Reading is Fundamental is the oldest and largest American nonprofit organization that exists to promote children's literacy. Empowering and encouraging kids to read is a cause that everybody can get ...

Like many other students at this time of year, my 7-year-old son has started learning a new musical instrument. His piano lessons emphasize confidence and noisemaking right now, but soon he will learn ...

Every potential virtuoso needs a mentor. It just so happens that this one is a computer. Called BACh – for Brain Automated Chorales – the system helps beginners learn to play Bach chorales on piano by ...

From hearing lullabies to the sing-song lilt of a parent’s voice, babies form strong connections with their caregivers through sound and song. Think about the way we instinctively bounce or rock fussy ...

Forget the Mozart Effect and Baby Einstein, take it easy on acquisitions for your two-year-old’s private library, and don’t fret if your three-year-old hasn’t started violin lessons just yet. The key ...

When good readers read aloud, it sounds like music. The music of reading aloud is called reading prosody, or, in everyday language, reading with expression. Researchers looking at reading prosody ...

Five new classes start this month through the Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center: • Reading music for adult beginners: 9-10:30 a.m. Saturdays, $27 plus tax. Pre-register by today. The class ...

So you got sad and went on Amazon and bought a piano and now you have no idea what to do with it, which is why you’re checking out this list of the 10 easiest popular piano songs for beginners with ...

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