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THE KINDERMUSIK "VILLAGE," "OUR TIME,"
"IMAGINE THAT!," "YOUNG CHILD 2" AND "MIXED- AGE FAMILY TIME" PROGRAMS
THE "VILLAGE" PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN NEWBORN TO 20 MONTHS
The Kindermusik 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 Village program, your baby is invited to learn through observation, imitation, and play in a loving and nurturing musical environment. Babies newborn to 20 months and their parents/caregivers attend a weekly class for 45-minute during a 14 week semester. 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 lap, crawling and walking babies 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 vocal play, listening and observing, exposure to musical concepts, and exploring instruments and movement in a musical 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:
• Baby's Literature Books: Two board books with delightful, colorful artwork.
• Two Home CDs: All the songs and chants from class plus more!
• Two Baby Instruments
• Art Banners (2): Aids baby's visual and language development.
Musikandmotion's Spring 2010 curriculum for Kindermusik Village
includes the Coock-A-Doodle Moo and DewDrops units.
Cock-A-doodle-MOO!— Hop on the hayride—it’s time to head for the farm! In the Cock-a-doodle-MOO! unit of
Dew Drops—Stop and smell the roses—and lily of the valley, and tulips, and pansies . . . in the DewDrops unit of Kindermusik Village, families will play and move together to songs about flowers, such as “Jasmine Flower,” “How Does Your Garden Grow?,” and “White Coral Bells.” They’ll also hear traditional Irish music: they’ll dance a jig, move to the “Irish Trot,” and exercise to “Did You Ever See a Lassie.” In their At Home Materials, families will receive a CD of beautifully arranged songs from class, a board book of flowers, and an instrument for music-making at home.
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, exploring, listening and interacting socially, as well as playing simple instruments with an accompanying parent or caregiver. During the Our Time program parents and children enjoy bonding together and nurturing the child's healthy emotional development, social awareness, language skills, gross and fine motor physical skills, cognitive development and joyful music making. With you as an active particant, partner and guide, your child's self-esteem, confidence, self-control and turn-taking begins to take shape!
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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 (secure base).
• Encouraging characteristics related to successful learning in school: self-confidence, curiosity, self-expression, choice and control, focused listening, social skills, turn-taking, 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:
• Two "Music and Movement" Books
• Home Activity Book
• Two Home CDs
• Shiny Dina Tran Carry Box
• Specially Designed Harmonicas
Musikandmotion's Spring 2010 curriculum for Kindermusik Our Time
includes the Away We Go unit.
"Away We Go"
Hop on the train, get in the car, board the plane, and Away We Go! This delightful, 15-lesson unit focuses on transportation, a favorite topic for toddlers who are on the go, go, go! Sing and play along with favorite songs, such as “I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad” and “Wheels on the Bus”. Explore fast and slow, smooth and bumpy, and high and low. Read stories about ways to get around. Shiny Dinah tells the story of a train, and Giddy-Up! has a horse, speedboat, racecar, and more to help you get where you want to go. Move, play, and sing together in developmentally appropriate activities created just for 1 1/2 to 3-year-olds. Families will receive 2 CDs, a Home Activity Book, 2 storybooks (Shiny Dinah and Giddy-Up!), 2 harmonicas, and a train carrying box.
THE "FAMILY TIME" PROGRAM FOR NEWBORN TO 4 YEARS
Kindermusik Family Time is designed for families with multiple children ages newborn to 4 years. In 8 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:
• 2 specially designed musical instruments.
• 2 music CDs.
• Family Activity Guide.
Musikandmotion's Spring 2010 curriculum for Kindermusik Family Time includes ABC Music and Me unit.
THE IMAGINE THAT! PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN 3 TO 5 YEARS
At an age when your preschool aged child's imagination is soaring, every experience becomes an opportunity for self-discovery, learning and exploration... limited of course only by the power of imagination. 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. Friendships are formed, creativity nurtured, expressive language stimulated, and individual differences treasured.
The Imagine That! program is designed for the active and enthusiastic 3 to 5 year olds who meet for 45 minutes each week for 14 sessions. Parents and caregivers join in for the last 15 minutes of class, appropriately called "Sharing Time." Imagine That! "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.
Kindermusik's Imagine That! program benefits you and your 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 drawing and manipulating interactive play sets.
The Kindermusik At-Home Materials Kit for Imagine That! includes:
• Two Colorfully Illustrated Literature Books.
• Guided Family Activity Book.
• Two Home CDs.
• Interactive Play Set.
• Specially Designed Musical Drum.
Musikandmotion's Spring 2010 curriculum for Kindermusik Imagine That!
includes the Toys I Make, Trips I Take unit.
Toys I Make, Trips I Take
What’s more exciting to a 3 or 4-year-old than a new toy? How about an entire Toy Shop full of toys! And a full toy shop is exactly what your Kindermusik Imagine That! families will enjoy in an exceptional follow-up to the already highly regarded first unit of the curriculum, See What I Saw.
Toys I Make, Trips I Take is focused on creating a stimulating musical environment that integrates music, pretend play, story telling movement, and more.
Toys I Make, Trips I Take introduces the musical environment of a remarkable toy shop, filled with boats, trains, balls, jack-in-the-box and many other toys that bring a glimmer into a child’s eyes.
THE YOUNG CHILD PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN 4.5 TO 7 YEARS
The Kindermusik Young Child program offers kindergarteners through second graders a pressure free, developmentally appropriate instrument introduction, vocal study, musical composition and movement in a fun, small group environment. Watch as your child gains confidence and appreciation for his own musical gifts and talents. With a solid music foundation provided by the Young Child program, your budding musician will be ready for formal instruction in the instrument of his choice after age seven.
Classes meet for 60 minutes once a week for 14 weeks. Parents and caregivers join in for the last 10-15 minutes of class, appropriately called "Sharing Time."
Musikandmotion's Spring 2010 curriculum for Kindermusik Young Child
The Young Child program consists of 4 semester series. Semester 1 begins with an early introduction to the glockenspiel, a pre-keyboarding instrument, learning to keep a steady beat, plus reading and writing musical notations. Through dances and games that focus on rhythmic development, your child will enjoy age-appropriate musical experiences that lead him toward a lifetime of joyful music makings. Your At Home Materials provide the music, instruments, stickers, and actvities for a home version of the same playful activites you'll hear about from class, so your child - and you ! - can learn where you're most comfortable: at home.
The Kindermusik At-Home Materials Kit for Young Child Semester 1 includes:
• Children's Folder.
• Games Bag.
• Family Song Book.
• Home CD.
• Carry Bag.
• Glockenspiel with 2 wooden mallets.
Semester 2 further develops your child's instrumental playing skills while developing the greatest instrument of all -- his voice! Concepts such as piano/forte, crescendo/decrescendo, and legato/staccato will be introduced. We will explore string and woodwind instruments, notation, and even a bit of Beethoven. Children love applying their new knowledge of aural skills, and reading and writing music notation as they further develop their glockenspiel skills. Lesson highlights from Semester 2 include "Peter and the Wolf," "The Orchestra," and "Sing and Celebrate!"
Semester 3 builds on your child's natural interest in musical instrument with an introduction to the two-stringed dulcimer. Other musical concepts taught include call and response, improvisation, meter, notation, and a touch of Tchaikovsky. Themes in Semester 3 include "Music of Appalachia," "Music of the Sea," and "Native American Music.”
Semester 4 is the fourth and final semester of this exceptional program. Together we will explore the sounds of wind with the introduction of the recorder! Semester 4 truly is a great end to a terrific curriculum as students learn about verse and refrains, solos and chorus, and musical form (
***Children will enjoy the greatest success in Young Child if they are at least 4 1/2 years old when they begin Young Child classes.
JEAN'S MUSIC STUDIO
GROUP & PRIVATE PIANO LESSONS — 6 YEARS Up & Adults
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 the Natomas, 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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