Sommerfest is coming up soon and we’re thrilled that our longtime friend and professional adviser, Dr. Dee Coulter, is presenting this year! Dr. Coulter is a nationally recognized neuroscience pioneer with a master’s degree in special education and a doctorate in neurological studies and holistic education. She has studied the Musikgarten curriculum and has helped shape it into the program you know today.
We wanted to share a sneak peek of one of her sessions, “What Makes Music So Special?” in which Dr. Coulter explains the deep emotional, cognitive, and developmental gifts that music, and Musikgarten, offer to children and how to help parents discover its true value.
This informative session is designed to help you grow as a teacher by deepening your understanding of how music and Musikgarten work. “Teachers who understand the ‘how’ and ‘why’ behind the Musikgarten curriculum are more effective and have a greater impact. I’ve seen it time and time again; when teachers truly understand the neurological concepts at work they breathe a different kind of life into it…they teach with a different level of wisdom and confidence,” explains Dr. Coulter.
To experience “What Makes Music So Special?” for yourself, please join us August 21st in Charlotte, North Carolina for Sommerfest.
Attend this session and you’ll learn:
- How Musikgarten classes capture a child’s attention through a mix of high- and low-energy, visual, auditory, language and movement activities.
- About the neurologic and cognitive integrity of the Musikgarten curriculum and how music awakens different processes in a child’s developing brain.
- Why understanding how Musikgarten works will make you a better teacher and your classes more successful.
- How Musikgarten creates important mind-body awareness and can help build and improve impulse control in young children.
- The influence of music education on a child’s emotional intelligence and why this is important.
- The ways in which music helps develop positive character traits that have a lifelong impact.
- How music helps to “organize” the brain and why this matters.
Intrigued? Want to learn more? Join us at Sommerfest August 21st in Charlotte, North Carolina. You’ll meet, mingle, and expand your mind with Dr. Lorna Heyge, Dr. Dee Coulter, Musikgarten trainers and teachers. Here’s just a small sample of the exciting sessions we’ve planned for you:
- What Makes Music So Special? and Putting Musikgarten on the Map with Dr. Dee Coulter
- Mindful of the Past, Pointed Toward the Future with Dr. Lorna Heyge
- Effective Teaching in Music Makers = Putting the Musikgarten Philosophy Into Practice with Mary Louise Wilson
- Convincing the Parents to Re-enroll: The One-Two-Punch of Parent Education with Jill Hannagan
- Involving Parents Emotionally, Intellectually and Musically with Leilani Miranda
- Helping Your Garten Grow: Building Your Musikgarten Program, the First Five Years and Beyond with Betha Christopher
Click here for more info on Sommerfest: Musikgarten in the 21st Century!
Ready to book? Click here or call 1.800.216.6864 to RSVP. Hotel rooms must be booked by July 22!
About Dee Coulter, Ed.D.
Dr. Dee Coulter is a nationally recognized neuroscience pioneer with a master’s degree in special education from the University of Michigan and a doctorate in neurological studies and holistic education from the University of Northern Colorado. In addition to 14 years as a special education teacher and program director, she served on the faculty of Naropa University for 20 years. Click here to read more about Dee and her work.