Click here to register now for this class in February/ March 2009
International Lullabies: Love Songs for Your Unborn Baby
A mini-class promoting connection, development, and
preparation for expecting parents and their baby!
Class Description:
-Parents receive 3 one-hour group sessions of participatory play, practice and instruction in how and why to sing love songs (lullabies!) to their unborn child(ren) and eventually, to their newborns! Mothers are encouraged to bring their spouse!
-The facilitators will introduce the elements of at least 6 traditional folk lullabies from around the world, as well as guide the participants in creating their own lullabies. The class will use play, singing, movement, discussion and other fun tools to easily and quickly embody these new, yet natural, melodies in a relaxed, warm environment.
-Continuing the folk tradition, parents will be given the opportunity to personalize these lullabies, or to create new ones in order to convey to their babies their own individual message(s) of love, and anything else they have the desire to communicate. The facilitators will lead the class in exercises that will make this process relaxed, easy, empowering and fun!
Benefits of Class:
-Experiencing peaceful, joyful, meaningful interaction with your unborn baby
-Practicing and promoting communication and connection between parents and child in preparation for birth
-Providing opportunities for enhanced growth and development of the child both before and after birth
-Promoting a loving/bonding relationship between parent and child, and between spouses
-Planting the seeds of a love of music within the child (and in the parents!)
-Laying the foundation for future language development
-Recognizing and using the maternal womb as your baby’s first musical school.
-Helping to create a rich emotional, musical, and linguistic environment to positively impact the rapid development of your child’s brain and the rest of their being
-Increase relaxation and enjoyment around music making
-Increase awareness of voice and emotions it carries
-Learn tools to use music for pleasure and bonding
-Acquire resources/knowledge for sharing music with your baby
Facilitators of Class:
Lisa Shawley, MT-BC
-Lisa has been working as a music therapist since 1993. She has a deep interest and love for traditional, world music and for bringing out people’s joy in music making! Click here to read more about Lisa.
Michael Shay
-Michael is the director of the Third Coast School of Music (featuring Music Together® for children under 6 years old.) His motivation as a music educator is to help people of all ages know and enjoy their natural musicality. Michael is also an expecting uncle, as his sister is a few months' pregnant!
