Research indicates that early integration of music into your
child's routine improves his ability to think, reason, create, and express.
With Kindermusik®, the world's most respected name in musical learning for
newborns to age 7, you and your child will participate together in every step
of the learning process. One of the
greatest strengths of the Kindermusik program is the way it gets the parents
involved in music making with their children. The classes are so much fun for
everyone. We sing and dance and explore
many age appropriate instruments. Each child receives a variety of materials to
continue making music at home: usually a book, CD, instrument, and toy or other
manipulative.
Now Enrolling for Fall 2008
0-1.5 years) Zoom
Buggy!—Swoosh, vroom, and clickety-clack your way through this
delightful unit. Babies and adults will dance, sing, and play instruments to
the theme of being on the go. Chug around the room to the song “Little Red
Caboose,” hold on tightly while “Riding in the Buggy,” and dance your way to
“Zoom-e-oh!” Engage in rituals and
playful activities such as infant massage, lap bounces, exercise, and quiet
time.
(0-1.5 years) Dream Pillow—This title alone brings images of
rocking, cuddling, singing, and lulling to sleep. But leading up to sleepy time are many upbeat
and playful activities. Babies and
Adults will swirl to a dreamy cloud dance “Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland.”
They’ll also play baby appropriate instruments to “Aiken Drum,” and “Sarasponda.”
Favorite nursery rhymes like “Wee Willie Winkie,” and “Diddle, Diddle,
Dumpling,” are sprinkled throughout the classes. It’s easy to weave many of the
class songs and activities into your families’ daily routines.
(1.5-3 years) Milk & Cookies makes everyday home
activities and chores easier and more fun with music! Cook and sing to “The
Muffin Man”; dust and clean to the original song “In My House”; get ready to
wash clothes to the delightful poem “Washing Machine”. Baking cookies, eating
cupcakes, blowing on hot cross buns, wiggling like jelly, going grocery
shopping and making tea are all represented in familiar as well as new songs.
Move, play, and sing together in developmentally appropriate activities created
just for 1 ½ to 3-year-olds. Capture the familiar and new moments of the day
and learn how music can impact your toddler.
(4.5-7 years) Young Child 1:—A pressure-free approach to learning, but
concrete enough because your child is ready for the more abstract thinking
processes that music requires. Play remains the primary way a young child
learns, so throughout the curriculum there is a consistent effort to balance
active learning with the emotional reasoning aspects of a young child’s
development in mind.
(0-7 years) Our Kind of Day—Build family bonds, creativity and physical and mental development in a delightful one-room schoolhouse. Each week children will listen to instruments and to each other, learn from their peers and older children, and enjoy music and movement with hoops, scarves, and tumble-around play. Story time and family jams, puppet play and happy singing—every Family time activity encourages discovery and exploration and fosters sharing and social skills too.
