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What Age Should Children Start Activities?

May 10, 2019September 21, 2015 by valplowman

  As you cute little one grows older, you will find yourself wondering what age is appropriate to start activities like dance, sports, and/or music. Or maybe your cute little …

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Categories Extra Curricular Tags family time, music lessons, sports Leave a comment

How to Manage Performance Nerves {Guest Post}

May 14, 2019May 8, 2014 by valplowman

  A little over a week ago, my mom and I combined our piano studios to do our annual Spring Recital. As usual, we were busy with cookies, punch, setting …

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Scheduling Homework Time/Piano Practice Time/etc.

May 21, 2019August 15, 2013 by valplowman

When Brayden and Kaitlyn were both young (Kaitlyn was a baby), I sat in a meeting with moms in various stages of life (we all were in a presidency together …

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Categories Schedule Tips Tags Child Age Range, homework, music lessons, piano Leave a comment

How to Know if Your Child is Ready for Piano Lessons

September 16, 2019August 8, 2013 by valplowman

My name is Claire and I blog at My Devising. I’m so excited to be a new member of the Babywise Friendly Blog Network.   Just to give you a quick …

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Categories Extra Curricular Tags BFBN, Guest Post, music lessons 4 Comments

Music Time for Preschoolers

May 16, 2022May 21, 2012 by valplowman
preschooler girl playing with musical instrument toys

6 ways to integrate music into your preschooler’s daily life. This will prepare your child for Kindergarten in a variety of ways! I  love music. Love, love, love. I love …

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Categories Education, Preschoolwise Tags music, music lessons 7 Comments

Avoiding Activity Overload with Your Kids

July 12, 2021August 8, 2011 by valplowman
Activity overload

Follow this simple tip to avoid getting in a situation where your kids are all busy all of the time. Keep life simple while still allowing kids to participate in …

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Categories Extra Curricular Tags music lessons, sports 4 Comments

Brayden Child Summary: 5.5 Years Old

November 30, 2020December 7, 2010 by valplowman

5.5 year old life and daily schedule. Learn about this child’s daily schedule and how to handle things that come up with five year olds. This are going really smoothly …

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Categories Child Tags child summary, Kindergarten, music lessons 3 Comments
Valerie Plowman

Valerie Plowman, known as "the Babywise Mom", is the happy mother of four children. She has been helping parents with their parenting concerns since 2007 and loves helping others absolutely love being a parent.

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