Little Kids Rock Blog http://littlekidsrock.org/blog Every child deserves music education. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:49:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 You Can Help a Child Find His/Her Voice! http://littlekidsrock.org/blog/2012/03/12/you-can-help-a-child-find-hisher-voice/ http://littlekidsrock.org/blog/2012/03/12/you-can-help-a-child-find-hisher-voice/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:27:36 +0000 keith http://littlekidsrock.org/blog/?p=969

When you donate $50 to Little Kids Rock, you your gift puts a brand new guitar into a child’s hands, but did you know that your donation also helps children find their voices… literally? Nancy Robles grew up in Dallas, TX with a severe speech impediment that causes her to stutter in between words... Two years ago, Nancy broke free from her insecurities and sang publicly for the first time when she submitted an original composition to the annual Little Kids Rock songwriting exhibition. Her teacher noticed something that amazed him and Nancy – her speech impediment completely went away when she sang!

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Do you ever wish you could communicate with someone without using words? Talk telepathically, or have a conversation with your eyes? At Little Kids Rock, we believe that this is possible when you understand the language of music and the art of the jam.

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More than a decade ago, Carlos Santana's Milagro Foundation made a donation of a dozen electric guitars to an underfunded classroom in California. That donation helped launch the largest, free instrumental music program in the U.S. public schools - Little Kids Rock! And to bring this support full circle, an elementary school in Los Angeles that will host all of the city's Little Kids Rock free teacher trainings, was recently renamed Carlos Santana Arts Academy and the legend himself was there Monday for the renaming ceremony!

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Blues/Hip Hop frontman G. Love from G. Love & Special Sauce visited a few Little Kids Rock classrooms this past weekend and brought with him a special surprise - brand new guitars!.

After visiting a class in New York City in November, G. Love decided to take his show on the road, first to Atlanta and then to Nashville. In addition to bringing new guitars to each classroom, G. Love answered questions and jammed with the students, adding some harmonica to their blues numbers.

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