Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether your child is a fan of Olivia Rodrigo, Justin Bieber, Dua Lipa or Taylor Swift, these toy instruments can motivate them to ...

Whether it’s to provide relaxation or to develop coordination or motor skills, playing musical instruments is a great activity for children. Kids who have autism might find the skill beneficial, as ...

LIMA – The Lima Symphony Orchestra and ArtSpace/Lima are teaming up to bring music to children this summer. The orchestra has created “Music at Home,” a project in which kids can create musical ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. “Please, please buy the noisiest toy for my child,” said ...

Brian Calhoun has made guitars for music legends. His latest clients are kids. At what age do most kids start learning how to play guitar? If you ask guitar maker Brian Calhoun, based on conversations ...

Remember the recorder? It's that small plastic instrument — looks kind of like a flute or clarinet — that's often the first instrument children learn to play in school. Or, at least, they used to. But ...

Centennial, Colo., Sept. 6, 2023 - “Music Blocks,” the award-winning music appreciation podcast from Colorado Public Radio, returns for its third season September 19. Each of the six episodes this ...

Many parents would agree it’s hard to call the first few notes a child makes on a rented band instrument “music,” but it’s a necessary step toward eventually learning how to play. “The first sounds on ...

It’s been a long-held fact that music education benefits children and teens. However, with schools pressured to implement and meet mandated standards while also having to cut budgets, many school ...

Baldwinsville, NY — The cost of renting a musical instrument can be a deterrent to students who want to play in a band or orchestra. That’s not the case anymore in the Baldwinsville schools, where ...