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Show Parents Win Aid From School In Spurring Musical Interes Primary Aim is to Help Child Co-ordinate If junior comes home from school this faU with the notion he might like to learn to play the piano, don't be surprised. Just credit the pleasant discovery to the fact that a latent talent may have been awakened by the greater attention being given these days to teaching of instrumental music. Actual keyboard instruction has been introduced in many grade schools, along with instruction in other instruments. While feacher plays the piano, pupils follbw the notes on cardboard replicas. The educational objectives are the teaching of coordination and group cooperation as well as musical mus-ical appreciation rather than any attempt at making full blown musicians out of every child. The new teaching methods plus the burgeoning interest of children in school bands and orchestras have gone a long way toward eliminating elimi-nating the stigma of "sissy" from the lad who is likely to play a musical mus-ical instrument. Now he may well be an envied youngster because of his special ability. Thus are parents aided in encouraging en-couraging their youngsters to develop de-velop musical talents. They can help further by seeing to it that there is music in the home. With school activity along these lines starting at kindergarten age, parents par-ents who are ambitious for their youngsters actually are given a head start. Beginners use triangles, tambo-rines, tambo-rines, castanets, drums, in rhythm with music played by teacher. It is but a step from these to plastic horns, ukeleles, which are chosen JUNIOR FINDS MUSIC more tut esting now that keyboards oo cu boards let him follow the notes incl; while teacher plays the piano. to teach chords and basic hi monios. These are forerunners the vi Dlin, the woodwinds and t brasses. Eventually, children exposed this more modem use of music the grade schools, begin to sh preference for a specific instr ment. Parents should watch I signs of this interest. Today it might well be said, ch dren march back to school tc t strains of music, to become betl coordinated individuals with growing appreciation for the 81 things in life. Play it safe; slow down at scbi intersections. |