Let's Play Music with Esther

03/11/2016

We are having lots of fun with our Bug rhythms in class. Read here to find out why we use these in Let's Play Music! With LPM, there is always purpose as we play!

Where did those blue bugs come from!? Here's the long answer explaining how using rhythm syllables make learning rhythm as natural as learning your native language!

02/10/2016

Today we began our Blue Bugs class! We had so much fun learning new songs, skipping around, playing the autoharp, having a new puppet show, learning our bug rhythms, and more! It's not too late to join the fun! Let me know if you're interested for your 4-6 year old.

01/19/2016

The benefits of music for children is amazing!

Author Sharlene Habermeyer shares 3 big surprises from her recent book: Good Music Brighter Children. Find out just what is in store when your child studies music!

01/18/2016

This is so neat!

01/15/2016

Newest blog post is here! What are some of your favorite stories to sing to children? Comment about them below!

12/18/2015

Today is Beethoven's 245th birthday, and Google has a fun musical puzzle to put together in honor of that! As a classical music lover, I enjoyed it greatly. :) https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-ludwig-van-beethovens-245th-year

Help Beethoven arrange his masterpieces in today’s

12/04/2015

Thanksgiving has passed, but in this newest post I share some of the things I'm thankful for. Gratitude is a beautiful thing in the middle of change!

11/20/2015

This video is really neat! While using a pentatonic scale with an audience, Bobby McFerrin demonstrates how our brains are musically wired. Pretty cool stuff!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC23WekZ8m8&feature=share&inf_contact_key=096464e6bfa6cfdfad26abcfbdd65903a5dd13bc334064caba025051d4f01531

Bobby McFerrin uses the audience to help him prove a point about the brain. This is really, really cool. He teaches the audience several notes and they corre...

11/11/2015

Tomorrow our Red Balloons class will be going on a lion hunt! While we're "crawling through the grass" and such, we'll be keeping a steady beat with our bodies and learning about tempo. I love how Let's Play Music teaches through play! There is so much fun and learning to be had at LPM; if you know anyone in the area with a 4-6 year old child, please tell them about this program! My students and I would love to have more friends join us in class!

10/26/2015

This week will be our 4th lesson, and we're already having lots of fun! Whether or not the kids realize it yet, they're learning a lot. It is not too late to check out the program if you're even slightly interested! Please contact me, and we can plan on you coming to a lesson FREE OF CHARGE to see if it's a good fit for you.

10/14/2015

Let's Play Music definitely shares his mindset. :)

Dear, dear Fred...

10/09/2015

Today we had our first Red Balloons class! It was lots of fun "playing music" with my students. The kids and I would love to have more friends in class though ... so if you're interested, please let me know! It's not too late to join us for a fun year of learning music!