by NoeSingingCircles | Dec 19, 2017 | Meadowlark, Mothering, Music, Song Teaching Videos, Spirit, Uncategorized, Waldorf, World Folk Traditions
Today I want to share one of my favorite holiday songs with you. I love this song because it captures a quality of Christmas that not all holiday music seems to capture. It’s not about presents or reindeer or Christmas trees. It IS about Jesus. But this Jesus is a far...
by NoeSingingCircles | Nov 21, 2017 | Meadowlark, Mothering, Music, Spirit, Uncategorized, Waldorf, World Folk Traditions
Parents frequently ask me what kinds of instruments I would recommend for their young children to play at home. Here’s my list, in time for the holidays! First, a disclaimer: I’ve chosen instruments that I hope will get years of play in your family,...
by NoeSingingCircles | Oct 10, 2017 | Handwork, Meadowlark, Mothering, Music, Uncategorized, Waldorf, World Folk Traditions
Our family loves trick or treating. This year, we’ll join the masses on Fair Oaks Street, losing ourselves in a sweeping tide of Elsas, Moanas, tiny ghosts and wizards. The children make sure we don’t miss a single house, and we always come home with heaps of candy....
by NoeSingingCircles | Sep 4, 2017 | Meadowlark, Mothering, Music, Spirit, Waldorf
So, this summer, to go along with our new Meadowlark Music Class album, I made a unicorn. Yeah, I know… I’m a grown up. I’m probably supposed to be over unicorns. But the thing is, first of all, I am not. Second of all, I have somehow found my way into a line or...
by NoeSingingCircles | Aug 4, 2017 | Meadowlark, Music, Song Teaching Videos, Waldorf, World Folk Traditions
We’ve all been there… You’re setting off on a trip with your baby or toddler, and you’ve thought of EVERYTHING. You’ve got the diapers. The clothes. The white noise machine. Then there are the entertainments. Books, finger puppets, sticker books, rattles and...
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...
