Music brings joy, uplifts, strengthens the mind, empowers communities, readies kids for school and life, and engages our social and emotional needs.
Music is essential to our well-being.
School & Early Childhood Events
Phil Baker and the Red Guitar
Assembly, Parent-Involvement, Residency
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Baker creates a welcoming environment for children of all abilities
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Activities are age-appropriate and child-first by design
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Phil believes children are active, creative learners, not just consumers of content
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Programs engage a child's social and emotional needs
Songs and Activities
Limbo Rock, Conga line, Big Dance Circle, Freeze Rock, Do The Swim, Chicken Dance, Better Together, Friendship Suite, Put a Little Move In Your Day, Hug Song, Hoedown
Family & Community Events
Phil Baker and the Red Guitar
Fair, Festival, Library, Park, Zoo, Museum, Corporate, Nonprofit
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Enjoyed by kids ages 3-12
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Age-appropriate and child-first
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Baker creates a welcoming environment for children and people of all abilities
Songs and Activities
Limbo Rock, Conga line, Big Dance Circle, Freeze Rock, Do The Swim, Chicken Dance, Better Together, Friendship Suite, Put a Little Move In Your Day, Hug Song, Hoedown, Train Song
Staff Development
Discover the Power of Music, Movement, and the Arts for Teaching and Learning
Teacher conference, In-service, Young Writer/Artist
Educating teachers is essential when bringing music and the arts to students.
Participation in these areas helps children to develop socially and emotionally, as well as physically and intellectually.
This keynote/workshop experience:
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Offers strategies and techniques for using music in the classroom
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Enhances a teachers’ creativity, knowledge, and appreciation in these areas
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What will participants gain?
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Participants will learn from a music specialist with experience in using music and movement in the classroom
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Baker has an M.Ed. in Curriculum & instructional programming, and has developed music for programs such as CHARACTER COUNTS!, the Sanford Harmony Academy, the FIT Program for WebMD and Sanford Health
Approach and Results
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Participants will participate in a series of music and movement exercises
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Participants will discuss conceptual learning theories
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Participants can expect to take away new activities to use in the classroom, and gain a greater understanding of the benefits in using music, movement and the arts in teaching and learning
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Phil Baker Music
1500 S Raymond Cir
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57106
(605) 321-9546
Brightening the Lives of Children through Music, since 1986