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Skwitch: A new way to make music
The Skwitch is an accessible device that connects to your iPhone, turning your phone into a music making machine with coding and accessibility features too!
Using Music to Connect the Generations
Grandparents love to sing to their grandkids. Aside from being a wonderful way to bond with your young child, music is a great tool to connect the generations and help a little one know about their history, heritage and background.
Skoog Music Cube
The Skoog is a soft music cube that you can manipulate to create different instrument sounds. It's accessible to children with various disabilities, including physical disabilities.
Why We Love Music Therapy for Our Blind Son
Jennie writes about how her son, Max, responds to music. Other therapies failed Max and often stressed him out, but Music Therapy has been very successful for him!
Taking a Blind Child to a Music Festival and Making It Fun and Accessible!
Music festivals can be loud and overwhelming for kids who are blind, but also fun and exhilarating!
Make Your Own Chinese New Year Drum!
Although it's often seen as a children's toy or a fun sound effect at Chinese New Year, the Bolang Gu is actually an instrument that dates back to ancient China. Learn how to make your own!
Making Music Accessible to Blind Musicians
A revolutionary 3-D printing system makes music easier to read for blind musicians. Invented by a blind South Korean musician as part of her doctoral dissertation, it makes music accessible to musicians at all levels.
Why My Blind Son Loves Music
Cecily talks about how she creates a musical soundtrack to accompany all aspects of her visually impaired son's life, helping him make sense of the world.
Bebot Music App Review
Bebot is a simple sound cause and effect app that makes funny synth robot sounds. Touch the screen and make the robot sing!
Make Your Own Morris Bells!
Daria shows you how to make morris bells, a folk music tradition from England and the British Isles. Making the bells is easy and dancing with them is fun!
Grow Your Own Musical Instrument in Your Garden!
Daria shows us how to grow gourds and turn them into musical instruments like shekeres and guiros! Plant your seeds in the spring and you'll have your own home-grown instruments by the fall!
Bloom Music App Review
Eric Jerman reviews the generative music iPad app, Bloom. Bloom allows children to create gentle, soft music patterns and bubbles of color with just the tap of a finger. The app also allows you to choose which color palette and contrast is most attractive to your child.
Make Your Own Gong!
Learn how to make your own Chinese gong using simple objects you probably have in your kitchen. Decorate your gong with tactile crafts and make lots of noise!
Make Your Own Sistrum, an Egyptian Rattle
Daria shows you how to make your own Sistrum, an ancient Egyptian instrument, out of a wire coat hanger, electrical tape and buttons!
ThumbJam Music App Review
ThumbJam is a simple music app that allows your child to make beautiful, clear sounds with their iPad. It features all sorts of advanced options for changing the sounds or mixing tracks, but at it's foundation it's really just a touch-and-play game.
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