Sound Play, Sound Mind, Sound Body, Echo…

Playing with sound, Playing with sound, it’s easy and fun and profound. So profound that [as some believe] even God did it right at the beginning of everything.

On a much more mundane but still immensely enjoyable level, there are loads of sound games you can play with your children in order to give them a good grounding in sounding. Have a go at this; for a few minutes, whatever sound your child makes, copy it as closely as you can.

Don’t concern yourself about sounding silly or childish – they are just inhibitions given to you by someone else or your own wrong thinking [wrong thinking = any kind of thinking which reduces or destroys a value for you or others]. Just have a go for a few moments and watch what happens. I guarantee your child will be delighted as you use your echoing sounds to acknowledge their own sounds.

I’d love to know some of the effects you get through this game. Do let me know if you can.

Haha

Little Green Things

Little Green Things

Hello world!

Good whatever part of the day it is for you!

Any aspect of kids music is up for discussion or comment on my blog.

My new CD is going through test launches in the UK and getting fantastic responses. I’m just figuring out how to give everyone a free song from ‘The Little Green CD: Songs and Activities for Little Green People from Planet Earth.’ Soon as I do, I’ll put a link up here and you can go and have a listen if you like. OK. It’s ready. Go and download it by scrolling to the Compost Bin song in the music player and click on <download> under the title.

There’s a bit on www.myspace.com/thelittlegreencd that I uploaded during early sessions if you fancy a quick listen before downloading. Enjoy!

I hope every ‘green’ family is going to get some joy from this project.

Can I just ask all parents and teachers out there this 2-part question: What kind of kids music do you look to buy and why?