The Role of Singing Games in Early Childhood Education (MUSCX 208)Helga Dietrich, Instructor
Saturdays, July 11 & 18 9:30 am – 5:00 pm 1 unit
Nurturing Musical Creativity in Young Children (MUSCX206)
Helga Dietrich, Instructor
Monday-Friday, July 6-10 6:00-8:30 pm 1 unit
Holy Names is delighted to announce the return of Helga Dietrich, internationally recognized as one of the most creative and dynamic figures in the field of early childhood music education. In these sessions, she will present materials for teaching, techniques for developing musical responsiveness and creativity, and goals for music education in early childhood inspired by Zoltán Kodály’s philosophy. Videotapes of work with children will allow participants to observe these techniques in practice.
The workshops will explore the use of age-appropriate and playful musical activities for the development of social, emotion, cognitive and musical skills. Guidelines will be presented for selecting, analyzing and organizing song and game collections, as well as identifying songs for listening. Participants will be challenged to develop their own musical creativity by developing activities based on the ideas presented in the workshop.
For those who are new to the Kodály Center, we also recommend enrolling in a musicianship class offered during the HNU Kodály Summer Institute (July 6-24, M-F, 9:30-10:40am).
