Tipbook Music for Kids and Teens: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers.* Tipbook Music for Kids and Teens: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers, by Hugo Pinksterboer. The Lorenz Corp. (P.O. Box 802, Dayton, OH 45401), 2006. 204pp. $11.95. Hugo Pinksterboer sees music, practice and performance as a journey that "leads to who knows where." By the end of the first page, I felt an educational ally whose message is clear: All children should love music. His most recent Tipbook is the 15th volume of the Tipbook Series, which is outlined to help parents guide, encourage and cheerlead cheer·lead intr.v. cheer·led , cheer·lead·ing, cheer·leads 1. To lead organized cheering, as at sports events. 2. their young musicians. Easy to grab and effortless ef·fort·less adj. Calling for, requiring, or showing little or no effort. See Synonyms at easy. ef  fort·less·ly adv. to use, this map-shaped book has short, organized chapters and concise paragraphs. Bold, fun titles like "Make Them Wait," "Off Days," "Sitting In" and "Lips" told me I held no ordinary Music for Dummies paperback. Pinksterboer covers the basics of borrowing and renting instruments, finding quality instructors and practice habits with the collective wisdom of teachers, parents and musicians. He then travels to gray areas not commonly braved in similar publications: music and dyslexia dyslexia (dĭslĕk`sēə), in psychology, a developmental disability in reading or spelling, generally becoming evident in early schooling. To a dyslexic, letters and words may appear reversed, e.g. , the effect of braces on wood wind players, even the best lips for playing trumpet trumpet, brass wind musical instrument of part cylindrical, part conical bore, in the shape of a flattened loop and having three piston valves to regulate the pitch. ! His personal, conversational style feels like a comfortable chit-chat with helpful friends as he lists reasons children should attend group lessons, play in an ensemble or start their own garage band. Progressive insights encourage parents to consider the computer a musical instrument for new generation musicians, and concedes that sometimes after preparing for a performance, there is a time a student just has to "Deal With It" in the face of nervous jitters jitters 'Butterflies' Psychology An episode of nervousness or anxiety that often precedes a public event; jitters is a type of performance anxiety which may affect actors in a stage production–stage fright or soloist musicians; it may respond to anxiolytics . Most impressive is Pinksterboer's music teacher advocacy. The opening chapters help parents understand nonmusical benefits of playing an instrument, including social skills, teamwork, communications and relaxation. Brief descriptions of learning styles and an invitation for parents to pick up their own instrument and learn alongside their children made me an instant fan. Just when I thought there wasn't a resource uncovered by this book, I ran into "Want To Know More?" (could there possibly be more?!), a list of books, organizations, websites, exam boards and teacher finders included between the "Glossary" and "Index" at the end of the book. In addition, the Tipbook Series provides a website offering short videos, sound files and automatic links. At every turn, the new Tipbook is a treasure! Reviewed by Serena Mackey, Eagle, Idaho Eagle is a city in Ada County, Idaho, United States. The population was 11,085 at the 2000 census. Due to growth in the Boise metropolitan area, Eagle has become increasingly suburban in recent years. * The items marked with this symbol can be ordered via the MTNA MTNA Music Teachers National Association MTNA Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (McMinnville, Tennessee) website through our affiliation with Amazon.com. Go to www.mtna.org, click on "Resources and Services" and scroll To continuously move forward, backward or sideways through the text and images on screen or within a window. Scrolling implies continuous and smooth movement, a line, character or pixel at a time, as if the data were on a paper scroll being rolled behind the screen. See auto scroll. down to the Amazon.com section. |
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