My favorite boy choir - LIBERA

Some children don't know how to sing well coz they don't know what "good singing" is. If Chidlren can listen quality solo/choral singing all the time, it's easier for them to grasp what "good singing" is. Don't know where the search for your choir should start? I recommend Libera!!!I am totall...y in love with this boy choir from England. They sing both pop and classical songs, their stage

BBC Health - Baby recognizes mother's tunes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2125207.stmBBC-Parenting has quite a good archive on music and babies. This is an easy-to-read article for those mommies and daddies who are interested in finding out more about this topic.

Playing PEEKABOO seriously

Mommy-and-me music is a nice short article that gets parents thinking about what kind of musical games should you play with your children at different ages. Sometimes, adults overlook; games seem pointless and boring to us usually has great educational values behind.I like using the "peek-a-boo" game as an example. Come on, we all know that i...t's not the most exciting game in the world, but we

Music perception and Cognition in the First Year of Life (Ilari, 2002)

This is a journal title from an 2002 issue of the Early Child Development and Care; the author is a professor from McGill who has contributed a lot to this field.The article tries to review the literature published and experiments done on music perception and cognition for babies.The first thing I looked at was its 3-pages long references. I took out my highlighter and highlighted the key words

Prenatal music - does it work?

A lot of people have a misconception about "prenatal education." To me, I think the word "education" is misinterpreted when it comes to the topic of fetal learning.Having read some articles on prenatal music, I know it is just lame to say that babies will grow up to be more musical or smart if they have been exposed to music intentionally when they are still in mothers' wombs. In fact, little is

Music during pregnancy

The great Hungarian music educator, Zoltan Kodaly, once said, "Music education should start 9 months before baby is born."Prenatal music reminds to be an under-explored field in psychology and music. However, it is quite obvious that music can have positive effects on pregnant women both physiologically and psychologically. The well-being of every mom-to-be is so closely-tied to fetus'

音樂與BB (0 至 9 個月)

這幾年﹐遊戲班的冒起令家長開始留意到學前教育的重要性。坊間的選擇眾多﹔音樂﹑體操﹑語文等等都是家長的選擇。未知家長們有否留意﹐大部份的遊戲班通常都建議BB在六個月大時開始參加﹐只有音樂班會歡迎剛出生的BB參加。(從前教音樂班﹐最小的學生在參加時只有三個星期大﹔每個星期看著他一點一點地成長是多麼奇妙的事情!)那是為什麼﹖難到體操班﹑語文班不想早早招攬生意嗎﹖BB通常會在出生後的頭六個月﹐慢慢掌握從頭﹑到頸﹑到上半身﹐最後到下半身的活動。這是生長的定律﹐不用上課﹐不用特別訓練﹐正常的BB也會自然達標。既然還未能坐起﹑未能轉身﹐當然沒有需要上體操課﹑Flashcard課。但音樂不同﹐BB的聽力早在他們出生前已經很發達﹔他們喜歡聽爸爸媽媽的聲音﹑他們才幾個月大便已經有自己喜歡的音樂。(如喜歡簡單的旋律﹑不喜歡吵耳的Rock 'n Roll﹑喜歡唱歌聲音多於樂器聲等。)其實不用上遊戲班﹐