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February, 2012
- Seasons and Cycles Sing! Sent Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Newsletter #73 for your practical wisdom and inspiration Seasons and Cycles Sing! Dear , Introducing the "Seasons Around the Sun Kit" for both primary and early childhood. This kit represents a comprehensive arts compliment to the study of the seasons, planetary cycles, growth cycles and the Calendar. It is composed of five catchy songs to assist you in a theatrical way: The Calendar Song - days of the week, months of the year and the seasons […]
January, 2012
- Teach Body Smarts Sent Thursday, January 26, 2012 Newsletter #72 for your practical wisdom and inspiration Teach Body Smarts Dear , Animate your human body curriculum by teaching anatomy and body functions through these content rich songs! Watch Preview Video The eleven songs in the Human Body School - Body Opera for primary age provide a value added, experiential journey into the following areas: Healthy Living, Fitness and Nutrition The Circulatory […]
- Body Opera Tweens Kit Sent Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Newsletter #71 for your practical wisdom and inspiration Body Opera Tweens Kit Dear , The Body Opera Tweens Kit is now available at Songs to Educate for your human body curriculum. It opens with the song Human Body Operator's Manual, touching on the eleven major body systems; then travels through the major body organs in Hey Ho Body O; then we explore the brain hemispheres and the entire nervous system in the songs […]
December, 2011
- Facing the Same Direction Sent Thursday, December 29, 2011 Songs To Educate Newsletter #70 for your practical wisdom and inspiration Facing the Same Direction Dear , I remember very clearly as a child feeling invisible in a sea of grownups. It was an odd kind of anonymity. You could happily wander around large gatherings like weddings or church and simply not be noticed! Stranger still was the feeling that when a grown up did notice you they would talk at you or through you or down to you, missing you […]
- Natural Education Sent Friday, December 2, 2011 Songs To Educate Newsletter #69 for your practical wisdom and inspiration Natural Education Dear , The Natural Education package is now ready. You can check out the video preview at the top right of this page: This song, video and lesson plan explores the invaluable ways of living we learn from Mother Nature: biodiversity, conservation, recycling, sustainability. It is designed for children ages 9-12 but younger children will also love to watch […]
November, 2011
- Re-humanize Education Sent Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Songs To Educate Newsletter #68 for your practical wisdom and inspiration Re-humanize Education! Dear , Teachers and Parents! Find the courage to defy the absurd pressures of the achievement culture. What are we pushing our children into? Seriously! Do we realize the stress associated with education is now systemic? Do we then realize that stress shuts down higher learning capacity, reducing our attention and awareness to a narrow biological […]
October, 2011
- Water Cycle Kit Tidings Sent Thursday, October 27, 2011 Songs To Educate Newsletter #67 for your practical wisdom and inspiration Water Cycle Kit Tidings Dear , The Water Cycle Kit is now available. Sprinkle young minds with the natural wonders of water! Give children the gift of NOT taking for granted this extraordinary element and its phenomenal properties. After all, water is the foundation of physical life on earth! Teaching the water cycle in 3D (to music!) is a brilliant introduction to the […]
- The Winds of Resistance Sent Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Songs To Educate Newsletter #66 for your practical wisdom and inspiration The Winds of Resistance Dear , Seven years ago we planted a young maple tree in our front garden. It was skinny and frail so we supported it with stakes and rope thinking it wouldn't be able to resist the winter and spring winds otherwise. But a wise gardener friend told us to remove the stakes so the tree could stand on its own. She said having to resist and sway with the […]
- ARTS in your Toolkit Sent Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Songs To Educate Newsletter #65 for your practical wisdom and inspiration ARTS in your Toolkit Dear , Songs to Educate is a response to a need. The need, simply stated, is for teachers (of any background) to be able to bring the arts back into the classroom. Stated better, it is to be able to integrate the arts in the academic curriculum! It is easier than one might think. It doesn't require going back to college. It doesn't require a […]
September, 2011
- Heart of the Matter Sent Wednesday, September 7, 2011 Songs To Educate Newsletter #64 for your practical wisdom and inspiration Heart of the Matter Dear , These songs are seeds. The hope is that they may fall on fertile ground. Keep your head in the heart of the matter is written especially for 4th, 5th and 6th grade girls and boys ('tweens), to encourage the self-trust, inner strength and self-respect to NOT get caught up in the endless empty distractions barraging them via social media and […]