Fortissimo

11/09/2018

A new study shows how rhythm training positively affects literacy!

What is the connection between rhythm and reading?👏📖

They use overlapping neural mechanisms and this brand new study with beginner readers (aged 5-7) found a whole swag of connections, concluding that "rhythm skills and literacy call on overlapping neural mechanisms, supporting the idea that rhythm training may boost literacy in part by engaging sensory‐motor systems"

https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nyas.13704

10/31/2018

Happy Halloween!!!

10/23/2018

Little Girl Passionately Conducts Choir

Children learn through imitation, and sometimes they really surprise us!

10/17/2018

The benefits of singing to babies

Mum, keep singing, your voice is beautiful and beneficial for me, and for you too! Here a great article about how mum’s singing is emotionally self-regulatory for babies and themselves.
https://www.radionz.co.nz/concert/programmes/upbeat/audio/201851330/the-benefits-of-singing-to-babies

Singing to babies strengthens the attachment between mother and infant and encourages children to self-regulate. It can also help mothers with postnatal depression and benefit babies with Down's Syndrome, says a music therapy professor.

10/17/2018

The Importance of Music in Early Childhood Development

“Exposure to music from early childhood onwards helps children to speak more clearly, develop a larger vocabulary, and strengthen social and emotional skills”.

Most preschoolers love listening or singing along to music. Studies show that parents who create a rich musical environment do not only entertain their kids but also help them to develop essential music skills. usic plays a very important part in our culture. When thinking about everyday life, music...

10/17/2018

How do babies learn to talk?

Everybody got rhythm!

10/16/2018

The nine-year-old artist painting from the heart

Children talent is always surprising! https://www.facebook.com/757645723/posts/10161236681040724/

10/16/2018

Meet the Music! Inspector Pulse Pops a String: Episode 1

Wandering what is inside a piano? Watch this fun episode with Inspector Pulse!
https://youtu.be/B8k6Fbfg6Mc

Episode 1 of 3 It is only when the wacky Inspector breaks a piano string that he learns that pianos even have strings inside. Who knew that? How can we make ...

10/16/2018

This morning we had a great start at ! We look forward to see the kids next week to start exploring the piano!

10/14/2018

We can't wait to start a new season at Buckle My Shoe on Tuesday 3:05pm!

10/04/2018

Music Makes My Brain Light Up

What a cool song! “Music Makes My Brain Light Up”

Provided to YouTube by CDBaby Music Makes My Brain Light Up · Hullabaloulou Hullabaloulou ℗ 2018 Hullabaloulou Released on: 2018-03-13 Auto-generated by YouT...

10/02/2018

We can’t wait to start another exciting season at TwoByTwo Childcare Academy in about two weeks!

09/07/2018

Music Therapy: Study Says Music Key for Non-Verbal Children and Children with Speech and Language Delays

Music Therapy: Study Says Music Key for Non-Verbal Children and Children with Speech and Language Delays

Music Therapy: Study Says Music Key for Non-Verbal Children and Children with Speech and Language Delays This article contains information regarding music therapy and how it helps improve learning disorders and academics. Affiliate links are included for your convenience. To learn more about Music T...

08/30/2018

Kids Meet an Opera Singer | Kids Meet

Children’s music world discoveries: Opera singers!

08/17/2018

MAX&MAESTRO English trailer

How much live music can impact children’s lives? Check out Max&Maestro, a new beautiful Italian cartoon about music featuring world renowned pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim! We’re fascinated!

https://youtu.be/OiY1Nv6yRRc

Official trailer of Max&Maestro, new animation project produced by Monello Productions (Tetra Media Studio Group).

08/15/2018

LC Kids 18-19 Season

Just Announced: a wonderful array of events for our little ones at Lincoln Center starting from October!

08/11/2018

Expose your babies to music and they’ll get many benefits for their growth!

Music and speech - two peas in a baby’s brain pod 🧠🎶👶🏼

In this study they found that 9 month old babies who had one month of exposure to directed music listening improved not only their auditory processing of music but also their language. So little time, so much benefit! 🧠🎶🗣

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11125-017-9397-6

08/03/2018

07/29/2018

Summer is on! We're back to Twobytwo Childcare tomorrow for a fun open class. Summer Session is starting next week! Register at http://dalmaestro.com/fortissimo-two-by-two-online-enrollment/

07/18/2018

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As a parent, why is singing to your baby so important?

In this great book, The Lullaby Effect, Dr Anita Collins shares with you her personal experience as both an academic and a mother.

She clearly explains the complex science, and gives you some excellent ideas you can use, that will promote positive brain development for your baby.

Enjoy this read!! www.thelullabyeffect.com.au

07/05/2018

The power of singing to help premature babies and their parents!

Singing - the [new] pain management for premature babies

This is not new, but research published this week helps us understand why it works. It is the combination of biological and psychological benefits to both bub and stressed parents. The article promotes the idea of singing as a prescribed form of pain management.

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2059204318780841

06/21/2018

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Imagine this treatment prescribed by your doctor - go learn cello! 🧠🎶🎻

This study taught non-musicians how to play cello in order to better understand how the auditory and motor cortices communicate and integrate information. They found it encourages brain plasticity that could be effective in rehabilitation.

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/06/05/1721414115

06/15/2018

Why repeating words sound like music to your brain

“Language is music!” A new research shows how much language is close to music.

Scientists just explained what musicians knew all along: repeating words sound like music

06/14/2018

El niño canta el blues como un profesional

Kiddy blues, so sweet!

06/08/2018

Neurological science re-think common misconception about musical talent!

Our traditional ideas about musical talent are being challenged by neuromusical research. What do you think, is musical talent set or grown?

06/04/2018

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06/04/2018

10 minutes of music learning per week helps improving reading skills!

10 minutes of music learning a week for 10 weeks can improve reading skills for poor readers

This amazing study by the great Prof Susan Hallam testing a music intervention to assist poor readers. After a rhythmic intervention involving clapping, stamping, and chanting to music while following notation on a chart the poor readers showed significant improvements in their reading accuracy and comprehension.

Music is a complementary learning tool to improve reading skills 🧠🎶🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0305735618771491

05/31/2018

Dr Anita Collins - The importance of Music Education - Interview with the ABC

Dr Anita Collins - The importance of Music Education - Interview with the ABC

05/23/2018

Actively making music is what makes the difference in your children’s cognitive skills!

What do musicians hear? And is it different to what non-musicians hear?

Nina Kraus puts forward the idea in this podcast that “you are not going to get physically fit watching sports”, so does it follow that your can't get cognitively/auditory fit only listening to music? Take a listen to this very well produced podcast for this and a lot of other fascinating thoughts on sound and music.

https://soundcloud.com/cadencepodcast/episode-06-the-prediction-component?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=facebook

05/05/2018

1983: That's Life! : Brahms Boy

Children can develop an incredible ear with music! During Fortissimo classes we consistently work on attentive listening through multiple activities.

04/24/2018

Today we had fun learning rhythms with eight notes and quarter notes!

04/17/2018

Making music has a major impact on language skills – Professor Susan Hallam

Actively making music positively impact aural perception and language skills. A new research demonstrates how important is the time of exposure to music training, more than genetics!

A recent paper by Professor Susan Hallam from the UCL Institute of Education, concludes that making music has a major impact on the development of language skills among children and young people.

04/03/2018

Looking forward to start a new exciting season at TwoByTwo Children Academy next Tuesday! Register at www.dalmaestro.com/fortissimo

04/02/2018

03/27/2018

Watch a prodigy create -- from four notes in a hat

Look what a child prodigy can do!

60 Minutes pulls four musical notes out of hat, and young composer Alma Deutscher takes off, improvising a piano sonata in under a minute Subscribe to the "6...