Kindermusik Family Time At-Home materials are a multi-layered learning with Cds, puppets, instruments, literature books, activity book, and a game.
* Two Home CDs - music to play at home, in the car, everywhere!
* Puppets - a hand-puppet (has a zipper for hide-and-seek items) and finger-puppet for pretend play.
* Literature Books - adventures of the Jelly Bean Band are included in each book themed with each unit.
* Family Activity Book - ideas to engage every family member during everyday activities and make everyday a musical day.
* Game - matching games, listening games, musical games!!
* Instrument - two instruments to continue steady beat, music making and play at home.
Everything in Kindermusik’s At Home Materials has a learning purpose for your child. That’s because more than 25 years of early childhood development research applies to every instrument, CD, book, activity, song, and game.Kindermusik believes that you are your child’s first and most important teacher. We also know that children learn best through repetition, and that often they learn best where they’re most comfortable - at home. Your At Home Materials empower you to take Kindermusik from class to home where the games, songs, dances, books, and quiet times make it easy for you to infuse music, joy, learning, and togetherness into your daily routine.
What you’ll see happening in class:
Sing. When a child sings in the appropriate vocal
range, toddlers and preschoolers begin to explore
their voices and emerging pitch accuracy—but the
benefits go beyond building strong singers. Singing
develops memory and recall, lung and cardiovascular
strength, as well as creativity, and socialization.
Simply hearing those voices also helps a baby
develop her own vocal skills.
Play. Musical instrument and prop-play throughout
the semester builds strong finger muscles, and
develops a sense of rhythm. Plus, hoops, scarves,
and tumble-around activities develop coordination.
Move. With growing coordination and interest in
their peers, younger children will watch the older
ones and learn how to skip and gallop.
Listen. Throughout the class, the children are listening
to instruments, to each other, and to specially
designed opportunities to focus in on developing
critical listening skills.
Story Time. When children listen to a story in a
group, they watch the reactions of each other,
helping to stimulate curiosity, expand knowledge,
and develop a life-long love of reading.
Family Jam. Everyone grabs an instrument and
plays along with the music—helping children
experiment with a variety of instruments and
sounds.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Family Time
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Try Kindermusik for FREE!
Always wonder what Kindermusik is all about? Need something to do this summer? Would you like a chance to see Kindermusik for free? Now is your chance!
I will be at the Mommy, Daddy and Me class is Yucca Valley on Thursday July 10th! This class will be all about water as I demo my upcoming Summer camp called SPLASH! Come and enjoy some quality one on one time with your child as we dance, rock, shake and move our way through all things wet and wild. This is a Family class designed for ages 0-7 years old!
Bugs, Bugs, Bugs! The libraries in our area are learning about all things buggy this Summer. On July 23rd I will join the 29 Palms Library for a Musical Storytime while we explore all sorts of crawling and flying bugs! We will get the parachute out and throw an Ugly Bug Ball to finish off the fun. Don't miss it!
Stay tuned for more information about my week of Demos in August. August 2nd to the 16th is WORLD WIDE KINDERMUSIK DEMO DAYS! kindermusik educators around the WORLD will be offer FREE demos of Kindermusik classes. We have a goal to bring music to EVERY CHILD and demo days is just one way we do that. Join me as I bring the joy and learning of Kindermusik to the children in 29 Palms!
Just for fun!
I found this on another blog and just knew some of you would enjoy playing with this cute pooch. Click here to play. My kids and I especially enjoyed getting him to "kiss". I wish my children always obeyed this well! :-)
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Why Re-Enroll?
A recent study found that repeated enrollment in Kindermusik improves a child's ability to plan, guide, and control their own behavior.
"Children currently enrolled in Kindermusik showed higher levels of self-control than those never enrolled and those previously enrolled. ...This suggests that in order for children to reap the benefit of increased self-control as a result of Kindermusik participation, it is important to have repeated and recent Kindermusik experiences and remain enrolled in the program."
"Four-year-old children who had been exposed to Kindermusik for longer periods of time are better off in terms of self-control—namely a child's ability to plan, guide, and control their own behavior—than similar children with less Kindermusik history."
"These experiences, stop-go, high-low, fast-slow, short-long, and loud-soft, whereby children's motor behavior is guided by the music, appear to be good exercise for young children's emerging self-regulatory skills."
The study, "The Effects of Kindermusik on Behavioral Self-Regulation in Early Childhood," was conducted in 2005 in the psychology department at George Mason University in Virginia.
Results were made available to Kindermusik in May, 2005. The study was conducted by Adam Winsler Ph.D and graduate student Lesley Ducenne in the Department of Psychology at George Mason University.
The 15-month study included 91 children between the ages of 3 and 5 who were split into three groups: 23 students currently enrolled in Kindermusik, 19 students previously enrolled in Kindermusik, and 49 students of similar family backgrounds from local preschools who had never had Kindermusik.
The children were observed doing a variety of tasks that required self-control such as slowing down their motor behavior, delaying their gratification, refraining from touching attractive but forbidden toys, quietly whispering, and compliance with instructions to initiate or stop certain behaviors. Parents also completed surveys.
The study was supervised by Adam Winsler, Ph.D, Applied Developmental Psychology in the Department of Psychology at George Mason University.
"Children currently enrolled in Kindermusik showed higher levels of self-control than those never enrolled and those previously enrolled. ...This suggests that in order for children to reap the benefit of increased self-control as a result of Kindermusik participation, it is important to have repeated and recent Kindermusik experiences and remain enrolled in the program."
"Four-year-old children who had been exposed to Kindermusik for longer periods of time are better off in terms of self-control—namely a child's ability to plan, guide, and control their own behavior—than similar children with less Kindermusik history."
"These experiences, stop-go, high-low, fast-slow, short-long, and loud-soft, whereby children's motor behavior is guided by the music, appear to be good exercise for young children's emerging self-regulatory skills."
The study, "The Effects of Kindermusik on Behavioral Self-Regulation in Early Childhood," was conducted in 2005 in the psychology department at George Mason University in Virginia.
Results were made available to Kindermusik in May, 2005. The study was conducted by Adam Winsler Ph.D and graduate student Lesley Ducenne in the Department of Psychology at George Mason University.
The 15-month study included 91 children between the ages of 3 and 5 who were split into three groups: 23 students currently enrolled in Kindermusik, 19 students previously enrolled in Kindermusik, and 49 students of similar family backgrounds from local preschools who had never had Kindermusik.
The children were observed doing a variety of tasks that required self-control such as slowing down their motor behavior, delaying their gratification, refraining from touching attractive but forbidden toys, quietly whispering, and compliance with instructions to initiate or stop certain behaviors. Parents also completed surveys.The study was supervised by Adam Winsler, Ph.D, Applied Developmental Psychology in the Department of Psychology at George Mason University.
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