by NoeSingingCircles | Jun 21, 2017 | Meadowlark, Mothering, Music, Song Teaching Videos, Spirit, Uncategorized, Waldorf, World Folk Traditions
Happy Solstice, everyone! Today my four year old was walking around carrying an alarm clock, saying, “my mischief clock is about to go off. When my mischief clock goes off, that’s how I know it’s time to start my mischief.” Little does he...
by NoeSingingCircles | Jun 13, 2017 | Meadowlark, Mothering, Music, Song Teaching Videos, Uncategorized, Waldorf, World Folk Traditions
Want to bring more music into your life with young children? How about starting your own Family Music Time! You don’t need to know play an instrument. Just bring the family together and sing a few of the songs you love. One of my friends keeps it really...
by NoeSingingCircles | Jun 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
Here’s a fun song for family life. It’s a great one to get little ones moving. If you’re on your way somewhere, when you start to sing it, your toddler will pick up the pace. If you’re just hanging out, chances are, s/he will start to dance! We use it in...
by NoeSingingCircles | May 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Nobody knows your child like you do. And yet, now and then, we may as parents experience a moment that brings it home for us how much we do not know. I experienced this with my twenty month old daughter the other day. We were in a music class where the teacher sang...
by NoeSingingCircles | May 23, 2017 | Meadowlark, Mothering, Spirit, Uncategorized, Waldorf
Parenting is no joke. For most of us, it’s the hardest work we’ll ever do. Alfie Kohn said it well… You know that expression we use to emphasize that something is, relatively speaking, not too hard? We say “it’s not rocket science!” Kohn says we ought to...
by NoeSingingCircles | May 9, 2017 | Meadowlark, Mothering, Music, Uncategorized
Little ones struggle with change. The change might seem small to us. Having the ketchup on top of his scrambled eggs instead of on the side. Having papa at home in the morning when he’s usually at work. A week long visit from grandparents. As parents, it can be...
