Kindermusik ®

Boost development and activate imagination with music.

Kindermusik, the world‘s leading provider of music and movement education for young children, offfers classes focused on steady, healthy growth from birth to age six. Since 1978, Kindermusik research-based music program has used the power and joy of songs, instrument play, parent/child bonding, and movement to help maximize whole-child development and establish a lofetime love of learning.

Fall semester session August 23rd - December 15th on Wednesdays. Join us through the session, the enrollment will be open.

LEVEL 2 (for 1.5 - 3 year olds) Wednesdays 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. 

Curriculums: 

“It’s Music Day”, 

“A Sprinkle of Hope”,

”Adventures”: “On the Road”, “One Red Wagon”, “Zoo Train”

“Our Time” - Unit “Wiggles and Giggles”.

LEVEL 3 (for 3 - 5 year olds) Wednesdays 4 - 4:45 p.m.  starting September 20th

Curriculum “Imagine that!”. Unit “Cities! Busy Places ~ Friendly Faces”.

Morning class might be available as well, please contact us.

About LEVEL 2 

“Our Time” curriculum encourages toddlers to uncover an engaging musical world while building confidence, self-control, and communications skills. Singing, imitating sounds, rhyming, and object identification foster language skills, while creative movement to various musical “moods” develops a sense of balance, timing, and spatial awareness. Listening and turn-taking encourage blossoming social skills. 

“Our Time” reflects the emotional foundations of school readiness and the latest research on music and early childhood development. Our Time is a unique opportunity for parent and child to interact and learn together in an unhurried and joyful manner.

For the toddler, every day brings new discoveries and opportunities to explore the world.  Despite a display of independence, the 1.5 to 3 year old child still longs for the safety and security of parental closeness. During this time, toddlers still relishes the comfort of the familiar while also seeking the challenge of something new. 

Kindermusik Our Time encourages children to be creative, to initiate their own ideas and to respond in their own ways, while the parents’ active participation gives the toddlers the security they need. Playing instruments, singing, moving, and exploring uncover an engaging musical world while building the toddlers’ confidence, self-control, and communications skills. 

Wiggles & Giggles -- The more than 30 songs, 15 dances, and 8 different instruments create these unique music activities, designed to reflect the importance of movement in the life of a toddler.

Wiggles & Giggles Monthly Mini Themes:

• Lessons 1-4: Above the Sea: We’re on the sea in boats and under the sea pretending to be fish! We’re splishing and splashing to help us explore steady beat - the underlying, regular pulse in music. Friendly water activities will bring the learning home from hand washing to bath time, Kindermusik lasts all week long
• Lessons 5-8: Down in the Meadow: We’re moving fast - we’re moving slow! We explore tempo with our friends frog and squirrel down in the meadow, hopping, singing, dancing, and playing.
• Lessons 9-12: Riding Here and There: Whoa Horsey! We are riding all around the countryside with lap bounces, instrument play along, dances and quiet snuggles. Join us as we explore tempos and patterns in music and everywhere!
• Lessons 13-15: Love Somebody: We affirm how our love for our children along with movement and play nurture their learning in a profound way. In every Kindermusik class, there is lots of cozy face to face time, singing, rhyming, dance and play.
  

What a Parent and Child Will Experience in Class:

o  Instrument exploration and ensemble skill development -- Children will explore the physical characteristics and sounds of age-appropriate instruments which will eventually lead them to discover their potential for beat, rhythm, melody, and ensemble playing.

o  Vocal play -- Through vocal play, toddlers learn to form vowels and consonants, say words and phrases, and imitate rhythm and vocal inflection. In Kindermusik Our Time, vocal play is presented within the context of songs, chants, and activities done in class.

o  Exploration Time -- Children will love discovering specially designed instruments, textures, sounds, and movements.

o  Story time and early literacy -- Listening to stories enhances language and speech development and fosters awareness of sounds, teaches use of language, and sends the message that words and symbols have meaning. The same experiences that help toddlers learn to read a book also help them learn to read music.

o  Movement Activities -- Each class provides various opportunities for movement such as synchronized movement, group dances and circle games, and even expressive movement.

o  Together Time -- Kindermusik is the essence of quality time, allowing parents to make the most of the fleeting toddler years, giving them the time and the tools to make music and memories together in class and at home.

Expert advice -- A Kindermusik educator explains how the musically based activities enhance a toddler’s complete development.

About LEVEL 3 

“Imagine that!” Curriculum. Unit “Cities! Busy Places ~ Friendly Faces”

This curriculum is designed for active, energetic, enthusiastic, and imaginative children age 3-5.

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.

Cities! Busy Places ~ Friendly Faces Monthly Mini Themes:

• Lessons 1-4: In the City: The beautiful, noisy, busy city is our backdrop for pretend play and musical learning as we’ll explore some of what it has to offer. We’ll ride the elevator and escalator going uuuuuup and dooooown using our bodies and voices, help the broom man sweep the sidewalk clean, and even listen to and make traffic sounds! Beep-beep!
• Lessons 5-8: We Are Fine Musicians: Musicians work and play together in the city. We’ll work and play together, too, as we make music, dance, and play instruments cooperatively and creatively. We’ll also ride our bikes to find statues, listen to sounds found in a city square, and help street vendors sell their wares: “Pretzels for Sale!”
• Lessons 9-12: Three Artists: In the city, there are artists everywhere. Using a matching game, we’ll discover a painter, a ballet dancer, and a guitarist, and pretend to be each one. We’ll also listen to interesting city sounds (hello, steeple bells!) and learn how to say hello in Zimbabwe: Sorida!
• Lessons 13-15: Here We Come A-Walking: There are lots of people to visit in the city, including the cobbler, the baker, and the barber. How do we find them? By making a map, of course! We’ll walk and hippity hop down to their shops. And with cobblers using hammers, bakers making biscuits, and barbers snipping hair, there will be lots of opportunities for movement, pretend play, and music-making along the way!

What a Parent and Child Will Experience in Class:

o  Pretend Play -- Pretend play activities are integrated with music, vocal development, storytelling, listening, movement, and literacy aspects of each class. When based upon a child’s real life experiences, pretend play helps develop language, sensory, motor, and cognitive skills.

o  Musical Variety and Singing -- Activities include a mixture of musical genres and styles and provide a setting for children to explore their many voices and to use a “singing voice.” Singing helps with memory and recall, physical development, creativity, and socialization.

o  Storytelling and Literacy -- Each class is built on the development of a story, so you’ll hear preschoolers search for the word to say what they mean and try to keep up with their busy minds, emerging wants, needs, likes, and dislikes.

Parent Involvement -- Preschoolers are learning to be self-sufficient in a group setting of peers, while many times still needing the emotional security provided by a parent. The preschooler experiences both in Imagine That! Caregivers participate in the last 10-15 minutes of class. Plus the At Home Materials ensures the learning continues at home with each child’s best teacher—the parent!

What do do preschoolers learn in a music class?

Music is so much more than instruments! Kindermusik levels work on sound exploration, ensemble development, creative play, and more. Students will enjoy the fun of musical expression while boosting all areas of learning.

What to expect

Creative Expression

Through creative play, 3-5-year-old students learn to safely express their feelings and ideas through movement and music.

Pre-reading Music

Take it one symbol at a time. Preschoolers will begin to learn to interpret graphic notation symbols in comparison to sounds, which is a precursor to reading music.

Ensemble Development

All together now! Level 3 students will play simple patterns as a group, building the tools they will need to create music in an ensemble.

Instrument Play

“Da-dum-da-dum!” Your child will play a variety of instruments, emphasizing on steady beat, repeated rhythm patterns, and graphic notation.

What they’ll learn

Cognition

Students of music show a growing ability to memorize and recall information, and present increased attention and focus.

Listening and Sound Recognition

Children are able to detect patterns, nuances, and timbre in different sounds they hear.

Language Understanding

By Level 3, students are gaining a wider vocabulary and knowledge of story structures, and are learning how to decode and interpret symbols.

Socialization

Students learn to wait patiently, take turns, work cooperatively in a group, and communicate effectively and respectfully.