Here is one of many articles that The Creativity
Institute has reviewed and reprinted on nurturing creativity in
children and on educational toys. Infants, toddlers, preschoolers
and school age children can all benefit from the right educational
toys and musical opportunities, even on the toy piano.
The Case Against Traditional Piano Lessons
By Edward Weiss
How would you like to spend 4 years in a University
learning how to play other peoples music? If you think this is
ridiculous, you're right! Because that's what thousands of piano
music students do each day.
They sit in front of their piano or keyboard
with sheet music of a dead composer in front of them. Then they
are told to "play it right." Have you ever heard of
such nonsense? Imagine a budding writer forced to copy another
novelists work? In essence, this is what classical piano students
do. They copy.
Although many think this is a creative act,
it is not. It is a re-creative one. It's purpose? To give people
who are told how to listen to music a chance to hear what is considered
"good" music. Only in classical music is there such
pomposity. And it exists because a very few people wish to hear
the classics.
Let me tell you something. I love classical
music. But I don't spend my time trying to recreate what has already
been created. No. Instead, I want to connect with my own source
and allow the music that is inside me to come out. I want to be
creative too! And my philosophy is that anyone can be "a
composer."
All it takes is the desire to create - to want
to hear ones authentic self expressed through music. Difficult?
Not at all! It's as easy as putting fingers to keys and playing.
Hard to believe but true. You see, music students have been cheated
from the get go by an academic snobbism that destroys the spirit
and the will to create.
The suggestion is that the best music has already
been created so why bother. The answer is crucial to our own well
being. We bother because it makes us feel good. That is all that
is required and that is all that is needed to make music.
About the Author:
Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster
of Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping
students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over
14 years! Visit us now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html
for a FREE piano lesson!
Source: www.isnare.com
MORE ON CHILD CREATIVITY
Make
your child
more creative for life.
Every child has creative
ability just waiting to be tapped. Even infants have budding creative
potential. The right educational toys can bring it out. and let
children enjoy the benefits of creative pursuits at many levels.
Infants,
toddlers,
preschoolers,
early
school age and older
school age children all delight in opportunities for creative
expression through colors, shapes and sounds.
At The Creativity Institute, we handpick each infant educational
toy, every creative plaything, each piece of furniture and every
toy musical instrument based on its potential for developing vital
creative resources in your child.
Toy
pianos, oversized
foam building blocks, puppet
theaters and puppet stages and people
and animal hand puppets, art
supplies and children's
easels, play
tents and more. The scale and durability of many of these
toys make them perfect for classrooms, homeschool,
day care centers and waiting rooms, too. The benefits of nurturing
creativity can be profound, offering children tools for success
in all endeavors athletic, artistic or academic. Let your baby
begin now.