preschool
Kristin proudly serves as a music consultant at West Side Montessori School in NYC, where she trains teachers and develops curriculum to include school-wide sing-alongs, musical instruments, movement, improvisation, and the music of many cultures. The photo above shows a class project for which children built guitars from cereal boxes, rubber bands, and paper towel rolls. Not only did these children practice their small-movement coordination and explore their aesthetic sensibilities, but they got to “rock out” for weeks afterward to guitar music from around the globe.
What does a top-quality preschool music program look like? Read my report here.
Kristin is also a trained, registered and active Music Together teacher for Music Play Studios in Hoboken, NJ, and the surrounding areas. Music Together is an internationally recognized early childhood music program for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and the adults who love them. First offered to the public in 1987, it pioneered the concept of a research-based, developmentally appropriate early childhood music curriculum that strongly emphasizes and facilitates adult involvement. Kristin’s classes are at the Wee Care Occupational Therapy Center , A Whole New World Academy, and the Newport Swim and Fitness Center.
Music Play Studio’s summer camp trained lil’ actors, aged 4-6, in 2009.
Read the curriculum here.
