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		<title>Play the Piano for your Health</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know that there are real health benefits to learn to play the ‘ king of all instruments?’ Playing the piano will help keep your mind healthy, blood pressure down, prevent arthritis, and stave off depression&#8230;read on! www.mypianomoments.com 1. Playing the piano will keep your mind healthy. As people get older there is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=playthepianolessons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15518135&amp;post=72&amp;subd=playthepianolessons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Play the Piano &#8211; Parents Urged to Take Interest in Kid&#8217;s Lessons.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents play a huge role in helping their children learn to play the piano. This reprint of a newspaper article discusses parent&#8217;s under or over involvement in the process. http://www.theprogressivepianist.com DALLAS (AP) — Parental involvement in children’s piano instruction plays a major part in the success of the lessons, reports the National Piano Foundation here, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=playthepianolessons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15518135&amp;post=48&amp;subd=playthepianolessons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Play the Piano &#8211; Reasons to Start Your Child in Piano Lessons Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article presents excellent evidence that teaching your child to play the piano or providing them with music lessons is a great and enduring gift. &#8220;A novel study has found that learning music instrument in childhood could help preserve and boost your gray matter in old age. The kids who learn to play any musical [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=playthepianolessons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15518135&amp;post=27&amp;subd=playthepianolessons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Progressive Pianist Review &#8211; Heart of the Matter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["Teaching an instrument with no prior skill is a formidable task and it is hard to find study materials that will allow you to accomplish this in a way that you can feel comfortable with. I felt completely comfortable with using this program with all four of my children, especially my special needs son..."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=playthepianolessons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15518135&amp;post=25&amp;subd=playthepianolessons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons NOT to Let Your Children Quit Their Music Lessons</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a well-established fact that children who play a musical instrument are more advanced academically and emotionally than their peers. Studies over the last decade prove that music stimulates the same part of the brain used in spatial reasoning and this simply makes children brighter. But what about the long term and wider ranging benefits of a solid childhood course of music study? Here are some of the reasons we have found. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=playthepianolessons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15518135&amp;post=18&amp;subd=playthepianolessons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Progressive Pianist Review by Eclectic Homeschooling</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The approach found in The Progressive Pianist is as much about discipline and character training as it is about acquiring musical skill. For example, on the publisher's website you'll find a link called “Why music?” leading to the article “Reasons Not to Let your Children Quit their Music Lessons.” Reading through this article, I was encouraged all over again to persevere when the children start to whine and complain.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=playthepianolessons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15518135&amp;post=14&amp;subd=playthepianolessons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Progressive Pianist Review by Rainbow Resource</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["With musical concepts, theory, practice pieces, and finger exercises all included in single books of easy-to-use lessons, this course will take students from beginner to proficient."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=playthepianolessons.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15518135&amp;post=5&amp;subd=playthepianolessons&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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