Guitars in the Classroom

Learning music is not a race
We each learn at our own pace
Register for what feels best
Cuz music keeps the learning fresh!

Free Music Leadership Training for Early Childhood Educators, SDCOE Campus, Linda Vista, 2 Session Sequential Workshops

Course Prerequisite: None

Please sign up for both 2 hour sequential trainings for the most complete experience.

PART ONE; Total Beginners Learn To Sing, Play, Teach, and Lead Songs for Learning with Young Children

PART TWO; Learn to Facilitate Music Time and Engage Children in Creating Songs for Language Development, Self Expression, and Phonological Awareness 

LOCATION:

San Diego County Office of Education

6401 Linda Vista Road, San Diego CA 92111

Part One: Saturday, October 11, 2025

Time: 12:30 - 2:30 PM

Part Two: Saturday, October 25, 2025

Time: 9:00 - 11:00 AM

CERTIFICATION IN ECE MUSIC LEADERSHIP

• During your training with GITC, everyone will learn to play and facilitate music making with steady beat, body rhythms and simple patterns to foster coordination, cross-midline brain development, and number sense.
• Making music with movement can improve coordination, cooperation, directionality, and following instructions.
• Simple, small percussion instruments 
• Exploring musical dynamics with softer/louder, lower/higher, and slower/faster songs
• Call and response singing for learning timeless songs for young children
• Hello and Goodbye chants and songs for building belonging and community
• First experiences observing, exploring, drumming and strumming with a ukulele
• Songs for learning letter sounds and phonemes
• Songs for supporting transitions smoothly, safely, and calmly
• Routines and positive language for self regulation and sharing ukuleles with children
• Strumming, accompanying, cueing, and singing short songs
• Learning and teaching songs to help children develop phonological awareness
• Songs for learning words for to express our feelings and needs
  Writing our own songs for helping children learn the names of the parts of our bodies, animals, clothing, weather, times of the day, important routines, transitions, and more
• How to create music centers for exploration

For more information on this course, please email Executive Director, Jess Baron directly at jess@guitarsintheclassroom.org