Education through Music program eyes music, play in learning Muskegon News - - MLive.com:
"SPRING LAKE — A symposium featuring the director of an innovative education program promoting the use of music and play to advance learning will be presented 6:30-8 p.m. Dec. 2, at Lake Hills Elementary School’s Media Center.
Randy McChesne is executive director of Education through Music, a program made available through the Richards Institute, a California nonprofit organization. It advances the use of music, in particular, English language folk songs and 'song-experience games,' to create real-life situations for children. It uses songs to open 'learning ports' and to encourage an 'integrated response to the environment' by participating children.
The program encourages language development, listening skills, intellectual growth, literacy, physical coordination, sensory integration, social skills, self-concept, music development and imagination."
"SPRING LAKE — A symposium featuring the director of an innovative education program promoting the use of music and play to advance learning will be presented 6:30-8 p.m. Dec. 2, at Lake Hills Elementary School’s Media Center.
Randy McChesne is executive director of Education through Music, a program made available through the Richards Institute, a California nonprofit organization. It advances the use of music, in particular, English language folk songs and 'song-experience games,' to create real-life situations for children. It uses songs to open 'learning ports' and to encourage an 'integrated response to the environment' by participating children.
The program encourages language development, listening skills, intellectual growth, literacy, physical coordination, sensory integration, social skills, self-concept, music development and imagination."