Stave House

Stave House is a method of teaching children to read, write and play music. It uses a magnetic board and magnetic characters to represent the notes on the stave, and the children learn musical notation through stories, games and songs. My mum, who is a music teacher, has been teaching Aaron and Tabitha using the Stave House method since the beginning of the year. Over the Easter holidays we borrowed the kit so that the children could show me what they've been learning. I was so impressed that I decided to write this review.

How does it work? Stories about the characters explain where the notes belong on the stage and games are used to reinforce learning. The children can place the notes in the correct place whilst singing along to the catchy songs on the CD. Tabitha was 2 years 9 months when she started learning Stave House, and after just 3 lessons she gave me a demonstration of placing the notes F, A, C and E on the stave. After a term she can do all of the treble clef notes.