by Sarah Hruska-Olson Olson.Sarah@MacPhail.org
Most of us in ECM work with children of many different ages and developmental stages. Our students may range in age from newborns to eight-year-olds. Those of us who teach in other MacPhail departments like Community Partnerships may work with an eve…
Blog posts September 2013
“Ages and Stages” & “Yardsticks”: Two insightful and practical guides to children’s developmental stages
Get yourself back to school
by David Birrow Birrow.David@MacPhail.org
I often wish that the school year and calendar year coincided so I could plan all my resolutions at once. But alas, they don't and January and September inevitably become strange times of "let's try to do that thing I've been meaning to do."
Last school y…
Friday Round Up
contributions by: Katie Condon, Jeremy Hanson, Kristin Shoemaker, Josh Osborne, and David Birrow
- Rhythm:
- Which system of rhythm syllables do you use?
- UC-SF School of Nursing article about aging and choir
- Singing may be just as healthy as yoga
- Pulse synchronization in choirs
The First Day
by Sarah Hruska-Olson Olson.Sarah@MacPhail.org
As the ECM department at MacPhail prepares for the start of Fall Semester, I remember how excited and nervous I was to teach my very first Early Childhood Music class at MacPhail in the fall of 1997. I was so preoccupied that I left my garage door up w…
What I Should Have Done on My Summer Vacation
by David Birrow Birrow.David@MacPhail.org
When I was a kid, I always dreaded the last few weeks and days of summer vacation before school started. That dread was most likely linked to the transition and change involved in switching from the autonomy of summer vacation to the school year, where you …
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