Course Overview
Enhance the learning in your Early Childhood Classroom through music and rhythm. Explore how young learners’ pre-reading skills, comprehension, engagement, classroom management and behavior improve through the use of music and rhythm. You will research and curate examples of music and rhythm to incorporate into your existing curriculum and units of study. Participants do not need to be currently teaching in an Early Childhood classroom or have a musical background to benefit from this course.
Course Objectives
In this course, participants will;
- Examine how music and rhythm promote learning in Early Childhood Classrooms
- Describe how existing curriculum can be enhanced through music and rhythm
- Discover specific examples of music and rhythm that can be used in all areas of the Early Childhood classroom to promote student learning
- Create and share a Symbaloo to organize all of your digital resources of music and rhythm for
your classroom - Build a plan, using examples of music and rhythm, to enhance the learning in an Early
Childhood classroom
Instructor
Katy Kraemer
Education: B.S., M.A.T. Masters in Teaching, Reading Specialist, Early Childhood Educator for 23 years, Administrative Credential
Experience: TK, Kinder, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, English Language Teacher. ELD Coordinator, SDT Coordinator, 504 Coordinator. Public School and Charter School
Recognitions: Teacher Who Makes a Difference, Top Screencastify Creator, Worldwide
When I am not teaching, I enjoy hiking, playing music, and hanging out with my family!