by Katherine Wallace | May 20, 2022 | Music, Family, Parenting
Songs for your kid’s playlist Growing up in Canada, I had three particular albums of kids’ music that got played over and over (and over) again: Sharon, Lois, and Bram’s One Elephant, Deux Elephants, Raffi Cavoukian’s Singable Songs, and a rather obscure...
by Katherine Wallace | Apr 29, 2022 | Inspiration, Mid-Week Motivation, Writing, Parenting
Words for Birds A Barrel of Monkeys As a child, I was intrigued by the interesting collective nouns given to groups of birds or animals—a pride of lions, a swarm of bees, an army of ants. Some names seemed to fit the animal in question and make perfect sense: a stand...
by Katherine Wallace | Apr 5, 2022 | Music, Family, Parenting
Switch Your Child On to Classical Music As a music teacher and a classical musician, I often get asked about how to interest young children in classical music. What is the right age? What is the right music? Should I sign up my sure-to-be-child-prodigy for lessons?...
by Katherine Wallace | Mar 14, 2022 | Books, Faith, Family, Parenting
Put a Picture Book in your Easter Basket Who ends up eating all that leftover holiday chocolate in your house? In our family, only one of us has a sweet tooth—sadly, it’s me. And while Christmas usually sees me lose all willpower (and rationalize with ‘I’ll stop...
Dr. Katherine Wallace is a musicologist, writer, and educator with over 20 years experience working with children and adults in creative, education, and faith communities. A children's author and performer, Katherine also writes and edits academic texts, and blogs about music, books, faith & family, and creative parenting. 