Northwest Florida State College’s Sabine Claybrook, of Crestview, is a recipient of the Terri Lynne Lokoff/Children's Tylenol National Child Care Teacher Award.
Applicants were asked to design a classroom enhancement project and illustrate its educational, social and emotional benefits. Claybrook's project, called Music House, focuses on enhancing teaching musical concepts for the early childhood classroom.
“In early childhood classrooms, children are typically provided with rhythm instruments that are loud and harsh in tone so they are often discouraged from using them,” Claybrook said. “Music House gives sound abatements by using instruments that are quieter. It also provides a playhouse with softer materials that swallow sounds and instruments that are wooden and more pleasing to listeners.”
Claybrook will receive $500 to fund her project at the NWF State College Mary Lou O’Connor Child Development & Education Center and a $500 personal award.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Crestview teacher one of 54 recognized with national award