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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Parenting Tip #68 Ode to my Kitchen Timer

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Ode to my kitchen timer How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee for the many ways I can use you in my busy days I love the t...
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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Parenting Tip #67 Courageous Parenting

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“ Courageous Parenting ”, that’s the title of a speech given by Elder Larry R. Lawrence at a past Church conference and he says it is a “goo...
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Music Tip #65 Piano Bingo

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This week I played Piano Bingo with my students. I took the hearts off the bingo board and my students would choose one heart at a time, re...

Parenting Tip #66 Love Needs of Children

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I used a valentine Bingo game for piano lessons this week. On the back of each heart it said what the student was to play. One of the hear...
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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Parenting Tip #65 Your Baby is Always Right!

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Good businesses and stores know that “the customer is always right.” That’s the attitude we need to take with newborns and babies (well, ch...

Music Tip #64 Music and Math

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This year in my monthly newsletter for school, I have to include a math page—helps for the parents to encourage them to use more math at hom...
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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Music Tip #63 Choir arrangements

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I’m the ward choir director in my church and direct a youth choir as well as the adult choir. I recently found a good source for hymn arran...
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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Music Tip #62 What kind of conductor are you?

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Have you ever watched a conductor leading an orchestra and noticed his arm movements? Some conductors control their orchestra with very not...
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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Parenting Tip #64 The Incredibles

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My son and his family dressed up as The Incredibles for Halloween last year. That got me thinking. How great would that be to have super po...
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Sunday, January 9, 2011

Parenting Tip #63 Small House

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After one of my sons and his family came to visit for Christmas, my little granddaughter told her mom she wanted to live in a small house ju...
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Music Tip #61 Cartoon, Movie music to play

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Hurray for cartoons! And commercials! I’m a TV hater. I don’t watch TV and think there’s nothing worth watching on it, but TV does have it’...
Monday, January 3, 2011

Music Tip #60 Listen to your child

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Isn't it interesting how your children teach you, the parent. I always tried to be consistent with my children and use natural conseque...

Parenting Tip #62 Power in expressing your feelings

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Years ago I had trouble with one of my sons getting his work done—which wasn’t like him. I blamed it on his allergies and his age (10). On...
Sunday, December 19, 2010

Music Tip #59 Nontraditional piano recital

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I like to think out of the box and do nontraditional things. That’s why I have my piano Christmas recital at the post office! Yes, that’s ...
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Parenting Tip #61 Little Blue Bug to the rescue

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My granddaughter did not want to get her hair combed. She ran out of the room and hid under a table in the other room so her mother couldn’...