This workshop explores a music-enriched Montessori environment for teaching the whole child. Gain musical confidence as we explore the following topics through lecture and hands on exercises.

 

Research and child development:

New research on early child development predicts academic improvement for students attending a music-enriched Montessori environment.

 

Music-enriched Montessori environment:

Bring music from around the world to your classroom. Be creative in making instruments, develop a history of music timeline, share the beauty of music. Rediscover the Montessori bell materials and the concrete to abstract interplay with music and movement.

 

Montessori educators - building musical confidence:

Promote learning through the arts with these step-by-step guidelines for vocal production, teaching songs, creativity with lyrics, music selections, notation, staff, and scale work.

 

Curriculum time-frame:

From the first day of school ground rules are established through song. The music-enriched Montessori curriculum progressively builds upon the initial repertoire to teach further musical concepts.

 

Lessons plans - music and movement/bell materials:

The comprehensive music curriculum is presented in an easy to follow fun-filled daily lesson plan format, with music and movement sing-along Cds, suggested activities and bell material presentations.