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Music Making With Joy And Purpose

Day
Friday, January 12, 2024
Time
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Venue
Tampa Convention Center
Room
116
Format
Movement/Hands-On
Topics
Pedagogical Techniques Elementary
Grade Levels
Elementary
Sponsored By
FEMEA
Handout(s):
Music Making with Joy and Purpose

Attendees will actively participate in joy-filled singing games, action songs, literature, and active listening experiences as they experience and examine the “3P’s” to Kodaly based musical instruction that lead to musical concepts and literacy skill development grades K-6th.

Jo Kirk 

WeJoySing, Inc
President

Jo Kirk, nationally known Kodály and early childhood music educator, holds a Masters in Music Education from the University of Akron, her Kodály Music Education Certificate from Silver Lake College, and has completed early childhood studies at Hartt School of Music and Westminster Choir College. Her teaching experience spans from “little ones” to Kodály graduate level adults at Nebraska Wesleyan, Colorado State, Wichita State, Morehead State, and California State Universities. Kirk is founder of WeJoySing, Inc. which provides music therapy and early childhood music and movement based learning programs for children and their families. She maintains an active conference and public speaking schedule and has authored Lullabies to Circle Games-An Early Childhood Music and Movement Curriculum


Session Coordinator:
Sherry St.Petery





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