My 5 year old daughter loves singing but didn't have the patience to really learn. When she ask me for a lesson and would have a tantrum after a few minutes I would normally just give her a hug then stop the lesson. I thought well, you can't really teach your own child because she would see me as her loving mother and not a vocal coach.
For two weeks now she has been singing different songs like "Hero" by Mariah Carey and "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus. One day we were in the car and on our way to the organic shop. She was singing "Hero" and my husband told her she should ask my help because he didn't understand a single word of the song she was singing. She shrugged her shoulders and didn't say anything.
Yesterday, she asked me if she can have a singing lesson. She wants to learn the song "The Climb". I told her she has to finish the song "Part Of Your World" from the Little Mermaid movie. She has been learning it for a couple of months now but she gives up after a few lines. She agreed to learn the song but then after a few minutes she started arguing with me. I told her she is never going to have another singing lessons from me if she argues with me again. "But you are my Mum" she said "I am IF you are not learning how to sing. Since you are I am your singing teacher not your Mum" I replied. "If you want to learn how to be a great singer then you need to be patient and you need to practise a lot" I continued. She finally agreed and she had a lesson.
This morning she got up and ask for a pancake for breakfast. While she was waiting, she decided to practise her song and it made her singing teacher proud. She kept her promise to practise and to work hard so she can finish the song she never finished. I took a video of her practising and here she is on her second day of being patient ;) .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcoEFvxvzHQ
Oooppps sorry I didn't film the whole song, I didn't want to burn the pancakes ;) .
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchandlisten/play/aa91883c0
By the way, above link is another unfinished song my daughter sang when she was only 4 years old. A duet with her Mummy!
2 comments:
Loquat is for cough and lung in Chinese medicine. Sometimes i would take the Ninjiom Pei Pa Koa which is an extract of loquat when got scratchy throat.
You can access info online @
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nin_Jiom_Pei_Pa_Koa
ninjiom.50webs.com
Thank you Katherine for the link! I used to take Pei Pa Koa when I have a cough and a sore throat. That is one great medicine.
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