• The Magical Mind of the Young Child

• The school age mind tumbles along, changing from the magical beginner to the astute observer to the budding philosopher.

  Engaging the School-Age Mind
• Inspiring the Adolescent and Adult Mind
• Addressing Learning Problems
• Arts Awaken the Mind
• Alternative Education
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Engaging the School-Age Mind

  8. Teaching the Inner Child
  9. Stepping Stones to a Lively Mind
10. Supporting the Middle Level Child
11. Falling in Love with Music: Styles and Stages

8. Teaching the Inner Child

This talk challenges the idea that we must stimulate children to learn and invites us to awaken the child’s mind gently instead. Inspiring suggestions address the role of body and movement, the child’s love of repetition and sensitivity to tempo, and ways to engage the sense of wonder and curiosity. Audience:

Colorado Endowment for the Arts and Humanities Conference, Boulder, Colorado. 63 min. $9.95

9. Stepping Stones to a Lively Mind

Humor, stories and subtle perceptions guide the listener through Piaget’s stages of preoperational, concrete and formal mind and on to an exciting "postformal" stage that offers a way to rekindle a sense of wholeness in ourselves and our children. A delightful presentation! Keynote address: elementary education conference, Dallas. 63 min. $9.95

10. Supporting the Middle Level Child

By 6th grade, the learner’s mind needs to develop impulse control, organization skills and an awareness of how to think. By 7th grade, their body needs to develop grace and coordination, to feel attractive and to cope with stress. And by 8th grade, their heart needs to handle emotional extremes and to hold onto ideals. This tape is filled with simple and surprising ways teachers and parents can help these skills develop. Audience: public school teachers and parents, Dillon, Colorado. 93 min. $11.95

11. Falling in Love with Music: Styles and Stages

With humor, this talk pictures the developing mind and temperament of the school age learner. It offers a special focus on the child’s musical mind, with its special gifts, obstacles and needs. It also explores the ways children come to music at different ages and what teachers can do to sustain their love of music. This magical journey can be applied to all subjects.

Keynote address: Kansas Music Teachers Association.

73 min. $10.95