by NoeSingingCircles | Jun 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
Here’s a fun song for family life. It’s a great one to get little ones moving. If you’re on your way somewhere, when you start to sing it, your toddler will pick up the pace. If you’re just hanging out, chances are, s/he will start to dance! We use it in...
by NoeSingingCircles | Jun 2, 2017 | Mothersong, Music, Song Teaching Videos, Spirit
Sometimes people ask me “how can I overcome my inner critic when singing?” A good first step is to name how that inner critic got in the way of singing in the first place. For many of us, the reason is that we have been raised to think about singing primarily as a...
by NoeSingingCircles | May 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Nobody knows your child like you do. And yet, now and then, we may as parents experience a moment that brings it home for us how much we do not know. I experienced this with my twenty month old daughter the other day. We were in a music class where the teacher sang...
by NoeSingingCircles | May 23, 2017 | Meadowlark, Mothering, Spirit, Uncategorized, Waldorf
Parenting is no joke. For most of us, it’s the hardest work we’ll ever do. Alfie Kohn said it well… You know that expression we use to emphasize that something is, relatively speaking, not too hard? We say “it’s not rocket science!” Kohn says we ought to...
by NoeSingingCircles | May 9, 2017 | Meadowlark, Mothering, Music, Uncategorized
Little ones struggle with change. The change might seem small to us. Having the ketchup on top of his scrambled eggs instead of on the side. Having papa at home in the morning when he’s usually at work. A week long visit from grandparents. As parents, it can be...
