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by Patricia Guth

It’s never too early to teach your little one to enjoy music. Kids love to sing and dance to their heart’s content. Most children have a heap of natural musical ability. How you nurture it is the key to whether your child’s musical ability will continue to grow. 
These days, parents are so anxious to give their children the “upper hand”, enrolling them in dance at age 2, soccer by age 4, and music lessons shortly thereafter. While this may appear to make your child well-rounded, in some cases you are doing more harm than good.

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by Stacey Schifferdecker

young girl playing saxaphoneChildhood moves at a much faster pace now than it did when we were kids, and music lessons are just one example. While we may have started piano lessons in late elementary school, kids now toddle up to the piano bench for lessons when they are still in preschool. When is the right age for music lessons and are condemning your child to a lifetime of musical mediocrity if you start too late?

Actually, there is no right and perfect age when children should start music lessons. One child might be ready at five, and another child not until 11. Instead of looking at your child’s age, you need to look at his physical development and mental development.
 
Physical Development
Your child needs to have developed certain gross and fine motor skills, depending on what instrument he is playing. In fact, your child’s age and physical development play a big role in instrument choice. For children younger than age 10, the only real choices are piano and violin (because violins come in smaller sizes for younger children). Woodwinds (clarinet, saxophone) and brass instruments (trumpet, trombone, tuba) are not sized down for smaller children, so most children under 10 years old will not physically be able to play these instruments.

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by Patricia Guth
For decades, music was an important part of the school day for each and every child in America. Nearly every classroom in the nation’s elementary schools had a piano and most teachers were able to play simple songs so that the students could sing along to their favorites. Learning patriotic songs, like the National Anthem, was a must and religious songs were sometimes included in the repertoire, even in public schools. Students looked forward to performing in concerts and showing off their talents.

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by Patricia Guth
Playing an instrument is a wonderful experience for any child. Instrumental lessons provide your child with a wealth of knowledge, including the basics of music such as note reading and rhythm skills. When learning an instrument leads to playing in an ensemble as well, the child increases his skills to include teamwork and cooperation.

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Reading, writing and artithmetic. While there is so emphasis on these subjects, equal emphasis should be placed on expanding your childs imagination and creativity through arts and crafts. little girl learning to paint. When teaching fine arts to homeschooled children, you will find many art and craft lessons and projects online. If you participate yourself, you can teach the children that perfection, or even minimal talent, isn’t necessary. The most important lesson for them to learn is that trying and enjoying are goals in themselves.

A Collage Project for all Ages

Objective: Explore the use of textures, shapes, and colors to decorate a holder for small items.

Use a strong cardboard or wooden box (small), a coffee can, a plastic bottle, a plastic or ceramic flower pot, a cigar box, or a shoe box to decorate.

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physical activity is important for the homeschooled childThere are several different homeschool ideas for physical education. Unfortunately, many homeschool families place such an emphasis on the academic assignments that physical education is often neglected. If you homeschool your child, it is important to know and understand that each state has standards that children must meet according to grade level in the area of physical fitness and education. Here, I will provide you with some homeschool ideas for physical education.

Limbo Lights

Everyone loves the limbo! If you are looking for homeschool ideas for physical education, limbo lights are a great activity to pursue! This activity is best performed in a room that is dark. You do not have to worry about setting up any type of structure for this game. All you have to do is grab a flashlight, some music, and you are all set! Simply line up your homeschool students and get the music started! The beam of the flashlight serves as the “limbo bar”. Whoever gets hit by the beam is completely eliminated from the game. You may want to select a prize for the winner that makes the game more exciting.

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mom reading to daughterReading is one of the most empowering tools that you can give to your child. Reading allows a child to experience magical new places, interesting new characters, and encourages them to be creative and implement the use of their imagination. In addition to this, reading provides children with the resources that they need to succeed as adults as well. Pre-reading development is the first stage to reading. Here, you will learn some important strategies to pre-reading development for homeschoolers.

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Having decided to oversee your child’s education at home, the first consideration is that how to get inexpensive home schooling material. This includes many kinds of items: books, illustrated publications for children, games that teach about realities, audio and video material, etc. With a working Internet at home, teaching via computer is the latest means of home schooling your kid.

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Having decided to oversee your child’s education at home, the first consideration is that how to get inexpensive home schooling material. This includes many kinds of items: books, illustrated publications for children, games that teach about realities, audio and video material, etc. With a working Internet at home, teaching via computer is the latest means of home schooling your kid.

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