Transform your classroom into a happy community of higher achievers by cross-training the brain through singing folk songs and playing singing games!  Learn how to Affirm Parallel Concepts™ among reading, math and music.  See Video of teachers in a parallel program in England. COURSES Hamline University (p. 9 in) St. Paul, MN Want to Teach Reading and Math? Try Singing! Target audience: Educators K–12 1 semester credit Cost: $266, includes fee for required materials Mon-Thurs, June 27-June 30, 2011 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.    DISTRICT WORKSHOPS and COURSES (credit available through Hamline for $123/credit) Contact Ann Kay 952.937.1110 annckay@comcast.net

TEACHERS SAY: My kids…are still loving school and the singing is a big part of it.  Their fluency has gone up. 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!!!!! 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. When I applied singing…with my students it was as if a bomb of enthusiasm had struck the class (high school teacher). 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.

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. This has been the most helpful class that I have ever taken that has been offered during the school year(MPS teacher for hospital-bound children). …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 (HS foreign language teacher). … 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.