Elizabeth Olson instructing teachers at Education Minnesota Conference October, 2011
Transform your classroom into a happy community of higher achievers by cross-training the brain through singing folk songs and playing singing games!
Watch Video of teachers in a parallel program in England.
This course was amazing!
I keep thinking about the last day and how all the class members stayed after dismissal time. That is a testament to a powerful and emotional connection. This is the kind of emotional connection we want our student to have with music experiences.
...I cannot wait to start in my classroom in the fall!
COURSE - Want to Teach Reading and Math? Try Singing!
Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
EDUC 6253-57349
Mon-Thurs, June 26-June 29, 2012 (pending dates)
9 a.m.-12:00 noon
Singing and playing singing games enlivens children, crosstrains their brains for processing language and math, and dramatically raises achievement. Learn how to Affirm Parallel Concepts™ among reading, math, and music. Join hundreds of teachers who are using the strategies within their curricula. “When I applied singing... with my students it was as if a bomb of enthusiasm had struck the class.” (Minneapolis Public Schools Teacher)
Target audience: educators K–12
1 semester credit
Enrollment limit: 20
At Hamline OR on-site in your school or district
Cost: $280, includes fee for required materials (pending)
Instructors: Ann C. Kay is the director of the Center for Lifelong Music Making, dedicated to fostering a musically able and active population. She is a former music educator and instructor of music teachers. Elizabeth Olson is a recently retired Minneapolis Public Schools music teacher and is a frequent state and national presenter. She created, researched and published the Affirming Parallel Concepts™ model.
Register on-line
https://piperline.hamline.edu/pls/prod/hamschedule.P_OneSingleCourse?term_in=201015&levl_in=CS&format_in=T&key_in=&sort_flag_in=&supress_others_in=N&crn_in=57349
See Hamline Continuing Studies Courses:
Professional Development for Educators Catalog - course listed on p. 7
Questions?
651-523-2429
DISTRICT WORKSHOPS and COURSES
A course on-site in your school or district can be cost effective.
If district staff development pays for the course, Hamline credit is only $123/credit additional.
TEACHERS SAY:
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My kids…are still loving school and the singing is a big part of it. Their fluency has gone up.
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Lincoln was #1 in the increase in phonemic awareness from fall to winter…of ALL the Minneapolis schools. Coincidence? I think not! I think singing!!!!!
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One of the best things that happens with folk singing, dancing, and playing games is the development of a sense of teamwork among the students - a primary place for them to feel that they share a common culture in the classroom.
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When I applied singing…with my students it was as if a bomb of enthusiasm had struck the class (high school teacher).
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Our English Language Learners have done well in district assessments and I contribute part of that to all the singing we do in our classrooms. [The songs] became a language pattern for the many ESL students, and helped expand their vocabulary.
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It appears that the most significant increase…for kindergartners has shown up in their rhyming scores: each year my children’s scores increased 5-5.6 points (avg) in the years before taking your course. The year I followed your program, the scores increased 10 points (avg). Then, last year, when I did not have time in the day to do your program because of Reading First, the average score was 5.8.
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This has been the most helpful class that I have ever taken that has been offered during the school year…in all the classes I have taken over my 26-year career, this class is the only class to which I have ever looked forward.
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… I bet there is scientific research to prove that singing keeps you young. I sure hope so because I can’t afford to retire until I’m 67! At the very least, singing will continue to keep me excited and motivated to teach.
