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Music Makes Your Child Smarter: by Philip Sheppard (Hardcover Book/CD Set)

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"An informative, inspiring and practical guide to music and children." - Music Teacher Magazine

Author Philip Sheppard reveals the secret power of music in your child's development.

In Part 1 - Discover how music can help your child's:
  • mental development
  • physical coordination
  • language skills
  • math ability
  • social skills
  • memory
  • teamwork skills
  • self-expression and creativity
In Part 2 - A practical guide for parents arranged by age group featuring:
  • lullabies and songs
  • easy musical games
  • how to make your own instruments at home
  • fun activities
  • music and movement exercises
  • suggested listening
  • advice on choosing instruments
And on the 73-minute CD, 53 tracks including:
  • songs for learning
  • lullabies and fingerplays
  • music for movement, dancing and play
  • music for storytime
Recommended by The Royal Academy of Music
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Copyright 2005 Artemis Music Limited
Published by Schirmer Trade Books, A division of Music Sales Corporation, New York.
Hardcover, 347 pp. with CD
Note: Due to the weight of this item, an additional S&H charge of $3.50 will be added to our standard shipping rates.
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About the Author:
Philip Sheppard is a Professor of 'Cello at the Royal Academy of Music, London; he is also a Senio Lecturer in 'Principles of Education' and designed the Academy's 'Music in the Community' course. He is a guest lecturer at the Royal College of Music and patron of the Oxford 'Cello School. Sheppard directs education projects at the Harlem Center in New York and has recorded with artists including Scott Walker and David Bowie. He has three young children.
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Book - Table of Contents:
PART ONE:
Can music make my child smarter?
Everyone is musical
Play and Playing
You are musical
Be your child's greatest music teacher
Active music-making - not passive
How active music-making can make your child smarter
How active music-making affects the brain
How music aids physical and mental coordination
How music can develop memory
How music can help language skills
How music can improve math ability & spatial reasoning
How music can help personal creativity
How music can help to develop social skills
How music can affect health
Windows of opportunity
A summary of the benefits of music

PART TWO:
A parent's guide to musical development
Prenatal: from conception to birth
Newborn: 0-1 Years
Toddler: 1-3 Years
Nursery: 3-5 Years
Elementary Part 1: 5-7 Years
Elementary Part 2: 7-9 Years
Instrument Lessons
Music classes and formal training
Conclusion

Appendix: Research list and bibliography
Index

On the CD:
Mozart - "Sonata for Two Pianos", 1st mvmnt.
Music for movement: skipping
Music for movement: running
Music for movement: walking
Music for movement: marching
Music for movement: resting
A simple piece constructed from CDEGC
Grieg - "Ballad"
Make your own lullaby: accompaniment 1
Make your own lullaby: accompaniment 2
Make your own lullaby: accompaniment 3
Make your own lullaby: accompaniment 4
'Night Song
Mendelssohn - "Song Without Words"
'Hush Little Baby'
'Shenandoah'
Schumann - "Traumerei"
'Baby Dance'
Dance Together 1
Dance Together 2
Dance Together 3
'Music for Quiet Times'
Debussy - "Jimbo's Lullaby"
Playing with first instruments
'Alphabet Song'
'Cows in the Kitchen'
'Sausages in a Pan'
'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star'
'Hop Little Bunnies'
Music for Storytime 1
Music for Storytime 2
'Instruments in Action'
'Clap Happy'
'Miss Polly'
'Tony Chestnut'
'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush'
'Work Out Your Numbers'
Brahms - 'Cello Sonata in em' - last mvmnt.
Debussy - 'The Little Shepherd'
'The Four Aaahs'
'I Hear Thunder' - tune
'I Hear Thunder' - round
'Boom Chicka Boom'
'Hello My Name is Joe'
'Instruments in Action'
'1 2 3'
'Eat to the Beat'
'Instruments in Action'
Body Percussion
'Clap Around the Clock'
'Football Around the Clock'
'Fibonacci Crescendo'


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