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The recorder is dying out as kids swap classroom classic for ukuleles and guitars
The recorder has been a popular instrument for children learning music for generations but now only one in six youngsters ...
Once 'universal' school tradition dying as just one in six now learn
Only around one in six children now learns the recorder after a decline in its popularity over the past decade, a new report ...
Fewer children than ever learning the recorder at school as instrument’s popularity wanes
A report by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) shows that just 16 per cent of children surveyed ...
Science explains how children best learn math—and yes, timed practice helps
What's the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables, or studying math at ...
Mayor Ringo? Woodfin plays drums as John Lennon tour bus visits Birmingham
The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, a non-profit outreach that tours schools nationwide, stopped in Birmingham Tuesday, offering children a hands-on chance to see a mobile music production studio ...