getting into the zone…

Filed under: Kids, around the house, homeschooling 2011-2012 — admin at 9:46 am on Monday, September 12, 2011

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How can you get kids and adults “into the zone”?
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Classical music, of course!

I mentioned in my last post that we play classical music all day long. I don’t know, it seems like it puts a magical spell on everyone! Not as much bickering and productivity is at an all time high. The music is usually left on until well after dinner and actually requested to be kept on…MAGIC, I tell you.
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The cool thing about this “magic”, Penny seems to pick up on using the right side of her brain. She can be found creating all sorts of abstract art, scribbling and coloring to the music. I love it. Of course her zone gets interrupted when opera starts playing out on the speakers and everything…STOPS.

2 Comments »

Comment by Grandma

September 13, 2011 @ 12:59 pm

What a wonderful idea! Classical music! Interesting that Penny uses both hands at once! Love you.

Comment by Melanie Hinds

September 14, 2011 @ 9:29 am

Carol,

Well I finally decided to post a comment! When I was younger, probably high school age, I would do my homework while listening to classical music. Something about the mellow sounds just seemed to be so restful and helped me concentrate better. Never tried opera. For me, songs with words made it too difficult to concentrate on the my homework as I was trying to listen to the words of the song instead. Kudos to you!

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