Being the first day of October, it is the time of year I bring out all of my Halloween Songs and teach them to the children. I know alot of Halloween songs, some that I’ve known forever and others that I have written myself. While singing this morning I introduced “The Bat Song.” After giving the children a riddle all about bats, and once they had figured out I was

I was working with one of my young piano students who is only 6 years old. I had just explained to him that the goal to playing the piano well, is not just playing fast, but rather, playing with feeling and learning how to count the time signature. He looked at me and said, “I will probably start playing fast again once I figure out exactly how these dotted half

I recently re-released my space CD, “Fern, the Stars and the Planets.” www.FernsMusicForKids.com Yesterday a friend of mine told me that an article was written in the newspaper stating that some people thought they had seen a UFO. My comment to my friend was, “And I believe them!” I then told my friend exactly why I believe them. That’s because I saw one myself! Due to the experience I had

Today I received a phone call from one of my piano student’s parents saying that her daughter was sick, had a fever, and therefore she could not come for her piano lesson. Then the Mom told me that her daughter told her that it made her feel better when she listened to my angel CD! She said that my voice made her happy. What a lovely compliment coming from a

Today was a new day, a different school, and a different group of children. I brought Mr. Frog puppet out of my bag again and began talking to the children about frogs and how they eat bugs. One little girl yelled out, “Frogs eat flies!” Someone else suggested that frogs must also eat mosquitos. Suddenly one little boy blurted out, “Well, I sure hope Mr.Frog doesn’t go around eating bees,