of Attention
What you pay attention to you get more of. We learn this from Conscious Discipline and behavioral studies. Positive attention to positive behaviors will give you more of those positive…
Read ArticleBeat Back the Stress With a Sound Bath
We’ve been at this social isolation thing for well over a month now. Admittedly, those first couple of weeks were the hardest. No matter your circumstances, you have been affected by this…
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