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...
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...
