Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert: The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. January 9, 2013—Feeding the Birds.   In the past I have written about the importance of pets in the lives of children. I do believe that having a pet offers many benefits for children, but the reality is not everyone is able to have a pet.  The alternative is caring

Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert: The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. January 4, 2013—Happy New Year!   Yesterday the children from Newtown, CT headed back to school. These children and teachers are moving on and they are brave to do so. Ann Curry suggested a couple of weeks ago to consider doing 26 Acts of Kindness in memory of everyone who

Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert: The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. December 26, 2012—Music lessons are beneficial for every child.  In my March 29, 2012 blog post I wrote about whether or not children should play an instrument.  Parents frequently ask me this question and my answer is always the same—YES! A small sampling of my blog stated: A quote from

Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert: The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. December 21, 2012—Newtown, CT  Last Friday, December 14th, 2012, my heart broke, along with everyone else’s in the world upon hearing of the shooting at Sandy Brook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. As a teacher, a Mom and a resident of Connecticut, I wanted to reach out. I wanted to

Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert:  The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. December 5th, 2012—What Makes Christmas Special for Me & my Family?  A fellow blogger, Lanaya, http://raising-reagan.com/2012/11/29/tag-youre-it-christmas-style/ , had a marvelous idea to reach out to other bloggers to find out how they celebrate Christmas. She created a list of questions and asked us to share our traditions.  I was delighted