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A Program based in Theory 

 

All The Doo Dah Day is not simply about learning to sing in tune or dance the right steps.  The question for us is: what can we learn “through” music?  Children's cognitive development and physical, social and emotional wellbeing has been linked to music and movement.  In adults, particularly those with degenerative brain disease like dementia or brain injuries, there is significant evidence that music and movement can help to build new neural pathways.

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Brain tests have revealed that music makes the brain more receptive to learning. The magic of music:

★    supports early literacy and numeracy;

★    improves physical, social and emotional wellbeing;

★    builds confidence and resilience; and

★    promotes inclusion of children of all ages, abilities and cultures. 

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A Teaching Philosophy Built on Happiness

 

Bringing wonder, awe and happiness to our classes is our ultimate aim.

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Our wish is for children to know and love who they are and not be afraid to show it. We seek to give children voices and to listen to those voices. Only then can children navigate and understand the big, wide, wonderful and sometimes confusing world around them.

 

We are not to be confused with the usual franchised music programs.

 

This is what makes "The Doo Dah Way" UNIQUE:

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• Our significant experience in early childhood education 

• Our energy

• Our passion

• Our love and respect for children and older adults, their ideas and individuality

• Our inclusivity 

• Our song choices and use of contemporary and culturally diverse music

• Our use of free dance and co-choreography where children “dance from within” backed by our founder’s Masters’ research

• Our special ability to involve families and connect them to their children's learning

• Our ability to tap into children’s interests, scaffold their learning and collaborate with educators to develop a truly emergent curriculum to complement and enhance existing programs within any setting.

 

The quiet child, the anxious child, the child with additional needs, the child who doesn't speak English, the non-verbal one, the one who has suffered trauma, the migrant, the refugee, the socio-economically disadvantaged - all will not only come out of their shells but flourish.  They will be transformed. We have experienced the transformative effect of our program so many times, we are tempted to guarantee the program’s success for every single person who experiences it…but we are not car salesmen, we are educators who are passionate about the power of the performing arts, so we will leave it to you to experience our special kind of magic for yourself in your own time!

 

We will say though that our founder and lead presenter Lynda has a special energy that is mesmerising and infectious. Children and adults flock to her like the Pied Piper. Children stop Lynda in the street with cries of "LYNDAAAAA" and requests for squeezie hugs or massive group stacks on hugs are a common occurrence at the end of class. They remember the program years after they have experienced it!

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Read on to find out more about this Lynda everyone talks about...

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