Music with Margie - music and movement for young children

Music with Margie is…

A music and movement program for young children; enthusiastically performed, written, and taught by Connecticut-born Margie Warner. With a unique understanding of what makes kids tick, the children are entertained while simultaneously learning about the “stuff of life.” The Preschool/Kindergarten curriculum covers everything from families to weather to dinosaurs – all in a fun, safe environment. Library and school performances for families and older children are also part of the Music with Margie experience.

About Margie…

Primarily a vocalist and musician, Margie has been teaching children in some capacity since 1979. She has since become a songwriter, recording artist, and music consultant for young children. Prompted by a desire to spend more time with her own little ones in 1990, she traded her corporate job to volunteer in the newly-formed EIP class at Chester Elementary School using her love of children, singing, and guitar to maximum effect.

This eventually led to a para-professional position with the State of Connecticut’s Preschool Services for the Blind, working through Chester Child Center. Margie became trained in Music, Mobility, Speech, and Occupational Therapies.

Having seen how music works its magic on all children, she developed her own musical pre-k curriculum in 1997 in order to introduce as many children as possible to her musical approach to learning!

What is my philosophy?

I believe ... that all children deserve the right to have the best education possible: an education that includes the arts.
I believe ... that we all retain information longer and easier when it is taught in a multi-sensory fashion, including rhythms, rhymes and music. (Do you still sing your ABC's to file alphabetically?)
I believe ... learning should be fun!
I believe ... that everyone should be able to enjoy music in their own way –both the shy and the exuberant!
I believe ... that the best learning happens in an environment of safety, love and creativity.
I believe ... the only wrong way to teach music is to not teach it at all.
I believe ... a sense of humor is essential when working with children!
I believe ... we can do the “Hokey Pokey” and turn the world around!

Where can you find Music With Margie?

At schools, libraries and daycares, up and down the Connecticut shoreline and the lower Connecticut River Valley. E-mail me at: Margie@MusicWithMargie.com for more information.

When?

Monday through Friday during school hours, as well as special performances and in-service workshops some evenings and weekends.

Why?

To have a positive influence on children's lives and ...
to Have Fun With Them!