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Positive music: Helping children to master developmental and social skills
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By: Paula Slade
There are many great choices in children's music today, which are entertaining and interactive, but we are going to focus on a different type of music that not only incorporates those elements but provides an added advantage, therapeutic music that aids children in mastering social and emotional skills.
Growing Sound offers music with a mission, helping children and caregivers with issues such as attachment, coping, self-regulation, creativity, independence, courage, perseverance, optimism, confidence, friendship and respect, all necessary social skills that form a foundation for a child who is resilient, well adjusted, ready for the classroom and ready for life.
David Kisor is the man behind Growing Sound. He is an accomplished composer, performer and teacher, who began his mission over 20 years ago.
Holding a Master’s Degree in music composition from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, Kisor is Music Director for Children, Inc., the largest private non-profit early care and education provider in Kentucky with 3,400 children attending daily programs.
Over the years, Kisor has written extensively for the classroom as well as stage, which includes works for the Ensemble Theater of Cincinnati; Children’s Theater of Cincinnati; University of Cincinnati Preparatory Department, numerous school residencies (from preschool to high school) as well as collaborations on projects for the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Division of Speech Pathology and the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Louisville.
Albums I Can Count on You, Tough Stuff, I Can Settle Down, I Can Do It, and Beautiful Baby, Wonderful Child, all target different developmental issues with easy-to-sing-to melodies and clearly articulated and empowering lyrics.
There are also suggested accompanying children’s books that can be shared for further reinforcement and total understanding of these powerful musical messages, along with parent tips/strategies and musical lyrics available on Growing Sound’s individual website pages.
All albums and individual songs can be sampled, downloaded as an MP3, or purchased as a CD from Growing Sound or CD Baby.
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