by Jenny Peters | Aug 7, 2023 | Children and Music
“String students need to read music. They will never function in an orchestra without this skill.” -Every Music Teacher While this statement is true, getting to that point is a challenge. When we teach reading in English/Language Arts, we allow students to point at...
by Jenny Peters | Aug 7, 2023 | Children and Music, Creativity
Flexible Fiddling is a method I created for my elementary and middle school orchestra students. There are books for Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello and Bass. Each tune has a Building Blocks page and a String Orchestra Arrangement page. On the Building Blocks page,...
by Jenny Peters | Jul 6, 2023 | Children and Music
There are many reasons that music lessons are valuable for children. These benefits can be grouped as emotional, social, and cognitive. Music’s benefits are too big to ignore! Emotional Benefits of Learning Music The emotional benefits of learning music are many....
