Fairfax
VA
USA
First Steps in Music for Early Childhood
Instructor: Rachel Grimsby
Part of The Early Childhood Experience Series
Dates: July 10 – 14, 2017
Time: 12:00 noon -4:30 p.m.
Location: Mason Fairfax Campus, Performing Arts Building
The two Early Childhood Experience Series courses (see previous entry) are designed to be complimentary in their approaches, and while enrollment in both courses is encouraged to maximize benefits for teachers of the very young learner, they may be taken separately.
This course is designed for music teachers and classroom teachers who work with infants to children of seven years of age. During this course, participants will look at research findings and its implications on the development of an early childhood music and movement curriculum. Collecting materials, designing teaching strategies, lesson plans, and yearly curriculum, as well as developing and promoting an early childhood program will be covered. Active participation in both music and movement activities will be the basis for most instruction. This class will result in FAME (Feierabend Association for Music Education) certification as well as inspiration and renewal for your primary teaching needs.
The First Steps in Music curriculum is designed to prepare children to become musical in by being Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful. First Steps in Music for Infants and Toddlers provides developmentally appropriate activities that are well suited for children under three years old with their caregivers. First Steps in Music for Preschool and Beyond provides activities for children as young as three but appropriate for any aged child that needs to further develop their tuneful, beatful, and artful abilities. Folk songs and rhymes as well as classical music are the primary source materials that are used to develop their musical minds and abilities. Created by Dr. John Feierabend, this pedagogical approach contains everything you need to lead a music class for preschool and early elementary students, including: Echo Songs, Call-and-Response Songs, Simple Songs, SongTales, Action Songs, Circle Games, Beat Motion Activities, and more. Ample time will be spent on exploring complete lesson plans for a three-year curriculum. Participants who successfully complete this course will receive an official certificate of completion from the Feierabend Association for Music Education (FAME).
Rachel Grimsby has 15 years experience in elementary music education. She holds a B.M.Ed. from East Carolina University and a M.M.Ed from The Hartt School, University of Hartford. She has obtained certification in all Kodály and Orff levels. Rachel is a teacher trainer for FAME, holding certifications in First Steps and Conversational Solfege Levels One and Two. Rachel is a frequent clinician at the local, state and national levels. Rachel is a member of the National Association of Music Educators, Organization of Kodaly Educators, the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, and is a current and founding member of the Feierabend Association of Music Education. Rachel will begin her Ph.D studies at Michigan State University in the fall of 2017.