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KEYNOTES
& WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, PARENTS & CAREGIVERS |
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| WORKSHOP
TITLES AND DESCRIPTIONS All of Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer’s workshops are presented in a participatory and interactive style. They provide an outline for participants with lyrics and notes on resources and activities, making it easy for everyone to join in the singing, signing and other activities instead of taking notes. This of course leads to teachers being able to use some of the material as soon as they return to the classroom. It also leads to a fun workshop session! Cathy & Marcy are happy to customize your choice of workshops for your conference theme and needs. [back to top] |
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| MUSIC
IN THE CLASSROOM FOR THE NON-MUSICIAN This workshop is an empowering experience for teachers who love music and would like to incorporate more music in their daily activities with children, but feel under-confident in their own musical skills. It gives teachers readily accessible ways of using music without being a maestro, and encourages them to develop musical skills they may not even know they have. They'll build confidence in their ability to effectively use music for storytelling, teaching curriculum and just plain fun! Included are ideas on making and playing homemade instruments and creative ways to use recorded music. Cathy & Marcy also share their "tricks of the trade" that encourage full participation from an audience of children. [back to top] |
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| SONGS
FOR HEALTHY & SAFE KIDS Today’s children face an uphill battle when it comes to healthy eating and getting exercise. Cathy & Marcy offer a fun new musical repertoire with activities that promote good health - physical, mental and emotional. Repertoire will include songs on nutrition (Five a Day, Fruits and Vegetables, Breakfast Power), hygiene (hand washing), exercise, self-esteem, personal safety (stranger danger), creative conflict resolution and a healthy respect for others (celebrating diversity contributes to a child’s positive attitudes). Cathy & Marcy’s CD, “Bon Appétit! Musical Food Fun” won the 2004 GRAMMY® Award as Best Musical Album for Children and was the result of research and work with children’s nutritionists from the World Bank and the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Their CD “Help Yourself” was called “required listening” by Marian Wright Edelman of the Children’s Defense Fund. [back to top] |
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| CELEBRATING
DIVERSITY & SELF-ESTEEM : DISCOVERY THROUGH MUSIC, STORIES & ART This workshop gives teachers creative of ideas of how to celebrate self-esteem and diversity in the classroom through music, stories and art. Attendees will become familiar with available materials, song and story repertoire and "ready-to use" classroom ideas. It is designed to be beneficial to teachers regardless of their skills in music, storytelling and art. Celebrating diversity includes not only learning to respect and enjoy our differences, but to enhance our own sense of self-esteem and personal pride. The workshop includes tapes, live music, sing-alongs, easy to learn stories and suggested projects for the classroom. Some of the activities will come from the Redleaf Press book and Rounder CD, “Nobody Else Like Me”. This recording was chosen as one of Parents’ Choice’s top 25 recordings of the past 25 years! [back to top] |
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| CHANGING
CHANNELS Songs, stories and tools that focus on nurturing media-smart kids. AT&T originally sponsored a CD on this theme, based on parent and teacher requests for ideas to help their children process the ever-growing barrage of TV and media violence. Media literacy is an ever important topic for families. The CD, “Changing Channels”, received a GRAMMY® nomination and numerous other awards. [back to top] |
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| WORKSHOPS
FOR CHILDREN’S LIBRARIANS Cathy & Marcy have a wonderful track record of working with libraries to connect music and literacy. For two consecutive summer’s Cathy & Marcy partnered with the Washington, D.C. Public Library System and the Verizon Foundation to present family concerts at each of the District’s 22 branch libraries in conjunction with their Summer Reading Program. Montgomery Co., MD joined in with concerts in 10 libraries. In fact, libraries from Salt Lake City to Gainesville, FL , San Francisco to Sandwich, MA have enjoyed concerts, workshops and keynotes by this engaging musical team. [back to top] |
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