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Rhythm, Rhyme and Repetition: A Workshop for Pre-school and Early Elementary Classroom Teachers

Cathy’s workshops show how to use a musical approach to teach children phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, social skills, and everyday concepts like days of the week and opposites. Teachers will come away with games, movements, and visual aids that they can immediately use in their classrooms. Cathy performs for pre-K -1st grade classrooms as well as larger school assemblies. She is also available to lead fun and educational songwriting workshops with elementary school kids. Songs can be tailored to meet SOL requirements Special Teacher’s discount offered.

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“I came away from Cathy’s workshop with actual musical tools that I could begin using right away with my students”
— S. Fink Petaluma CA

“The workshop is a very creative, interactive, motivating one for educators! Definitely worth repeating!”
—B. Charlton, Preschool Special Education Coordinator

Past Workshops/Inservices include Core Knowledge Foundation: National Conference, NY City Public Library, PACE Parents Organization of NJ, Albemarle County Title I Programs, Shining Stars Early Education Conference, WY State Dept. of Education

Suggested packages:

• Teacher workshop with a CD for each teacher (special teacher’s discount offered)
• Summer school package (for Title One Children and others)
• Workshop and School Performance

Download the Workshop Brochure (PDF)

LYRICS to Working Together (written by participants of Frederick County Headstart Inservice Day, January 2010)
Working Together

Verse 1.
Working together side by side
When there’s work to do
You’re my buddy, you’re my friend
All the da-ay through

Verse 2.
I will help you if I can.
Together we’ll have fun.
You do this and I’ll do that.
It’s how we’ll get things done.

Chorus:
Working together (echo)
Working together (echo)
Working together (echo)

[Alternative endings]:
Ending 1. That’s how it’s done.
Ending 2. It’s so much fun!
Ending 3. And now we’re done!