Virtual Trainings
Try Talking Hands Talking Feet in a Live Virtual Training
If you are curious about our approach, this is the best place to begin. These free live Zoom sessions let you experience the work directly, learn practical arts-integrated activities you can use right away, and get a feel for whether a future Immersive Training Retreat is right for you.
A welcoming first step for teachers, parents, homeschool educators, teaching artists, and creative facilitators.
Discover how thematic songs with movement choreography, rhythm and coordination training, improvisation, storytelling and humor can transform learning.
These sessions offer practical activities and teaching strategies you can bring into your classroom or home immediately.
In this live interactive session you will:
• Enjoy learning Talking Hands Talking Feet curriculum based songs with movement choreography
• Experience easy to use Brain & Body Tune-ups for your teaching toolkit
• Explore how arts-integrated learning supports the whole child
• Discover elements of the Codes in Color methodology
Come ready to move and have fun.
Who are these sessions for?
Early childhood educators (ages 2–5)
Elementary teachers (ages 5–10)
Parents and homeschool educators
Teaching artists and camp leaders
No prior music or dance experience required
Meet Your Facilitators
Melanie and Paul Zeir are the founders of Talking Hands Talking Feet. Since 1997, they have worked as teaching artists in the pioneering field of arts-integrated education, leading workshops, curriculum-based performing arts programs, camps, and professional development trainings—working with over 9,000 participants internationally.
Together, they have created:
• over 150 original curriculum based educational songs with movement choreography
• curriculum in rhythm, coordination, storytelling, and improvisation
• the Codes in Color methodology
Ready to Go Deeper?
If you enjoy the Zoom session, you may want to explore our Immersive Training Retreats at Humming Grove Sanctuary near Santa Fe, New Mexico.
These retreats offer:
• 18 hours of inspiring professional development
• hands-on methodology training
• a restorative natural learning environment
• a supportive community of educators
The Two Pillars of Our Signature Training
Our Signature Talking Hands Talking Feet workshops are built on two powerful foundations:
Content
A Vast, Ready-to-Use Creative Library
You gain access to a rich and ever-growing body of arts-integrated educational content, including:
• Educational songs with movement choreography
• Brain and body “tune-ups”
• Rhythm and coordination sequences
• Storytelling and improvisation games
• Community-building movement pieces
This is not theoretical training. These are living tools you can bring into your classroom, homeschool, or program immediately.
Every structure is designed to support:
• Kinesthetic learning
• Creative engagement
• Focus and regulation
• Joyful participation
You leave with material in your hands – and in your body
Methodology
A Highly Effective, Transferable Methodology
Content alone is not enough.
We train you in how and why it works.
Our methodology training includes:
• The Codes in Color framework
• The 5-Color Support Handbook
• Developmentally aligned implementation strategies
• Embodied facilitation techniques
• Practical Agility through rhythm and movement
• “Learning through the back door” (Stealth Learning) principles
You don’t just learn activities.
You learn how to:
• Design learning experiences and ecologies
• Adapt material for different age groups
• Support multiple learning styles
• Integrate arts into academics naturally and effectively
This combination of content + methodology creates lasting confidence and versatility.
When creative content is supported by a clear, repeatable framework, something powerful happens:
You become a more responsive, confident, and inspired educator.
