Musicing

I came across this blog today (http://kidsmusicthatrocks.blogspot.com/) while searching for quality music for kids. There is some great stuff there. “Music for kids that doesn’t make adults want to rip their hair out.” Excellent!

We received a sweet new addition to our family this week, Audrey Elizabeth. As my wife was nursing the baby, she sang to her as she has done with our other three children. It’s no wonder that they naturally learn to match pitch and develop, without formal instruction, the ability to sing melodies. When our […]

The other day I came across a microphone that we bought for one of the boys a couple of years ago and I hooked it up to my keyboard amp. It’s just a cheap American Idol mic, but the kids had a great time with it. Sophie (she’s three now) sang into it for quite […]

We had an evening program at our annual Bates Reunion in Gandy, Utah a couple of evenings ago. It included a few songs accompanied by guitar, one story, skits and jokes, a poetry reading, and one solo song. My sister and her family sang “If I had a Million Dollars”; she sang and played guitar […]

Sophie is at that stage where a lot of kids make up their own songs (she’s almost three). Sometimes if kids know that someone is listening, however, they will stop singing. So, it’s important to go on about your business and just let them sing. In fact, it doesn’t seem to matter that I am […]