Dr. Bernstorf serves as Professor of Music Education at Wichita State
University, and co-author of The Music and Literacy Connection published by
Rowman and Littlefield. She holds a BME and MME in Special Music Education,
PhD in Communicative Disorders and Sciences, and certificate of clinical
competence as a speech-language pathologist. Her specializations include
elementary vocal music, special music education, early childhood arts education,
speech pathology (voice, fluency, and child language), literacy development, and
curriculum development.
Dr. Bernstorf will address the roles of caregivers, teachers, and children in
developing literacy learning through creativity. Appropriate music and movement
activities often become personal anchors with special meaning for individual
children or groups of children. We will explore developmentally appropriate
activities that lead toward language and literacy anchor standards.