I’ve been asked by various people what I consider to be the most important word in describing how to be a good parent. Obviously there are many words I could use, but I think the most important word is consistency. In the dictionary consistency is described as “Agreement with what has already been expressed.” Many parents have expressed frustration with the fact that their children nag them until they can’t

I’ve been singing alot of Halloween songs to the children this month. One of the songs I sing is all about Halloween witches and how they fly on broomsticks. I asked the children, “Why do you think that witches fly on broomsticks, rather than just riding in a car?” After much thought and a variety of comments, one little child raised his hand and said, “I know why! They must

Someone asked me the other day what ideas I might have to help children learn to share. Well, I do have an idea and it’s called “Musical Sharing.” When I’m teaching music classes to preschool children, it always comes up that one person wants a drum, or somebody else wants a bell, or somebody else wants a triangle, etc. etc. Frequently I say to the children in a rhyme, “You

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