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▪ Technical Requirements

Workshop Track / Category:
Curriculum / Music / Physical Activity / Nutrition

Presentation Style:
Power Point lecture, with an infusion of movement and activities.
Not recommended over dining.

Workshop #1

Just Don't Bore Them! Combining Music, Movement & Learning!

Young children are not sedentary learners. Physically experiencing educational concepts can enhance their comprehension, stimulate learning, boost creativity, and capture their attention. Learn how to introduce movement and music throughout the day, using physical transitions, quick songs, simple props, and books. It’s easy to introduce colors, patterns, basic math, and other cognitive skills while teaching children to have fun with music and movement.  We’ll build bridges, work with an affordable prop, find our colors, tie in literacy, and free our imagination. Verbal and physical participation - but no rhythm - required.

Workshop #2

Rock & Roll Them Like Dough! Combining Music, Movement & Healthy Living

Child care providers, educators and family members have become the village that raises the child, and the village can benefit from combining healthy messages with developmentally appropriate physical activities. It is the village that determines how and when children are active, establishes healthy habits, models & influences behavior, and builds a foundation for learning. We'll move through the farmer's garden, explore patterns, gather food, break-out to compose a simple song, shake mix, pound, and roll.  Children develop healthy habits during their early years. Now’s the time! Verbal and physical participation - but no rhythm - required.

Workshop #3

Shake and Mix Things Up! Combining Music, Movement & Learning

Don't have time for both of the above workshops? This workshop combines a little of both of the above workshops, with a little of this, and a little of that.

Target Audiences: 
Educators of Toddler/Preschool/Kindergarten, Child Care Providers, Directors, and Parents.

Participant Level:
Appropriate for all levels: Introductory, intermediate, and advanced

Primary Language:
English

Outcomes & Benefits:
                                        Participants learn....

...that they don’t have to be singers and musicians to compose their own fun music activities in the classroom.
...the value and ease of using music & movement to enhance a specific lesson, and increase a child’s comprehension of a subject, concept, or language.
...how to use music and movement to turn a classroom or circle-time into recess, especially in a restrictive environment, or within a specific time period.
...the importance of keeping children physically active.
...and experience the effects of music, movement and brain development.
...that to create new experiences using their existing music library comes from within.

Room Set-up:
Chairs around outer perimeter preferred. Theatre Style is okay.
Please provide plenty of room to move.

Session length:
1 to 2 hours (1.5 hours preferred) 

Microphone:
Would be required for a large room

Assistant:
Not required

Technical Requirements:
LCD powered cart and screen. Angela can bring the LCD and laptop.
Access to power for audio.