by NoeSingingCircles | Jul 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Oleanna, as it is described in the old folk song of the same name, is a land where life is easy. It’s an idea of paradise cast in the mold of an earlier, maybe simpler time. In Oleanna, the streets flow with beer. Cows milk themselves. And when you’re hungry,...
by NoeSingingCircles | Jul 10, 2017 | Meadowlark, Mothering, Music, Spirit, Waldorf, World Folk Traditions
As an educator who emphasizes wonder in my teaching, people sometimes ask me about the fairies. Why sing songs about fairies? Why now? It might sound a little quaint. Is this just escapism? Cuteness? A whitewashing of the true complexity of the world? Won’t our...
by NoeSingingCircles | Jul 6, 2017 | Mothering, Mothersong, Music, Song Teaching Videos, Spirit, Uncategorized, World Folk Traditions
A friend of mine is about to give birth to her second child. For her first birth, she tried a home birth, but this time, she’s giving birth in a hospital. Like a lot of us who make this choice, she’s feeling a need to bring as much consciousness and intentionality...
by NoeSingingCircles | Jun 21, 2017 | Meadowlark, Mothering, Music, Song Teaching Videos, Spirit, Uncategorized, Waldorf, World Folk Traditions
Happy Solstice, everyone! Today my four year old was walking around carrying an alarm clock, saying, “my mischief clock is about to go off. When my mischief clock goes off, that’s how I know it’s time to start my mischief.” Little does he...
by NoeSingingCircles | Jun 13, 2017 | Meadowlark, Mothering, Music, Song Teaching Videos, Uncategorized, Waldorf, World Folk Traditions
Want to bring more music into your life with young children? How about starting your own Family Music Time! You don’t need to know play an instrument. Just bring the family together and sing a few of the songs you love. One of my friends keeps it really...
