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 | Feb 17, 2018 | Continuum parenting, Meadowlark, Mothering, Mothersong, Spirit, Waldorf
A little over ten years ago, I heard a speaker who changed my life. It happened at the Bioneers Conference in Marin. I was attending this festival for ecological activists with my then boyfriend, (now husband), whose film was playing at the festival. It was a hard...
by NoeSingingCircles | Jan 13, 2018 | Meadowlark, Mothering, Music, Waldorf, World Folk Traditions
Our new Meadowlark Music Class album is finished! Like all our releases, it’s pay what you want to download. Which means you’re welcome to download and share it for free. To those who decide to contribute, I am so grateful to you for supporting my work. Thank you!...
by NoeSingingCircles | Dec 25, 2017 | Mothering, Music, Song Teaching Videos, Spirit, Waldorf, World Folk Traditions
This time of year gets so hectic, and a lot of it is VERY FUN hecticness. The gingerbread house! Decorating cookies! Decorating the tree! The Christmas stockings! And in families like mine, which draw upon our two ancestral faiths, only last week it was Chanukah!...
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,...
