by NoeSingingCircles | May 16, 2018 | Meadowlark, Mothering, Music, Spirit, Uncategorized, World Folk Traditions
If your home had a color, what color would it be? If your home had a soundtrack, what would it sound like? How do you want people to feel when they walk into your home? How do you want your home to make you feel? For many of us, it’s hard to find the time or...
by NoeSingingCircles | Apr 19, 2018 | Meadowlark, Mothering, Music, Song Teaching Videos, Spirit, Uncategorized, Waldorf, World Folk Traditions
May Faire is just around the corner! To anyone located in the San Francisco Bay Area, I hope you’ll join us for this wonderful event, cohosted by Neighborhood Playgarden and Meadowlark Music Class. There will be May Pole dancing, flower crown making, pony...
by NoeSingingCircles | Mar 27, 2018 | Handwork, Meadowlark, Mothering, Music, Spirit, Uncategorized, Waldorf, World Folk Traditions
A highlight of Meadowlark Music Class is the puppet show. It’s right after our lullaby song, so everyone is calm and settled. Along with musical accompaniment from one of our homemade recordings, I bring out a puppet that embodies...
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....