Literacy through Music

“Signs of Judy’s teaching degree shine through much of her material.”
                          Lisa Betty Cline, The Charlestown Bridge

As a former elementary school teacher with Masters Degree in Education, Judy is a member of the select roster of Artists in Education of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts.

Judy offers five Literacy Through Music programs specifically for elementary school children.

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Reading Our Way Across The USA
K-5

Buckle up and join Judy as we make our way out from Maine across the US on a road trip that includes upbeat songs, tons of interaction and dancing and a great geography lesson! Judy engages children in a musical literary adventure taking them from Make Way for Ducklings in Boston, to Balto in Alaska and everywhere in between. What is the only state in the Union where you can tour a REAL legitimate royal palace? In which state can you sit and watch thousands of bats fly out from a cave every evening? Where can you visit Laura Ingalls' Wilder's homestead?

Learn the answers to these questions and more when you read your way across the USA with Judy Pancoast!

This program helps fulfill the National Education Standards for Social Sciences/Geography, Language Arts and Fine Arts.

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Once Upon a Time
Concert Assembly, K-5:

Designed to “get kids into books”, this concert tells the musical tale of a Princess who wanted to do more than “lead the Princess life,” and decides to read every book in the Kingdom Library. Songs are lively, interactive, and point children toward the different sections of the library, from fiction to non-fiction, nursery rhymes to biographies.

Approximate time, 45 minutes.

This program helps fulfill the National Education Standards for Language Arts and Fine Arts.

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Take Me to Your Reader
Concert Assembly, K-5:

This concert is designed to build enthusiasm for books and reading, it revolves around a friendly alien who comes to earth to learn to read. Featuring lively, interactive songs which are extensions of popular children’s literature, including “Wild One,” based on Where the Wild Things Are, “Ladybug, Ladybug” inspired by The Very Grouchy Ladybug and “Try, Try” featuring a chorus of “I think I can, I think I can” from The Little Engine that Could.

Approximate time, 45 minutes.

This program helps fulfill the National Education Standards for Language Arts and Fine Arts.

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The above assembly concerts are ideal for Title One celebrations,
Book Fairs, No-TV Weeks and Literacy Festivals.

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What Went Down When Jack and Jill Went Up
Workshop Assembly, 1-6:

This assembly uses student performers to relate the story of Jack and Jill, and how they resolved their conflict over who was going to go up the hill. It features conflict resolution strategies endorsed by Educators for Social Responsibility. Also features a strong component on bullying.

Extremely motivational, this assembly has been lauded by guidance counselors, teachers, and parents.

Approximate time, 60 minutes.

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“Judy Pancoast... is a state treasure.”
         Nicholas Donohue, Commissioner of Education, N.H.

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Literacy through Music-Song Writing Residency
Workshops, K-5:

"We were thrilled with your professionalism and love for the arts and the students"

Judy has designed a songwriting residency, which enhances and broadens students’ concept of writing while using the processes familiar from the classroom.

Using a variety of writing strategies, and working with groups of 40 or so students, Judy guides the children through a creative musical experience that is challenging and exciting. Every child takes part in the process and in the end, is a true composer of the lyrics and melody.

Students develop a rudimentary understanding of the song writing process. They use the vocabulary of song writing, including “rhyme”, “meter”, “verse,” “pattern” and “chorus.” They brainstorm to develop the idea and “hook” of the song and will participate in the revision process.

It is suggested that schools organize the residency into “songwriting chains,” in which two or more groups of students work in successive workshop sessions on the creation of one song. This teamwork approach is ideal for grade levels working on shared thematic units.

Each workshop group’s experience culminates in an afternoon assembly-style concert, where the children, accompanied by Judy, perform their new songs. Of course, Judy will perform some of her fan favorites for the assembly too.

On the final day of the residency, the children and Judy will perform a special evening concert for their families and friends.

The residency program is eligible for partial funding from
the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Visit: http://www.state.nh.us/nharts/index.html for details.

This program helps fulfill the National Education Standards for Language Arts and Fine Arts.

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To discuss arranging a Judy's Tune Room concert for your school or library, please contact us.