Manzanita, Oregon n North Coast Citizen n May 16, 2013 n 13
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Kindergarten students at Nehalem Grade School listen attentively to their instructor, Molly Sappington, as she leads them in a song and a hand movement exercise. Photos by Dave Fisher
First-year music program engages kindergarten students By Dave Fisher The Citizen
Chugga, chugga, chugga… this train is bound for glory, children get on board. Funded through the Mudd Nick Foundation, the firstyear kindergarten music program at Nehalem and Garibaldi grade schools is, so far, a real hit among five- and six-year-old students. “The kids have received it well. They pick up quickly on songs and they have a lot of fun, their faces light up when they enter the classroom,” says instructor Molly Sappington, who, with husband Eric, moved from Missouri to the Oregon coast in the late 1990s, settling in Oceanside. Like others who have discovered the area during earlier visits, the newlyweds thought it would be great to live here
year round. The couple grew up with music – Eric through his disc jockey dad and Molly singing around the piano with family members and in church. Following their marriage in 1996 and move to Oregon, they formed the band Mercury and have three CDs to their credit. Years later they would start a family and, while music still played a major role in their lives, the focus shifted to their two boys and how best to enjoy music and meet family needs. For Eric, it was a matter of writing and recording in his studio at home. For Molly, she too found a way to enjoy the best of both worlds by starting her own business, Music Together of Tillamook County, this after a five-year stint with Tillamook County Head Start. A three-day training session in which she be-
came certified to teach music for Music Together, prepared her for a new musical career designed for youngsters and their families. An internationally recognized program, Music Together, says the organization’s website, is “an early childhood music and movement program for children from birth through age seven—and the grownups who love them.” During the course of her first three years in business, news of Molly’s program spread and reached the principals of Nehalem and Garibaldi grade schools – Kristi Woika and Carol Kearns respectively. Woika’s family actually signed up for Music Together, but it was Kearns who sprang the idea of instituting a similar program at both schools, an idea Woika embraced. “I submitted a proposal
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and Carol thought it would be great for kindergarten students,” said Molly. With Mudd Nick Foundation funding, the program became a reality and kicked off in January 2013. Every Friday, Molly makes the trip up north from her Oceanside home and in the morning conducts two music sessions for Nehalem Grade School kindergarten students. In the afternoon, it’s Garibaldi’s turn. Classes average about 15 students and last roughly a half hour each. “It’s an enrichment program, an informal music program, where kids experi-
ence music and movement and internalize what they’re learning,” says Molly, whose conversational voice takes a backseat to singing and speaking in tones to her students during her class. “They’re playing with music…children learn through playing.” To help facilitate musical play, students keep time with rhythm sticks, act out songs with hula hoops and, as the class comes to a close, select a hand-held percussion instrument from a basket to explore its sound and unique characteristics. Says Woika, “It’s a perfect program for kindergarteners
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to have fun and learn. It’s such a good fit, and it has been a really, really good program. We want it back next year and every year after that.” That would be fine with Molly, too. “I’m so really grateful to the Mudd Nick Foundation for funding this,” she said. As her first class of the day ends in Nehalem, the children line up at the door to exit the classroom with Molly singing, “Chugga, chugga, chugga… this train is bound for glory…” The same could be said for her music program for kindergarteners.
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