SongWorks - Peggy Bennett

SongWorks
®
for Children
Playfulness is key to children’s loving to learn music. Because song works in
grounding this play, singing activities become the playgrounds for learning. Dr. Bennett’s
presentations rally teachers of children to welcome curiosity, preserve musicality, elicit imaginations,
and prompt interactions that are mutually respectful and responsive. A life-long
®
educator, Dr. Bennett offers goals in SongWorks for Children that stretch beyond
About Peggy Bennett...
the music classroom and are as comfortable for those who are not musically trained
Professor of Music Education at
the Oberlin Conservatory of Music
as for those who are.
Director of the early childhood MusicPlay
program (ages 3-5) at the Oberlin Community
Music School
Mediator, Gallatin County (MT) Justice Court.
Certified in Basic, Family, and
Victim-Offender Mediation,
member Montana Mediation
Association, Community
Mediation Center.
Martha Beck Certified Life Coach
Member of International Speakers
Network
Books
• RhymePlay: Playing with Children and Mother Goose
• SongPlay: A Collection of Playful Songs for Children
• SongWorks 1: Singing in the Education of Children
• SongWorks 2: Singing from Sound to Symbol
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence
in Teaching, University of Texas at Arlington
Telly Award (Silver), Telly Award (Bronze),
Aurora Award, Communicator Award (as
featured guest on New York Network Television
Broadcasts of SUNY-Albany video programs)
Outstanding Alumna, University of North Texas
and Ball State University
Marquis Who’s Who in America,
Who’s Who in American Education,
and Who’s Who in American Women
Professional Presentations in Texas, New
York, Wisconsin, Arizona, Washington DC,
Indiana, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Florida,
Kansas, Tennessee, Washington, California,
Ohio, Louisiana, Utah, Michigan, Montana,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma,
Canada, Japan, England, Australia.
Client Voices
Presentation Titles
• Diddle Diddle Dumpling: Reviving Nursery Rhymes for Children
• I Can Sing! I Can Read!: Early Literacy in Early Childhood
• Story-Making: Music, Imagination, and Children
• Playing with Classics: Music and Young Children
• Playing with Pops: Music and Young Children
“When I first read Peggy Bennett’s article “So Why, Sol-Mi?” and later the SongWorks books, I knew that I had found a music
educator who profoundly understood the developmental challenges of working with elementary children in the classroom.
Peggy’s philosophy, strategies, and techniques for teaching are invaluable to the work we do. I can honestly say that
her presentations for our teaching artists have been the best workshops we have had in our organization.”
Katherine Damkohler, Executive Director,
Education Through Music, New York, NY
“Our elementary teachers love it when Peggy Bennett returns to do a session at our convention. Her clinics
are inspirational, motivational, and fun, but most importantly pedagogically based. Any music educator who
attends her sessions will leave with new instructional ideas and techniques that will surely impact learning
in the classroom in a most positive and exciting way.”
Robert Floyd, Executive Director, Texas Music Educators Association;
Chair, Texas Coalition for Quality Arts Education
Peggy D. BENNETT, Ph.D.
peggydbennett.com • 440.315.5468
speaker, educator, author, coach