Mrs. Grantham
@AManionMusic
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An energetic and passionate instructional coach, SCYC Artistic Director, and lover/teacher of all things music 🎵 opinions are my own!
Rockville, MD
Joined August 2014
The CT team wishes you a very safe and restful winter break and a Happy New Year 2024!
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Such an amazing experience for our kids!
So heartwarming hearing 1,500 students sing together in Swahili. In partnership with @MCPS, Strathmore brings every 2nd grader in the county for an introduction to classical music by @NatPhilharmonic. 🎵“Simama kaa” 🇹🇿 arr. Dr. Chris Royal, trumpeter + @HowardUmusic prof.
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Honored to present today as part of the @UMDMusicEd Saturday Series for general music teachers. We had a great time dancing, singing, and laughing to early childhood music!
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Practicing music increases synapses and gray matter in your brain. This helps not only in the playing of an instrument but in any life activity where learning and memory are needed. @susanmagsamen How arts education builds better brains and better lives https://t.co/dFy2qArCfh
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“Your Brain on Art” by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross explores how arts education can enhance the plasticity of the brain and improve cognitive, social and emotional development in children.
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3 days late to RT!- Yr 15- is there any other way to start it than with a donut in my car? Yr 3 of CT life & thankful for the many opportunities to Learn & Lead that have been given to me this year. Bring on the CT’ing, youth choir, early childhood music classes, & @marylandmued
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So excited to see my MMEA BFF @MsClarke_Chorus and to serve on the Maryland Music Educators Assoc. board with her this year! Enjoying our first @marylandmued board retreat
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Never stop learning! ACDA Voices United conference treble chorus rehearsal
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"Amid a national reckoning over the deepening achievement gaps caused by the pandemic, arts education may be one of the keys to boosting children’s engagement in school, research suggests."
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Arts education can boost student and family engagement, experts say, which may be critical to recharging lackluster pandemic recovery efforts.Â
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Music, theater, drawing, and painting are powerful tools for making sense of the world. Recent studies reinforce that the arts should be pulled back toward the center of academic curricula.
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Learn more about Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by visiting https://t.co/Yj45S3vy43
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Read this article if for nothing else- to download the jam “Keep Your Head Up” (Oh and to realize the power of music)
You don't have to be a music teacher to face the music. Find out how it can be used across several disciplines—and with students of all ages. 🎼 🎷 🎸 https://t.co/mFenius6lq
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Collaboration, creativity, communication , and critical thinking #artseducation
nytimes.com
As funding for arts education declines worldwide, experts ponder what students — and the world at large — are losing in the process.
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Teachers are amazing 🤩
What does it take to be a skillful teacher? As it turns out, it is a whole lot more than being smart, literate, and having content knowledge. What else would you add to this list? #SkillfulTeacher
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Things you can accomplish right now: - Close your eyes - Inhale - Exhale - Tell yourself: I can do this! đź’š
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Check out new research on how kids best learn letter-sound pairings. Hint: Get ’em up and moving!
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Don’t walk by me when I’m in a cubicle at 45W. I miss having daily coworkers and I will talk your ear off!
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Love the advice in these replies
The best advice for instructional coaches in 6 words or less ? @jimknight99 @CoachingPD @SibmeApp @LearningForward @CollectivED1 @CollectivEDFel1 @swivl @ASCD @educationweek #educoach #TLC2022 @gcieducation
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