Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert:  The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. January 18, 2012—Family Portrait Puzzles   The best gift anyone can give to their children is their time.  There are many ways to share and spend quality time with your children.  One exciting activity is what I call Family Portrait Puzzles.  It is something you need to plan for ahead

Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert: The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. January 18, 2012—Family Portrait Puzzles The best gift anyone can give to their children is their time. There are many ways to share and spend quality time with your children. One exciting activity is what I call Family Portrait Puzzles. It is something you need to plan for ahead of

Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert: The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. I’ve seen bumper stickers on cars that read “Do random acts of kindness.” I like that idea.  How do we encourage our young children to do “random acts of kindness?”  My friend and colleague, Cheryl Elizabeth Waddell had a wonderful idea that encouraged the preschoolers in her classroom to really

Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert: The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. I’ve seen bumper stickers on cars that read “Do random acts of kindness.” I like that idea. How do we encourage our young children to do “random acts of kindness?” My friend and colleague, Cheryl Elizabeth Waddell had a wonderful idea that encouraged the preschoolers in her classroom to really

Today I was singing about birds to my preschool classes. We were talking about feeding birds during the winter.  I have small stuffed, toy birds from the National Audubon Society that sing exactly like real birds. We talked all about how birds find food and the fact that birds are not allowed to go food shopping at the local grocery store! All the children thought that was quite funny!  Suddenly