Give-Away Winner!

Congratulations Alana Jamie for winning the Resonator Bars from the Survey give away!
Thank you to everyone that took the survey. I hope to figure out a Spring session soon and get it posted.

Survey says!

For anyone interested in Kinderusik Classes this Spring, I have a survey to help find the best days and times for all of my classes! When you fill out the 8 Q survey just drop me an email and I will ENTER YOU IN A CHANCE TO WIN A SET OF RESONATOR BARS! A great gift for the upcoming holiday! Click Here to take survey
And then email me at: Musicin29@gmail.com So I can add you to the give away list!

Thanks for your help! Prize giveaway will be on November 16th 2008!

Snow Topped Holiday Brownie Bars!

Snow-Topped Holiday SWIRLED Brownie Bars

Estimated Times

Preparation Time: 10 mins

Cooking Time: 18 mins

Servings: 24 brownies (2 dozen)

1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Baking Cocoa

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter or margarine

1 2/3 cups granulated sugar

2 tablespoons water

2 large eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 2/3 cups (10-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® SWIRLED™ Holiday Morsels, divided

2 cups thawed, frozen whipped topping

PREHEAT oven to 350° F. Grease 13 x 9-inch baking pan. COMBINE flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Microwave butter in large, microwave-safe bowl on HIGH (100%) power for 1 minute; stir until melted. Stir in sugar and water. Stir in eggs and vanilla extract. Gradually stir in flour mixture. Stir in 1 cup morsels. Spread into prepared baking pan. BAKE for 18 to 25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out slightly sticky. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Spread with whipped topping. Sprinkle with remaining morsels. Refrigerate until serving time. Cut into bars. ENJOY!

Daylight Savings Reminder!

Daylight Savings Time ENDS November 2nd 2008! Turn your clocks back 1 hour!

Starbucks Pumpkin Scones

Yummy Goodness!









To make the scones:

4 c. flour
3/4 c. + 2 Tbs. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. ginger
3/4 c. cold butter, cut into small pieces
1 c. pumpkin
6 Tbs. half and half
2 eggs
1 Tbs. cream
sugar for sprinkling

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly grease a baking sheet or line it with parchment paper.

Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and spices in a large bowl. Using a fork or pastry blender, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, half and half, and egg. Fold the wet ingredients into the dry. Stir until just blended.

Lightly flour your work surface and pat the dough out into a 1-inch thick rectangle. Using a knife, slice the dough in half lengthwise. Then slice the dough twice through the width, making 6 equal portions. Cut those 6 pieces diagonally so that you end up with 12 triangular pieces of dough. You can also cut them out using a biscuit cutter. Place them on the prepared baking sheet.

Lightly brush the tops of the scones with the cream and then sprinkle them with sugar.

Bake for 14-16 minutes, or until the scones begin to turn light brown. Place them on a wire rack to cool.

To make the Icing:

1 1/2 c. powdered sugar
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. nutmeg
1 pinch ginger
1 pinch cloves
2 Tbs. milk

In a bowl, mix the powdered sugar and spices. Add the milk and stir until a the icing is smooth. Once the scones have cooled, drizzle the tops with icing.

Pancake Day!

In the Our Time class "Milk and Cookies" we are talking about pancakes right now. You may ask yourself "what can pancakes teach my child?" Not only is it always a great idea to use familiar and enjoyable activities to teach your child anything, the song we song teaches so much more... here are just a few:

*The start of the song says "Great A Little a" and as a former Private Kindergarten teacher this sticks right out to me! I was always telling the kids about the "mommy A and baby a etc" to help them learn capitalization from day one. Raising our arms up on Great A and crouching down on little a reinforces that idea in a way easy for your 2-3 year old kids to understand. PLUS any time you can add a body movement to an academic thought, you cement the thought into your child's brain on two platforms!

*"Flip them HIGH flip them low" labeling our movements is not only a great way to foster language development but also a pre-reading skill!

*"PANcake Day!" the end of the song leads your voice on a little slide down that we call a glissando! Your kids at 2 and 3 may not know or care what a glissando is, but hearing it and mimicking it is not only a great vocal exercise, it will make it that much easier for them to learn musical vocabulary once they are a little older!

Now that you know how educational that ONE poem in class is... Have a little fun with it!

Here is a fun song to go along with our Pancake rhyme!

Sign Language!

This little girl named Anya is so cute! She does a great job showing you just a few signs we learn in Sign and Sing! Sign language is not only a great way to help your child express themselves faster and with more ease, but it is also a GREAT way to "grow" the part of the brain that holds on to language development. So not only will learning their native language be easier, it builds a pathway for future language development down the road! Just another way Kindermusik makes great parenting easier!