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2010-2011 Preview
I love Kindermusik. It's a special time with my children and
it also gives me ideas of activities during the week.
–Patti, mom to Piper and Charlie
The Kindermusik Experience
Kindermusik offers you that one special place where you and your child can move, sing, and play instruments and also learn about music, share a story, create, explore, and more! Each Kindermusik class is an exciting world of musical discovery and adventure. And it all happens within a nurturing
environment full of music, dancing, imagination, and playful delight.
Our expert educators are your guides through each research-proven and giggleapproved
activity. All activities — the music, movement, storytelling, instruments, and Home Materials —are sure to inspire your child's natural curiosity and musical potential. Smiles and satisfaction guaranteed.
Every enrollment includes:
• Developmentally appropriate classes –three sessions and 32 classes!
• A new set of At Home Materials with each new unit in every session
• Helpful resources, tips, and communication in and out of class
• Unlimited makeup classes –just call or email the office to schedule
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Home Materials include:
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- Literature Book
- Featured Instrument
- Home CD
- Art Banners
- Clear Storage and Carry Bag
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For parents and children newborn newborn to 1 1/2
Finally, you can learn the words to all those nursery rhymes and lullabies you’ve been humming since your baby was born. Your Educator explains why each song enhances your baby’s daily rituals and “what-to-watch-for” every step of the way.
 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. Fall 2010
 DDream 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. Fall 2010
 Hickory, Dickory, Tickle and Bounce & Bounce Research shows the more you expose your baby to nursery rhymes and songs, the stronger those emerging language-learning skills will be. That's why these Mother Goose-like stories and rhymes are the main theme of this class. Plus, you'll develop research-proven communication strategies with your child through listening activities, speaking "parentese," and sign language. Spring 2011
 The Rhythm of My Day This class will help you bring more rhythm and routine to your baby's day, as well as help develop lasting learning skills. We'll show you how and tell you why music can help your little one soothe into the day’s schedule and help build a strong body and mind network for learning. You can bring home those same stress-free play and relaxation techniques from class, and incorporate them into your daily routines. Spring 2011
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Home Materials include:
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- Two Literature Books
- Home Activity Book
- Two Home CDs
- Carry Bag/Box
- Featured instrument
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Parents and children 11/2 to 3 or 31/2 years old
Start with easily imitative words and motions then gradually introduce new games and songs that help toddlers learn to control her body, speak her mind, and guide her on a search for independence.
 Milk & Cookies Make 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 ? to 3-year-olds. Capture the familiar and new moments of the day and learn how music can impact your toddler. Fall 2010
 Fiddle-dee-dee TWe'll meet many animal characters in our books, activities, and songs—each specifically chosen for a toddler's emerging interests and physical skills. With silly, bumpy lap bounces we'll help toddlers develop rhythm while further developing their ever-emerging language skills. With a special stringed instrument emphasis in the music from class, parents can bring home the violin, cello, and orchestra sounds to help their toddlers stay happy and engaged learners at home, too. Spring 2011
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Home Materials include:
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- Play set
- Two Literature Books
- Two Home CDs
- Featured instrument
- Backpack
(free to first time enrollees!)
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Children 3 to 5 years old (parents join last 15 minutes)
Your preschooler will build a musical and verbal vocabulary through storytelling, active movement, and dramatic expression. In a musical classroom that respects your child’s individual learning style, you’ll watch as he becomes self-sufficient in a room full of friends.
 Hello Weather~Let's Play Together Sunshine, rain, snow, thunderstorms, and more in this imaginative and delightful weather-related musical adventure. Preschoolers create storm sounds with a drum to “Wild Storms,” jump in pretend puddles to “Mud Puddle Jump,” throw pretend snow-balls to “Snowballs,” and sing along to “Colors of the Rainbow.” With weather as our learning theme, preschoolers will explore musical styles that range from Opera to American folk, and become more self-sufficient in a creative musical environment that integrates music, pretend play, storytelling, movement, and more. Fall 2010
 Cities! Busy Places~Friendly Faces In this unit, sidewalks, elevators, skyscrapers, and world-traveling photographers are the theme. Learning through the pretend play that preschoolers adore, we'll be rhythmically busy playing storytelling games and handcrafting city "buildings" from wax paper at home so we can make a cityscape in class! Plus every activity has some at-home adaptations so the parent can take part in the learning. With a pair of resonator bars as a featured instrument, and a multicultural, jazzy collection of music, preschoolers will develop the social and intellectual skills they'll need in school. Spring 2011
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Home Materials include:
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- Purple Carry Bag
(Sem 1)
- Folder, Activity Pages and Stickers
- Weekly Music at Home cards
- Games Bag and Manipulatives
- Family Songbook and Home CD
- Glockenspiel
(Sem. 1)
- Glockenspiel Box
(Sem. 2)
- Dulcimer with carry bag (Sem. 3)
- Recorder (Sem. 4)
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Children 5 to 7 years old
Your child will develop a strong musical foundation by learning concepts, the language, notation, and vocabulary of music and its greatest composers. With exposure to three core instruments—stringed, wind, and keyboard—he will have a good beginning for a lifelong love of music.
 Semester 1 opens the world to new and different ways of learning about music. The focus and content includes beat versus no beat, percussion instruments, brass instruments, melodic direction, exploring the staff, and notation. Semester 1 also introduces the glockenspiel, a pre-keyboard instrument. Fall 2009
 Semester 2 will excite the young mind as it focuses on concepts such as piano/forte, crescendo/decrescendo, and legato/staccato. Explore string and woodwind instruments, notation, and even a bit of Beethoven. Apply new knowledge of aural skills, and read and write music notation while further developing glockenspiel skills. Spring 2010
 Children are delighted to learn more about stringed instruments with the introduction to their very own dulcimers in Semester 3. Other musical concepts taught include call and response, improvisation, meter, notation, and a touch of Tchaikovsky. Themes include “Music of Appalachia”, “Music of the Sea”, and “Native American Music”. Fall 2009
 Semester 4 is the final semester of this exceptional program. Together we will explore the sounds of wind with the introduction of the recorder! As this terrific curriculum winds down, students learn about verse and refrains, solos and chorus, and musical form (ABA and rondo). Review notation, rhythms, treble clef, and the scale. Spring 2010
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Each week in class impacts you and your child in profound ways because...
- Every Kindermusik activity has a musical and developmental purpose
- The curriculum is specifically designed to stimulate and strengthen the vital neural wiring in your child's mind
- Kindermusik is a child-centered curricula supported by 30 years of experience in music and child development
- Kindermusik combines the best music learning methods found in Orff, Kodaly, and Suzuki
- The Home Materials let you take the music, fun, and learning with you wherever you go
- Kindermusik strengthens the emotional bond between you and your child
- Kindermusik helps make great parenting easier by supporting you with ideas and resources that help you through the day
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