ANDERSON — In her new book “A Song from the Heart: The Pedagogical Philosophy of Lorna Lutz Heyge, PhD” (published by WestBow Press), Jean Ellen Linkins, EdD, explores the teaching style and philosophy of a pioneer in early childhood music education. Heyge founded the Kindermusik and Musikgarten curricula.

“Jean Ellen Linkins has created a remarkable book,” says Dee Joy Coulter, PhD, a neuroscientist and advisor to Heyge for 30 years. “She invites the reader to experience Lorna’s amazing mind, tracing how it would expand with each opportunity in her life, always enlarging her vision as she incorporated what she learned from her classes with children and from the many fine thinkers she encountered.”

Coulter says the book isn’t just for early childhood music educators, but also for those who love children, value music or care about enriching early childhood education.

“The book also provides the historic context behind this remarkable life journey, tracing the history of early childhood education and highlighting the thoughts of other leaders in the fields of music, early childhood development, movement and language,” Coulter says.

About the Author

Jean Ellen Linkins, EdD, became interested in the work of Lorna Lutz Heyge, PhD, while pursuing a master’s in Music Education at Eastman School of Music. She teaches Heyge’s Musikgarten curriculum and resides in Anderson with her husband, Mike.

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