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by Clark Kugler / July 6, 2010
Chimes are truly captivating. They may not be as familiar as drums or violins, but they still feature prominently in music. You may recognize their sound from the popular song “Carol of the Bells” or from the end credits of Sesame Street in the 1980s. These particular chimes make for tons of fun standing alone, […]
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by Clark Kugler / July 1, 2010
Watch your children have fun with the drum set and drum panel. The drum set has three drums with varying lengths that produce contrasting bass tones. Hitting them in different orders creates an interesting lesson in sound differentiation. Long and short tubes provide contrasting sounds to each other. The drum head is made of an […]
by Clark Kugler / June 28, 2010
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” ~ Plato ~ Music is all around us. The radio is on during your morning drive to work. In the wind and trees outside, in the humming of a child as she swings. It’s in the […]
by Clark Kugler / June 24, 2010
Here at The Adventurous Child, we get really excited about learning. We get especially excited about the fine arts (think music, creative play, and visual arts) because they’re just so much fun! Who doesn’t have memories of finger painting, musical instruments, and acting out plays when they were little? Every so often, our blog will […]
by Clark Kugler / September 17, 2009
The Adventurous Child believes children benefit from music in the outdoor classroom. The main problem we find with doing music outdoors is that the instruments must withstand damage and changes to the sounds they make. Many playground musical instruments are not in tune and do not have contrasting sounds. This defeats the purpose of having […]
by Clark Kugler / August 19, 2009
Loud, noisy items are wonderful things to use outdoors. Children do not have to use their quiet indoor voices; they can whoop and holler and express themselves in different ways out on the playground than they can indoors. Musical instruments are a wonderful thing outside. They emit soft and loud noises and allow children to […]
by Clark Kugler / August 12, 2009
For today’s blog, I am going to focus on messy things and why it is so much better to do them outdoors. I think of a preschool art easel and how much work teachers go to indoors, taping newspaper on the walls and the floors to make sure if children splatter paint or spill things, […]
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