Let us work with you to customize your Simple Gift Schoolhouse learning and training experience. Whether you are a small early childhood center, a church program, a school district or a program for your neighborhood group, the Simple Gift Schoolhouse team will support your goals!
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TEACHER TRAINING COURSES
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Simple Gift Story Time & Song- Include The Letter Song, It’s Rhyme Time Song, Mr. Frog (counting song)
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Creating a song specific to your classroom needs, experiences, behaviors and transitions.
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“Look at Me” and “The Animal Song”
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Songs to enhance social emotional development that include peer to peer connection, fine motor enhancement through
building blocks
The Build Song, The Color Song
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Bring Marty the Music Man for an intentional component of daily learning. Incorporate repetition for participation in addition to student progress. Teachers learn music basics, how to time math and music together, symbols, phonemic awareness through solfege, large motor coordinate with Kodaly method, aural recall.
Teachers learn to play the Ukelele, read basic notes and other musical notations.
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Take a field trip or use your imagination to embark on a journey of learning and subsequent cognitive, hands-on activities to support retention of the chapter. Write a song about the experience and use to initiate the class time together.
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Self- Awareness through Music, Listening, Art and Sharing. Look at Me Song
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*request customized training for your center or school
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Let us work with you to customize your Simple Gift Schoolhouse learning and training experience. Whether you are a small early childhood center, a church program, a school district or a program for your neighborhood group, the Simple Gift Schoolhouse team will support your goals!
HALF DAY , FULL DAY & MULTI-DAY AVAILABLE
What to Expect
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Equip early childhood educators with effective strategies for incorporating music and literacy into their teaching practices.
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Foster the development of cognitive, emotional, and social skills in young children through engaging music and literacy activities.
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Increase teachers’ confidence in using music as a tool for literacy development and classroom engagement.
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Inspire teachers to create innovative lesson plans that integrate music into all topics of learning.
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Participants become mentors and agents of creativity for interns, aides and volunteers in the classroom.
Where to Find Us
Simple Gift Schoolhouse is a registered organization based in Colorado Springs, CO. Our reach spans across the globe with our caregivers, parents and educators all watching the Simple Gift Series on YouTube.
Our Creative Team live all over the U.S. alongside our educators and early-childhood specialists that reach all parts of the world.
Our teacher trainings are available in all 50 states and we look forward to integrating our ‘Curiosity Corners’ into YOUR city! Please reach out if you would like to see us in your hometown.
Simple Gift Series has been spotted in:
Colorado Springs, CO
Denver, CO
Detroit, MI
Phoenix, AZ
Dover, DE
Atlanta, GA
Honolulu, HI
Topeka, KS
St. Louis, MO
Oklahoma City, OK
Salt Lake City, UT
New York, NY
Long Island, NY
… and more.
Frequently Asked Questions
Still have questions? Take a look at the FAQ or reach out anytime. If you’re feeling ready, go ahead and apply.
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We offer a range of topics designed to meet your classroom needs—whether you're just getting started in your teaching career and need some guidance, or have been teaching for 20+ years and need a reinvigorating sense of purpose, we have something for you.
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Getting started is simple. Reach out through our contact form or schedule a call—we’ll walk you through the next steps and answer any questions along the way.
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We combine a thoughtful, human-centered creative approach with a large support system of experts and professionals in their field to consistently learn more about how children are learning currently.
This program has been adapted and proven successful for 30 years and counting.
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You can reach us anytime via our contact page or email. We aim to respond quickly—usually within one business day.
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We offer flexible pricing based on course type and complexity. After an initial conversation, we’ll provide a transparent quote with no hidden costs.
We also have a 501-c3 non-profit that allows funding to be granted to applicants who qualify.