Author Archives: edfavor

  We live in musical bodies     surrounded by a musical world          enveloped by musical galaxies. God has created music to affects us … spirit, soul and body.   He has gives us tools to make music back to Him!  Because … Continue reading →

  Beginning On the Right Note By Denie Riggs, Administrator Early Childhood Music 2001 Can you believe that it’s time for school to start? It seems like summer breaks have gotten shorter and shorter. It’s back to the routine of … Continue reading →

  To Please Our Father By Denie Riggs Perfect Praise Inc.   There is a revival in praise as a new wind of free worship sweeps across the earth affecting people of all denominations.  After decades of singing songs about God, we are turning our … Continue reading →

  Music Enhances Academic Excellence By Denie Riggs Early Childhood Music Perfect Praise, Inc. Article written Fall 2000, for Parenting in the Shoals Magazine. You have done your best for your child. You have scoured the countryside for all the items on … Continue reading →

  Tuning Up the Twos! By Denie Riggs Administrator Early Childhood Music It occurs between the adorable bouncing baby and the able-to-be-reasoned-with three-year-old. It’s the time when the answer to everything is "NO!" It’s the time when temper tantrums abound. … Continue reading →

  Music’s Benefits Last a Lifetime by Denie Riggs Administrator Early Childhood Music Albert Einstein’s fifth grade teacher told his parents that he was ‘stupid’ and incapable of learning. Albert had demonstrated an inability to take tests and to get … Continue reading →

  Celebrate the Power of Music! By  Mrs. Denie Riggs Spring 1999 Administrator of Early Childhood Music Can you imagine our world without music? Talk radio twenty-four hours a day! No whistling while you work? Can you imagine sitting through a … Continue reading →

  THE BENEFITS OF TEACHING MUSIC   TO YOUNG CHILDREN This article is somewhat dry and factual.    However, consider it a goldmine of information!   It is worth your time to dig out the golden morsels of information.  These research results … Continue reading →

  Hum a Happy Tune! By Denie Riggs Administrator Early Childhood Music www.earlychildhoodmusic.net   You may be familiar with the tune ‘Whistle While You Work’ or ‘Just Singing In the Rain’. These songs seem to indicate that humming a happy … Continue reading →

    Updated Note:  Fall 2004.     We are expanding to offer PRENATAL music stimulation classes.  It's exciting.  Contact your local school for more information   Rock-A-Bye Unborn Baby By Denie Riggs Every mother knows that her lullaby can calm her agitated baby. … Continue reading →