drumming
instrument earn better grades and stay
in school longer, notes the National As-
for Children
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exercises the
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steady for big steps, soft for tiptoeing, the motions hand-in-hand. Youngsters
muscles, creating
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This type of activity helps chil- contact and, most of all, the love that
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fi rm and tighten
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