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The Jubilant Music Class
Integrating Traditional Teaching with Interactive Tools for Fluent Reading, Performing and Sustained Interest
Research has shown us that the brain is highly engaged when moving and singing, and when learning to play an instrument. What happens if we combine these two successful ways of learning music in the general classroom? In this study, one group of 6 year olds and one group of 7 year olds participated weekly in a music class that included fundamental musicianship skills, learning to move and sing confidently, and learning to play the piano keyboard. Using interactive software with animated lessons and games, students engaged in music making also during the week at home, resulting in accelerated learning.
Hickory Dickory Dock
Rhymes, Songs and Games For the Very Young
Join Mary as she shares her favorite rhymes and songs, focusing on the primary goal of bringing the joy of music to young children with the added result of supporting the development of fundamental musical skills. Follow the musical progression from babies to children age 4. Learn how to take a rhyme or song and use it for different ages, creating a developmentally appropriate musical game.
Bio
Mary Stouffer is one of the founding directors and Programme Coordinator for The Advanced Certificate in Early Childhood Music Education, at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Ontario,where she manages, assists and instructs students in their courses of study. This post-graduate certificate is the only program of its kind in North America, combining the quality and scope of music training at The Royal Conservatory with the exceptional child development curriculum of Ryerson University. Mary brings more than 25 years of teaching experience to students enrolled at the The Royal Conservatory.
She first joined The Royal Conservatory, as a teacher in 1983 and since then, has been a catalyst in the growth and development of the many classes now offered in both the Children’s Department and in training teachers in this field
Mary is a certified Kodály teacher and specializes in a Kodály-based approach to music education, receiving her training through the University of Western Ontario, the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest and the University of Calgary. She is a popular clinician and has presented at education and academic conferences in Canada, the United States, Finland, and Poland. Her present interests include music and the brain and the role of music in society.
Mary is the mother of two budding musicians, Erika and Russell.