Music Resources

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CDs

1	Succeed With Music – How to Maximise Your Investment in Kids’ Music Lessons (2004)	Elizabeth Robinson
2	Powerful Parenting Ideas	Grose, Michael
3	Well-behaved kids — DIY Parenting Program (2 CDs)	Grose, Michael

Books to Read General Parenting

1	The Five Love Languages- How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to your Mate (1995)	Chapman, Gary
2	The Five Love Languages of Children (1997)	Chapman,G & Campbell, R
3	The Five Love Languages of Teenagers (2000)	Chapman, Gary
4	The Strong-Willed Child (1978)	Dobson, James
5	The New Dare to Discipline (1970, 1992)	Dobson, James
6	Bringing Up Boys (2001)	Dobson, James
7	One Step Ahead (1994)	Grose, Michael
8	Why First Borns Rule the World And Last Borns Want to Change It (2003)	Grose, Michael
9	A Man’s Guide to Raising Kids (2000)	Grose, Michael
10	FIGHT-free families (2001)	Hall, Janet
11	How to Behave — so your children will, too (2000)	Severe, Sal

Books to Read Help for Music Parents

1	Good Music, Brighter Children ─ Simple and Practical Ideas to Help Transform Your Child’s Life Through The Power of Music (1999) Prima Publishing	Habermeyer, Sharlene
2	With LOVE in my Heart and a TWINKLE in my Ear — A Parent’s Guide to Suzuki Music Education	Warby, Sheila
3	To Learn with Love — A Companion for Suzuki Parents (1983) Kingston Ellis Press, Tennessee, USA	Starr, William & Constance
4	Nurtured by Love (1969)	Suzuki, Shinichi
5	Where Love Is Deep (1982)	Suzuki, Shinichi
6	Practice is a Dirty Word (2002)	Bonetti, Ruth

Websites

1 www.succeedwithmusic.com Elizabeth Robinson

Download free articles relating to music practice and purchase Succeed With Music (parent training CD)

2 www.parentingideas.com.au Michael Grose — parenting expert

This website offers a host of articles for individuals or school communities to use. You can purchase a wide range of excellent general parent resources, books and CDs.

3 www.practicespot.com Philip Johnston

Arguably the largest website in the world dedicated to music practice. Philip is the author of The Practice Revolution (2002) and Not Until You’ve Done Your Practice. Both of these are available through his website.

4 www.ruthbonetti.com Ruth Bonetti

Programs and books related to music practice and performance anxiety.

5 www.bywayofthefamily.com

This site really caters to home schoolers, but I found their list of resources in the catalog interesting and helpful. Check out the suggested resources under ‘music.’

6 www.kidsmusic.co.nz

Wendy Jensen and Janet Channon are passionate about music in early childhood education. They have a large collection of CDs to help train young children’s rhythm and pitch.

7 www.childsmart.com.au

Offers a range of CDs and videos specially designed to help babies, infants and toddlers (and their parents) relax and sleep well. The active titles provide music selected to give brain stimulation to enhance intelligence and prepare children for individual music tuition. Products include the Majors for Minors range. Purchase online.

Musical Gifts to Encourage Children

The Classical Kids series is the most wonderful discovery for you and your child. Give one of these CDs in their Christmas stocking, for a birthday or as a special encouragement perhaps before a performance when a child has worked especially hard or just to say ‘I love you.’ These CDs remind me of the old vinyl discs I listened to as a child as I went to sleep. In story form, they give a lot of information about the great composers, their life, times and compositions. They are a real delight, quality productions and worth every cent.

1	Beethoven Lives Upstairs	CD (Video also available)
2	Tchaikovsky Discovers America	CD
3	Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery	CD
4	Mr Bach Comes to Call	CD
5	Mozart’s Magnificent Voyage	CD