Friday, September 27, 2013

The Funtheory

People chose the piano stairs over the escalator... because stairs became fun. At Let's Play Music, we know the power of fun and infuse it into our lessons!  How much fun are you having?

Friday, September 20, 2013

Whole Brain Learning

Let's Play Music uses whole brain learning techniques.  Sounds fancy.  Really, it just means that we allow the body to experience what the brain is learning.  With minimal talking, we just experience and learn.  We sing, we dance, we move up and down with our balloons as they sing a major scale, we jump up when we talk about a "sharp" and we give karate chopping hands to emphasize "staccato".  Genius!  To see just how genius the brain is in learning this way, check out this little tidbit by Bobby McFerrin: