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Babies Sing, Babies Dance

Educating Your Whole Child Through Music & Movement

The years between birth and age three are when most children develop and learn more rapidly, efficiently, and joyfully than at any other time. Researchers agree that music and movement have a positive effect on brain development.

Singing, playing and dancing together also nurtures self-esteem and builds bonds between parent and child. Every child should experience the joy, fun and learning which music and movement brings to life.

“Babies Sing, Babies Dance!” is an introduction workshop to child development through creative music & movement. It is based on the Orff-Schulwerk recognition that all children are inherently musical and naturally love to sing, dance and play.

During the workshop you will learn valuable information about the cognitive and physical development of a child from birth to age 3, and how music, dance and creative movement support this development. The materials and methods presented in the workshop are developmentally appropriate and based on scientific research from pioneering European Early Childhood Music educators and researchers.

For more information and workshop bookings, please contact Mrs June Goh by E-mail: info@eduawal.com or
june_tehch@yahoo.com

The wonderful benefits of creative music and movement in early childhood can reach all areas of development:

* Joyful music and movement activities nurture the cognitive, social, emotional, physical and language development of a 0-3 year old child

* Fun and engaging folk dance and creative movement activities adapted for infants and toddlers improve body-awareness, coordination, balance and motor skills

* Music, songs, chants and nursery rhymes support the language development of a young child

* The eight fundamental movement patterns of BrainDance (developed by Anne Green Gilbert) explored through creative music and movement activities, are connected to optimal brain development

Workshop Presenter

Katja Maria is a music and movement educator, Orff practitioner, vocalist and composer. She graduated as a music pedagogue with a specialization in Early Childhood Music & Movement from the Sibelius-Academy in Helsinki, Finland, and received training from world-renowned Orff Schulwerk educators among others at the Orff-institute in Salzburg, Austria. She also studied singing at Rotterdam’s Conservatory and vocal techniques with Danish voice researcher Cathrine Sadolin, developer of the groundbreaking vocal method Complete Vocal Technique.

Katja has worked as an early childhood music & movement and creative dance teacher for many years. She has also taught a number of workshops and courses for music teachers, kindergarten teachers, childcare workers, singers and choirs, and composed music for children’s concert projects and puppet theatre.

Katja has developed early childhood music and movement curriculums for baby/toddler & parent groups, music schools, kindergartens and playschools in both Finland and The Netherlands, and she is a former board member of MLKO, the Music Playschool Teacher’s Association in Finland.

Katja currently lives in The Netherlands where she works as a freelance music educator/workshop teacher and vocalist. During 2004-2007 she taught Early Childhood Music & Movement at The American School of The Hague and currently she is teaching music and singing at the Jeugdtheater Hofplein, a theater school for 6-26 year olds in Rotterdam. Her energetic and always positive approach to teaching is greatly appreciated by her students, parents, and workshop participants alike.