Professional Development:
This highly interactive workshop demonstrates how to use songs, rhymes, and games in classrooms, on a daily basis, to enhance a child’s motor, language acquisition,
literacy, social, cognitive and developmental skills, while promoting cultural diversity and positive self-esteem. Teachers learn to use music to develop phonemic awareness and
vocabulary that leads toward fluency. The rich heritage of music from the Spanish speaking world, used in both English and Spanish, teaches Latin American culture, history, and oral
traditions. Teachers will practice methods of using creative expression through movement, games, rhymes, musical moods, call and response, differences and commonalities in culture/music,
and be able to integrate these into their curriculum.
Parent Engagement Seminars:
This workshop will give parents important demonstrations of how multi-cultural music can be used to develop and nurture language and early literacy skills,
as well as promote cultural diversity and positive self-esteem. Mr. Orozco will model how to use music, rhythmes, games and songs to enhance early childhood learning skills.
This highly interactive workshop brings the rich heritage of the Spanish-speaking world to children and parents.
School Assemblies:
Music is an exceptional learning tool! Music and song are known to stimulate the brain and promotes every important aspect of a child’s development.
It sparks and enhances language development, listening and cognitive skills, as well as motor and coordination skills. Music allows children the ability to learn faster and more
effectively, especially when games, rhymes and movement are combined. Unlike formal teaching modalities, musical games are a non-threatening mode of learning, and skill retention is
very high. In his presentation, José-Luis Orozco uses field tested traditional Latin American songs as well as original compositions, in English and Spanish, to show how the teaching of
core elementary subjects, such as basic concepts, language development, alphabet knowledge, listening skills and movement expression can be a positive and fulfilling experience for children!
Evening or Weekend Family Concerts:
His concert is an energetic and interactive journey through Latin American culture, history, and oral traditions.
During his presentations, José Luis plays his acoustic guitar as he sings traditional Latin American children's songs and original compositions.
Children love rhyming and the music of José Luis combines dual language learning, rhymes, movements and interaction, and rhythm with information.
Elementary subjects, such as the alphabet, vowels, numbers, colors, and body parts, are taught through the songs.
Children will also practice their fine motor skills matching actions to words and using facial expressions, finger movements and gestures. José Luis is able to conduct his presentations in
Spanish, English, or both depending on the needs of the audience. Children and families are invited to join José Luis in singing, dancing, and acting out songs through the entire show.
