{"id":1505,"date":"2016-02-01T11:41:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T16:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.sosgarde.ca\/blog\/?p=1505"},"modified":"2016-02-01T11:42:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T16:42:29","slug":"foster-a-love-of-music-in-your-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sosgarde.ca\/blog\/babysitter\/foster-a-love-of-music-in-your-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Foster a Love of Music in Your Kids!"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Let\u2019s dance! Put on your red shoes and dance the blues\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Remember your first song \u2013 the song that opened your mind consciously <\/span>to music? Mine was David Bowie\u2019s<\/span> Let\u2019s Dance.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was just reminded of it recently <\/span>with the news that Bowie\u2019<\/span>s creative genius<\/span> had <\/span>left us. And singing <\/span>that song in my head <\/span>took me right back to sitting on the bottom bunk in my sister\u2019s bedroom as she played it for me<\/span> for the first time. <\/span>I can see<\/span> <\/span>it <\/span>perfectly<\/span> <\/span>in my mind\u2019s eye<\/span>:<\/span> her green bed spread, <\/span>her cassette <\/span>player and my very own sister as a new<\/span>ly minted<\/span> teenager, all as though I was there.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was <\/span>also <\/span>lucky enough to be exposed to a variety of music: my Dad <\/span>loved the<\/span> Beatles <\/span>and my Mom blared Opera and <\/span>Elvis\u2019s <\/span>Blue Christmas at the holidays! <\/span>We went to <\/span>see the symphony. And like most kids, I complained my way through piano lessons for a good part of my childhood. <\/span><\/p>\n

Music is powerful! It is wonderful! Helping your kids discover the gift of music<\/a> is easy and has so <\/span>many <\/span>benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why do it?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Whilst music can encourage creativity and act as a form of expression, it is also very good for teaching discipline through the patience and constancy needed to learn a new instrument. Music can be a means for connecting with others (choir, marching band, singing in the back seat), for gaining confidence, and for retreating and feeling understood.<\/span><\/p>\n

How do I do it<\/span>?<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Listen<\/em>!<\/span> <\/span>
Turn it on, turn it up, tune in; play music in the house, in the car, where ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Music<\/a>Explore<\/em>!<\/span>
Play different types of music \u2013 pop, jazz, blues, opera, indie, folk, symphonies, rock, (kid appropriate) Hip Hop. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sing!<\/span>
Sing songs you know and learn the songs your kids are singing at school. <\/span><\/p>\n

Play<\/em><\/a>!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Encourage your<\/span> kids to take up an instrument<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dance!<\/span><\/em>
Kids are generally (and naturally) great dancers; get some dance parties going at home<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

And most of all,<\/span> Enjoy<\/em>!<\/span> Your love and enjoyment of music will be all the inspiration your kid needs to start their own wonderful journey in life with music.<\/span><\/p>\n

And if you are looking for another \u201c<\/span>member of your <\/span>band\u201d \u2013 whether a Nanny or <\/span>pet sitter<\/span> or housekeeper – auditioning and finding the right addition is easy!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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