Grounded in Science
Focused on Fun!!
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Our method is based on scientifically-proven learning techniques. We rely on pictures, colors and kinesthetic activities (coloring, clapping, stomping, jumping, repetition) to make it fast, fun and easy to learn music. Watch this video to seek how it works!
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Our method is simple and effective because it taps into the way your brain naturally works.
Read on to give it a try ...
Close your eyes, think of one room in your house, then list eleven things in the room. Simple right? Most of us do it like this: We picture the room, focus on and count one or two larger pieces of furniture (we'll call these “anchors”), then picture and count smaller things surrounding the anchors. The Fireside Music & Motion method uses this same technique to make it fun and easy to read music and identify where to play notes on a keyboard and stringed instruments (including ukulele and guitar). Our method is based on a simple story about a Brown Dog, a Green Frog and a Pink Bunny – the anchors. The story line provides the smaller items surrounding the anchors. Each item corresponds to a note with a color that makes sense. The Dog corresponds to the note D and is brown, the Frog corresponds to F and is green, etc. The items are combined into four pictures that are placed on the treble, bass or alto clef staff, the piano keyboard or stringed instrument fingerboards. Coloring sheets, clapping, stomping, games and other kinesthetic activities reinforce the pictures. So fun and easy, children as young as 3 are quickly engaged in learning concepts older children and adults often struggle with for years under the standard methods.
Making Music Learning Fast, Fun and Easy!
Our goals for every music student?
Learn fast - have fun - move around!
Learn fast - have fun - move around!
No more struggles with lines and spaces!
Motivate kids to want to learn!
Fireside games make learning lines and spaces or piano keys fun and easy. Parents can play too - no musical background necessary. Nothing like friendly competition to motivate kids to learn! Beginner and more advanced options for each game.
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No more wailing and gnashing of teeth when kids are asked to count!
With Clap and Jump Rhythms, counting is a snap! Brightly-colored images show what to say as students clap or jump while counting out loud. They easily match the colored pictures on the left with the correct standard notation on the right. It’s so much fun they’ll actually ask for harder rhythms!
Confusion about where notes are played? Sharps and flats? whole and half steps?
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See all we have to offer!
Books
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Video Lessons
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Instrument Mats
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Flash Cards
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