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Music Lessons For Kids

How many extra activities are your children involved in?

I was at my nephews baseball tournament this past weekend (The children on his team are 5&6 and played 3 games in one day) and I kept over hearing the parents talking about all of these activities that there children are involved in, and after thinking about it I realized that every time I talk to my brother he is constantly dropping one of the kids off at ball, or dance, or gymnastics, or music lessons…. these kids do a million things!!!! So my question is how many activities are your children involved in? What would you say is the average? And how much do you feel is just too much? I am all for over-achievers…. hey do it while you are young… but it just seems like a lot sometimes.

I agree it almost seems with some people like a contest to see who can have their child in the most activities. Then they complain about it as if they are so tired of driving them everywhere when the child probably doesn’t want to do half the things they do and the parents sign them up.

I have 4 boys.

My twins are 15, one of them does baseball only the other does baseball in the fall and cross country running in the winter. They both also played in the band at school during middle school but are not doing it this year in high school.

My 12 yr old (turning 13 in April) plays baseball and is in the video club. He also did cross country in the fall. He plays saxophone in the school band but this does not happen outside of school. He used to play piano.

My youngest just plays baseball and is going to join cross country this fall.

I try to limit them to one sport and one other activity at a time. I think kids need free time to just be kids. I also never make them do something they are not enjoying, the whole point is for it to be fun. I hate to see parents dragging a crying child out of the car to play baseball bribing them with treats if they play or telling them they can’t quit etc…

Music Lessons : Teaching Children About Musical Instruments

Disney’s The Kid $5.92 Russ Duritz (Bruce Willis) is an ultracynical, 40-year-old L.A. image consultant who fashions bogus façades for scumbag clients. Oblivious to his own need for a makeover, he’s a tyrant in the office (to the chagrin of his sarcastic assistant, played to perfection by Lily Tomlin), and he’s emotionally unavailable to the morally centered woman (Emily Mortimer) who senses goodness beneath Russ’s har…

Kids in Motion $9.30 Song titles include: Kids In Motion; The Body Rock; Animal Action I; The Freeze; Count Bounce; The Balancing Act; Beanbag Boogie I; My Shadow, Poetry In Motion; Body Talk; Animal Action II; Shadow Dancing; Tummy Tango; Show Me What You Feel; Beanbag Boogie II; and What Is Pink? Poetry In Motion….

The Adventures of Huck Finn $2.89 Mark Twain’s classic tale of the adventures of a young boy on the Mississippi and the fascinating characters he meets is given a rich treatment by the Disney Studios. Elijah Wood is the adventurous Huck, who befriends runaway slave Jim (Courtney B. Vance) and meets the crafty con men King (Jason Robards, Jr.) and Duke (Robbie Coltrane). 110 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Di…

Bridge to Terabithia [Blu-ray] $5.98 Based on Katherine Paterson’s young-adult novel and filmed in picturesque New Zealand, Bridge to Terabithia has lessons to impart about empathy and self-expression, but the tone is never heavy-handed. Jesse (sleepy-eyed Josh Hutcherson, Zathura), a fifth-grade loner, lives in the country with his parents and four sisters, including pesky May Belle (Bailee Madison), who adores him. His strict fathe…

The Mayflower Voyagers (This Is America, Charlie Brown) [VHS] $9.95 …

I Can Dance – Introduction to Ballet for Children [VHS] $5.66 Join professional dancer Debra Maxwell and her mixed-gender class for an introduction to ballet. Maxwell demonstrates the five basic ballet positions, then goes to the barre for a lesson in ballet essentials like demi plié, élevé, tendu, dégagé, rond de jambe, and grand battement. Maxwell provides clear visual and verbal instruction for each step, then offers pointers and encouragement…

Violin Lesson – 36H x 29W – Peel and Stick Wall Decal by Wallmonkeys $51.99 WallMonkeys wall graphics are printed on the highest quality re-positionable, self-adhesive fabric paper. Each order is printed in-house and on-demand. WallMonkeys uses premium materials & state-of-the-art production technologies. Our white fabric material is superior to vinyl decals. You can literally see and feel the difference. Our wall graphics apply in minutes and won’t damage your paint or l…

Family Home Evening Prayer Song Scripture Lesson Activity Treat Prayers Child Teen Vinyl Wall Decal Mural Quotes Words Fhe006vii $24.99 This Wall Decal is 36″ on its longest dimension, and the default color is black. Apply this sticker to decorate your walls anywhere you want from your Bedroom, Mirrors, Dorm Room, Billiard Room, Kids Room, Windows, or even your Garage! … Each Decal is an individual decal that can be positioned any which way you want. The decals can be made reversed to mirror the image. We can make these Vinyl…

38 COFFEE Acoustic Guitar Starter Package (Guitar, Gig Bag, Strap, Pick, eBook) $22.95 Guitar is 38 inches in length and come with Steel Strings. The guitar has Linden Binding and wood construction with geared tuning. Each guitar comes with an extra set of steel strings, pick, tuner, gig bag and strap. The Steel String Acoustic Guitar is perhaps the most versatile and common guitar type. The Steel String Acoustic Guitar has a loud, bright ringing tone that clearly projects to the li…

Schylling Kids Accordion $24.99 Your child probably doesn’t know Lawrence Welk or the accordion he toted around so famously for years. That should work in the favor of this sturdy, enjoyable instrument. Compact and well built, this starter instrument is a great introduction to the accordion–or just a lot of ephemeral fun. The accordion fits nicely into the palms of an adult’s hands, but isn’t too unwieldy for its target audienc…

Music Lessons For Preschoolers

Standard Publishing’s VBS Tackles Biblical Illiteracy
CINCINNATI, May 17, 2011 / Christian Newswire / — Costumed characters, songs, stories and snacks — it’s easy to see how traditional Vacation Bible School may just look like lighthearted fun.
Dodi Loves D Music Video – KinderBach piano fun!

Kids in Motion $9.30 Song titles include: Kids In Motion; The Body Rock; Animal Action I; The Freeze; Count Bounce; The Balancing Act; Beanbag Boogie I; My Shadow, Poetry In Motion; Body Talk; Animal Action II; Shadow Dancing; Tummy Tango; Show Me What You Feel; Beanbag Boogie II; and What Is Pink? Poetry In Motion….

Songs in Spanish for Children $3.44 Martita/De Jerez/Rojas, Songs in Spanish for Children…

Baby Ballet $4.48 Budding ballerinas ages 4 to 6 receive a thorough introduction to ballet at the tutelage of “Miss Rosemary” Boross in this 36-minute video. The program features Rosemary Boross, a student helper, and a small class of preschool age dancers as they explore the basics of warming up at the barre, stretching, center work, dancing across the floor, and revérénce. Miss Rosemary first describes and demo…

I Can Dance – Introduction to Ballet for Children [VHS] $5.66 Join professional dancer Debra Maxwell and her mixed-gender class for an introduction to ballet. Maxwell demonstrates the five basic ballet positions, then goes to the barre for a lesson in ballet essentials like demi plié, élevé, tendu, dégagé, rond de jambe, and grand battement. Maxwell provides clear visual and verbal instruction for each step, then offers pointers and encouragement…

Goodnight Moon Game $10.90 The Goodnight Moon Game is a collection of six matching and memory skill-building activities of gradually increasing difficulty featuring charming illustrations from the children’s book classic. At the beginner’s level, children match cards to identical images on the game board. They then graduate to games involving memory skills, while also matching images that are similar but not identical. Once…

Fisher-Price I Can Play Piano System $89.99 .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } .headline { font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; } ul.indent { list-style: inside disc; text-indent: 20px; } #review { width: 100%; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 12px; } .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; fo…

Educator’s Choice Preschool Excelerator (Jewel Case) $0.99 Designed for preschoolers, ages 3 to 5, Excelerator introduces kids to a learning environment filled with sights, sounds, and colors. The two CD-ROM set includes BabyWow! and Buddy Brush and the Painted Playhouse. With eye-catching graphics, lively music, and captivating animation, these titles transform learning about numbers, colors, and shapes into an adventure. A vocabulary builder teaches mor…

Jay Jay the Jet Plane: Sky Heroes to the Rescue $2.09 Introduce youngsters to the PC in a fun and entertaining way with Jay Jay the Jet Plane and his fleet of flying friends, the popular and familiar TV characters. Your child can take part in exciting, interactive adventures, enter the land of make-believe, and embark on an exciting rescue mission to enable the Sparkleberry Tree on Pangabula Island (which has lost its shimmer) to survive, by discove…

LeapFrog: Learning DVD Set $21.87 Includes 3 LeapFrog DVDs and set of 26 flash cards!LET’S GO TO SCHOOL™: School starts tomorrow, and Tad and Lily are nervous! Join Tad, Lily and their magical firefly Edison as he gives them a tour of the classroom and shows them that the classroom is more nervous than they are! As the twins reassure the blocks, globe, clock and more talking “teachers,” they learn key lessons abo…

LeapFrog: Letter Factory $14.98 Learn letters and their sounds. 50 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo….

Music Online Games For Kids

What interests do you have, that you would be willing to share with people online? input will help my site?

I am not sure, if I covered all the interests people have out there. Here is what I am putting together right now for my new site.

On the computer topic, I would like to see some site that allow programers, beginner or advance, share the programs they created. That must be free, like “Here’s what I’ve created, can someone test it and give me feedback?” kind of thing.

If sharing the actual programs takes a lot of space(too much) then just share the source code.

Multiplication Games Online – Hurricane Chris Style – COMING ON DVD! – APRIL 24TH, 2009

Fred Cool Jazz Ice Cube Tray $4.66 Jazz up your favourite beverages with this fantastic Cool Jazz Ice Cube Tray. With guitar ice cubes your drinks will be served ‘on the rock and roll’ as opposed to just ‘on the rocks’! The Cool Jazz Ice Cube Tray comes complete with a guitar and music note shaped ice cube tray and guitar neck swizzle sticks that will run down the centre of your guitar ice cubes. Stylish and funky, our Cool Jazz Ic…

Fisher-Price Ocean Wonders Soothe and Glow Seahorse Pink $14.88  With a gentle squeeze, this cuddly friend glows and plays soft music, lullabies and soothing sounds of the ocean. After five minutes the music fades, lights dim, and baby can drift off to dreamland … Recommended Ages: 0 Months & up…

The Wiggles Summer 2011 Sampler …

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie $3.58 They skydive, they kickbox, they travel through space. Is there anything these crayon-colored teens can’t do? The answer seems a resounding “no,” until some construction workers unwittingly open a manhole cover and loose Ivan Ooze upon Angel Grove. Although incarcerated in his egglike tomb for 6,000 years, Ooze gets right to work at that world domination thing. First up: Strip those eager teens of…

Sleeping Beauty (Two-Disc Platinum Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo + BD Live) [Blu-ray] $31.80 Disney’s 1959 animated effort was the studio’s most ambitious to date, a widescreen spectacle boasting a gorgeous waltz-filled score adapting Tchaikovsky. In the 14th century, the malevolent Maleficent (not dissimilar to the wicked Queen in Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs taunts a king that his infant Aurora will fatally prick her finger on a spinning wheel before sundown on her 16th birt…

Schoolhouse Rock: Multiplication Classroom Edition [Interactive DVD] $21.01 Join the Schoolhouse Rock team as they explore math and multiplication with their unique style of irresistible melodies. This Classroom Edition DVD includes favorites such as Three is a Magic Number and My Hero Zero. Includes a bonus interactive assessment activity to reinforce key learnings, Public Performance Rights, and a printable educator’s guide….

Bridge to Terabithia [Blu-ray] $5.98 BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA – Blu-Ray Movie…

Mary Poppins (Two-Disc 45th Anniversary Special Edition) $17.95 Julie Andrews won an Oscar in her film debut as the “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” nanny who brings magic and joy to the Banks family in turn-of-the-century London. Fanciful adaptation of P.L. Travers’ books co-stars Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns and Ed Wynn. The score by Richard and Robert Sherman includes “A Spoonful of Sugar,” “Let’s Go Fly a Kite,” “Chim Chim Cher-ee.” 139…

Sesame Street – Elmo’s Potty Time $7.24 Potty training can be fun! Create a positive potty time experience for your child with Elmo, Baby Bear, Grover, and other Sesame Street friends with Elmo’s Potty Time! This amusing and song-filled DVD teaches children that everyone – mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and even monsters-has to learn how to use the potty. Your child will learn that accidents are okay and that it takes time and pra…

Peter Pan (Two-Disc Platinum Edition) $20.98 The three children of the darling family receive a visit from peter pan who takes them to never never land where an ongoing war with the evil pirate captain hook is taking place. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 12/16/2008 Run time: 77 minutes…