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THE "VILLAGE" PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN NEWBORN TO 20 MONTHS
The Village program incorporates the most current research on early childhood development and provides families a special place for learning and networking with other parents and babies through music, movement and sensory stimuli.
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In the Kindermusik Village program, your new baby is encouraged to learn through observation, imitation, and play. The high quality, professionally created At-Home Materials Kit includes important information about the Kindermusik "Foundations of Learning" principles based on current research on how to nurture your baby's total development.
Kindermusik Village benefits
you and your baby by:
• Nurturing the bond between you and your child through intentional touch, exercises, interactive dances, rocking, and musical play.
• Laying a solid foundation for future learning in all areas of your baby's total development through singing and reading aloud, listening, communicating through literature, and exploring instruments in a stimulating environment.
• Stimulating the growth of neural connections in the brain with multi-sensory and multilayered experiences.
• Helping you network and connect with other families, and encouraging joyful participation in a music making community.
• Educating you about your baby's total development through the Kindermusik Foundations of Learning statements that explain why we do what we do.
Kindermusik At-Home Materials Kit for Village includes:
• 2 Baby's Literature Books: Board book with delightful, colorful artwork.
• 2 Baby's Home Journals: Scrapbook-like books that includes home activity cards.
• 2 Home CDs: All the songs and chants from class plus more!
• Art Banners (4): Aids baby's visual and language development.
• Clear Vinyl Storage & Carry Bag: Complete with handles, snaps & logo.
Musikandmotion's Spring 2009 curriculum for Kindermusik Village
includes "Hickory, Dickory, Tickle & Bounce" &
"The Rhythm of My Day" paired units.
Village: Hickory, Dickory, Tickle, & Bounce — Spring 2009
Hickory, Dickory, Tickle, and Bounce is focused on further feeding a baby's language development through the rhythmic nature of nursery rhymes. You and your child will also discover plenty of implied movement activities throughout the semester with many additional movement concepts - like up and down - incorporated into the literature book. Favorite songs and activites from Hickory, Dickory, Tickle, and Bounce include "Peek-a-Boo," "Baa Baa Black Sheep," "Beat the Drum," "Roll That Ball," "Sulla Lulla," and "The Blackbird."
Village: The Rhythm of My Day — Spring 2009
With an introduction to sign language and highlighted by the concept of of a family's daily rituals and routines, The Rhythm of My Day is designed to help parents incorporate into many of the regular routines found throughout their daily life. Lesson focuses also highlight several other key concepts like diversity of sound, stop and go, syncopation, and singing. Favorite activites and songs features in The Rhythm of My Day include "Let Me Call You Sweetheart," "Golden Slumbers", "Walk All Around," and "Ally Bally."
THE "OUR TIME" PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN 18 MONTHS TO 3 1/2 YEARS
The Kindermusik Our Time program is designed for children 18 months to 3 1/2 years of age who meet weekly for 45-minute classes and enjoy singing, moving, listening and interacting socially, as well as playing simple instruments along with an accompanying parent or caregiver. During the Our Time program parents and children enjoy bonding and interacting socially with others.
"Exploration Time" encourages a child's discovery of specially designed instruments, textures, sounds and movements. Language skills are fostered with singing, sound imitation, and vocal play.
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"Music and Movement Story Time" encourages your child's emergent literacy skills. The development of pitch and rhythm promotes musicality, and creative dancing and expressive movement affirm a child's urge to move.
Kindermusik's Our Time program benefits
you and your toddler by:
• Nurturing the bond between you and your child through shared learning and musical experiences.
• Recognizing your toddler's need for both the freedom to explore and the assurance of your support.
• Encouraging characteristics related to successful learning in school: self-confidence, curiosity, self-expression, choice and control, focused listening, social skills, and cooperation.
• Stimulating neural connections in the brain with multi-sensory and multilayered experiences.
• Laying a solid foundation for learning in all future academic and musical areas: language and speech development, pre-reading skills, problem solving, patterning, pitch, rhythm, timing, singing.
• Promoting joyful music making as a community, and helping you network and connect with other families.
• Educating you about the interactive nature of the total development of your child through music, movement and literacy.
Kindermusik At-Home Materials Kit for Our Time includes:
• 2 "Music and Movement" Books
• Home Activity Book
• 2 At Home CDs
• Child's Carry Box
• Specially Designed Musical Instruments for Each Theme Unit
The Kindermusik Our Time curriculum incorporates the following features:
• Rituals & Routines
• Development of Pitch & Rhythm
• Singing & Vocal Play
• Expressive Movement
• Creative Dancing
• Instrument Exploration
• Story Time
• Quiet Time
Musikandmotion's Spring 2009 curriculum for Kindermusik Our Time
includes the Fiddle-dee-dee unit.
Our Time: Fiddle-dee-dee Unit — Spring 2009
Creatures of the animal kingdom, whether furry, web-footed, hoofed, winged, or whiskered, are the subject matter for Fiddle-dee-dee. Animal sounds, which are so appealing to children, naturally prompt imitation and provide abundant active listening and vocal play material. In the context of moving like animals, we will focus on concepts such as high, low, smooth, bumpy, fast, and slow. On the At Home CDs, you will hear a clear emphasis on the stringed instrument family, with instruments such as the mandolin, banjo, lute, classical and folk guitar, harp, string quartet, and double bass. Of course, there is the original home instrument, a pair of Fiddlesticks. Sporting the bright stripes of a bumblebee, Fiddlesticks are a one-of-a-kind Kindermusik instrument that can be rattled, rolled, tapped, and fiddled to create fun sounds and play possibilities.
THE IMAGINE THAT! PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN 3 TO 5 YEARS
The Kindermusik Imagine That! program is designed for children 3 1/2 to 5 years of age who meet for 45 minutes per class for 15 weeks. Parents and caregivers join in for the last 15 minutes of class, appropriately called "Sharing Time."
At an age when a child's imagination is soaring, every experience becomes an opportunity for self-discovery and learning. The Kindermusik Imagine That! program provides an extraordinary musical atmosphere. Pretend play activities are integrated with exceptional music, vocal development, storytelling, movement activities and literature as building blocks, with a caring and observant licensed educator as your guide.
Kindermusik's Imagine That! program benefits you and your preschool child by:
• Developing expressive and receptive language skills through love for stories, rhymes and word plays.
• Practicing cooperative play and sharing, a cornerstone for social interaction.
• Promoting increased attention span and listening skills.
• Engaging in activities of discovering, comparing, making choices, problem solving, finding patterns and remembering sequences.
• Nurturing the growing desire for independence, as well as celebrating accomplishments with parents and families.
• Tapping into a child's natural musicianship and developing musical skills in areas such as steady beat, joyful singing, vocabulary of musical terms, and music appreciation.
• Developing higher level movement skills such as skipping and galloping, while promoting fine motor skills through playing a variety of small percussion instruments and participating in activities such as cutting, coloring, and manipulating interactive play sets.
The Kindermusik At-Home Materials Kit for Imagine That! includes:
• 2 Colorfully Illustrated Literature Books.
• Guided Family Activity Book.
• 2 At Home CDs.
• Interactive Play Set.
• Child's Backpack.
• Specially Designed Musical Instrument(s).
Musikandmotion's Spring 2009 curriculum for Kindermusik Imagine That!
includes the Cities! unit.
Imagine That!: Cities Busy Places, Friendly Faces! Unit — Spring 2009
"People on the go, rushing everywhere - in the city!" Meet the Busy Places and Friendly Faces of Cities! - the unit where we will co-create a city that is familiar, yet like no other. A city that is really many "cities" in one. There's a city of music of songs, recorded works, and city sounds. There's a city of imagination - of three- and four-year-olds being whoever they imagine themselves to be today: a broom man, or maybe an opera singer? There's a city of stories - of lost dogs and found dogs and of a globe-trotting photographer. Best of all, in Cities! Busy Places - Friendly Faces, children from all kinds of communities will find commonalities with their lives. So join us as we set off on yet another grand, musical adventure! Specially designed Kindermusik Resonator Bars are the featured instruments in the At Home materials.
THE YOUNG CHILD PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN 5 TO 7 YEARS
Musikandmotion's Spring 2009 curriculum for Kindermusik Young Child
The Kindermusik Young Child program is developmentally designed for children 5 to 7 years of age who meet for 60 minutes once a week for 14 weeks. As in Imagine That! prgram, parents and caregivers join in for the last 10 minutes of class, appropriately called "Sharing Time." Young Child "Sharing Time" provides you with an opportunity like no other... a chance to watch your child's musical growth and development unfold right before your eyes. With a solid music foundation provided by Kindermusik Young Child program, children will be ready for formal instruction in the instrument of their choice.
Young Child - 4 Sequential Semesters
A "whole" child based approach to music educaton like no other, Kindermusik Young Child program provides a sound, developmentally appropriate, music learning experience that will prepare your child for future instrumental lessons in piano, string and wind instruments. Using a small-group approach, the program is designed to prepare the young child who is eager for first experiences with musical symbols and instrument discovery but is not yet ready for formal lessons and traditional music reading with an instrument. Parents or caregivers are encouraged to attend the last 10-15 minutes of class.
The Kindermusik At-Home Materials Kit for Young Child includes:
• Children's Folder.
• Games Bag.
• Family Song Book.
• Home CD.
• Carry Bag.
• Glockenspiel with 2 wooden mallets.
THE "FAMILY TIME" PROGRAM FOR NEWBORN TO 5 YEARS
Kindermusik Family Time is designed for families with multiple children ages newborn to 5 years. In 14 weeks, you'll play instruments together, dance together, share, and take turns, and see how music can bring you closer as a family.
Your 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 - all the Family Time activities encourage discovery and exploration and foster sharing and social skills too. In this special place for musical, social and emotional learning, your children will strengthen their ties with each other and with you - and they'll start developing the skills they'll need in school and on the neighborhood playground.
Kindermusik's Family Time program benefits you and your family by:
• One conventient class that families can take together.
• Introduces musical concepts and develops musical skills.
• Allows each child to develop social skills - such as sharing, and turn-taking - in a multi-age, multi-child environment.
• Strengthens the emotional bond among family members.
The Kindermusik At-Home Materials Kit for Family Time includes:
• One hand puppet & one finger puppet.
• 2 specially designed musical instruments.
• 2 literature books.
• 2 music CDs.
• Family Activity Guide.
Musikandmotion's Spring 2009 curriculum for Kindermusik Family Time includes Make Way For Music unit.
JEAN'S MUSIC STUDIO
GROUP & PRIVATE PIANO LESSONS — 6 YEARS & UP
With a doctorate degree in Music, numerous concert performances, a former university faculty member, a former Kindermusik educator, and currently the music director and organist at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Miss Jean has over 20 years experience teaching piano to students of all ages and all levels. She has created a method of teaching piano that is based on sound proven techniques and theories for children 6 years and up (or earlier if they are ready). Contact Miss Jean directly for private or group piano lessons in Natomas: 916-285-0253
Do you have any questions about our curriculum? For curriculum information, please contact Musikandmotion for Kindermusik in Natomas and West Sacramento area by calling 916-419-6999, or email licensed educator Sunny Kira, M.A., at . You will receive a personal reply within 24 hours.
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