download educational games as the best gifts for kids that teach music
12 September 2010
The kind of season is nearing when everyone will soon be looking for the Best Gifts for Kids. And since we care deeply for our children’s precious little lives, we want the best for them in terms of both fun and education, and when those two aspects of child development are combined, the kid experiences the best of both worlds and the educational results are much higher. The good news is that now you can simply download educational games, and the software takes care of the rest. The term “educational games” contains both of those “words / worlds” and tells you most of what you need to know about these products: they are educational and they are games, they combine playing and learning into one continuous rapturous experience. These games are teaching children music even if the kid is not specifically aware that he or she is “studying.” However, in the long (and medium and even short) run the child internalizes certain sophisticated ideas about musical structure, instrumental arrangement, how themes and melodic voices are woven together into harmony. My 10 year old learned to identify the sounds of all the instruments ina symphony orchestra instantly, just by ear. When their teacher plays them musical recordings as a part of music appreciation instruction, Molly will say things like “that harpsichord is playing so fast” or “I love that hoboe solo, it really stands ut against the violins” — to the utter amazement of the music teach, who now adores her and gives her straight A’s.