With Sacajawea parent Linda Wilson and guest musicians from the Seattle community Fridays starting Oct 7th
Weekly 25 minute visits to Kindergarten – Third Grade classrooms
· Exposure to many different folk instruments · Traditional Music from the United States and beyond · Original songs · Singing · Dancing · Reading & writing song verses · History & Geography · Fun with numbers Classroom visit schedule for 2011/2012 -
parents - feel free to join us during your child's music time
Questions? Ask Linda: lindamark@comast.net2011/2012 Musician Lineup: October 7th - Linda Wilson and Mary Nelson will kick things off with guitar and fiddle. Expect plenty of songs & dances - new & old favorites October 14th - No school October 21st - Zum Gali and The Frog Song with Linda and Mary October 28th - Witches, monster mash, and freaky minor scales with Linda and Stephen. And - meet the melodica! November 4th - Banjo Bash with Linda November 18th - Linda and Mary - Turkey music December 2nd - Sacajawea parent Maxine Eilander will introduce us to the harp! December 18th - Tomptens and other winter fun with Mary and Linda January 6th - Songs and games from Japan with Linda. The theme is tea! January 13th - Rubber Ducky, Marching to the Freedom Land and more with Linda. Special friends: Recording King Guitar, May Bell Banjo and Rubber Duckie January 27th - Mary will lead singing and dancing with her fiddle and ukulele. New special friend, Bird, will be in attendance to lead a dance. February 3rd - Special guest Sheree Seretse will bring dancing games from Zimbabwe. February 10th - Favorite songs and dances with Linda and Mary, and the First Graders will sing at the Stratford Home at 1:30. February 17th - Linda and her guitar lead songs of frogs, buffalos and ducks March 2nd - Sacajawea personalities Kim Sobie and Stephen Hebert will sing a silly song or two and help each class write a song March 9th - Grasshopper Day with Linda and Mary. March 23rd - Special guests from One World Taiko Drummers will entertain and teach. March 30th - scales, songs and dances with Linda April 6th - Chickens and eggs with Linda and Mary. April 13th - The Nipa Hut song and fun with rhythm sticks with Linda and Kim April 27th - A visit from the Small Time String Band, a family band from Seattle, who's kids will skip school so we can meet them! Look them up! http://www.smalltimestringband.com/Smalltime_String_Band/Home.html May 4th - The Octave Violin, the Magic Forest and more - with Linda and Mary May 11th - Practicing for Arts Festival and other fun - with Linda and Mary May 18th - Arts Festival final practice and other fun with Linda May 25th - Tinikling with Linda and Stephen June 1st - TBA June 7th (Thurs) - Room 102 visits The Stratford Retirement Home at 1:45 June 8th - TBA Looking for a good guitar teacher for kids? Elena DeLisle-Perry has resumed teaching piano and guitar lessons for
Looking for a good violin/fiddle teacher for kids? Mary Nelson has excelled as a musician and a teacher for many years. She teaches technique for violin and fiddle to all ages in a gentle and encouraging way. North Seattle area. Contact Mary at (206) 522-2266 (last updated 10-6-11) |