Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert: The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. April 11, 2012—There is beauty in the world! When I listen to the news each night there are many stories of sadness and despair.  However, mixed among that news are the occasional stories of acts of heroism and kindness.  I decided to make a mental note of the various beautiful

Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert: The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. April 4, 2012—Happy Easter! When I was a little girl, I just loved it when spring came, bringing Easter with it.  I have vivid memories of the “smell” of Easter.  Those smells included the scent of fresh spring air with the windows cracked open because the warmer weather had arrived,

Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert: The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. March 29, 2012—Should  Children Play An Instrument? I wear many hats. I’m a professional children’s entertainer, performing on stage with a 6’ tall costume character chipmunk named Charlie. I’m a musician who writes children’s songs, a preschool music and movement teacher, a private piano teacher and I’m a Mom.  I’ve

Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert: The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. March 21st, 2012—Happy Spring! INVITATION Spring is awake in the land, Come, take my hand.   We can run up and down hills once covered in snow, And sit still and watch the wildflowers grow—   Then hop with brown rabbits in a field of red clover, And roll in

Fern Michonski / Fern’s Music Pre-School Music Education Expert: The Children’s Advocate for Love and Kindness, Inspiring Creativity and Joy. March 14th, 2012—Cute Things Kids Say. While teaching my preschool music and movement classes during the month of March I usually focus on songs about spring, baby animals, bunny rabbits, frogs, peepers, and what new things we see during this exciting season of rebirth. It is fun to ask the