Spring Classes – Details for Each Age and Theme

Village:  Birth – 18 months  (tw0 7-week units – Cock-a-doodle MOO and Dewdrops)

“Cock-a-doodle-MOO!” (First 7 weeks)  A trip to the farm has never been so musical!  Cows, haystacks, little boy blue, and a “hayride” join with lots of other farmyard adventures to introduce your baby to the world of music.  Your child will explore lots of different sounds and ways to make music using drums, woodblocks, resonator bars and other instruments!  The “Cock-a-doodle-MOO” board book is sure to be a favorite, especially after baby’s picture goes in the driver’s seat of the tractor at the end!

“Dew Drops”(Second 7 weeks) takes Baby into the middle of a flower garden.  See the DewDrops glisten in the morning sun and feel the cool breeze blow – a true multi-sensory experience (especially when babies get their own real flowers to “explore” – baby style!)  Varying styles of music are represented from the lively Celtic dance of the Belfast Hornpipe to the gentle, soothing melody of Scarborough Fair.  Whether “hammocking” in a blanket, dancing a jig, exploring a drum, singing a lullaby or using a mirror in vocal play activities, Baby and Caregiver can celebrate the joys of music and their special relationship.

Home Materials:  2 long-playing CDs, 2 board books, 4 art banners with illustrations from the books, 2 instruments, online access to 16 extension activities/journal starters.

Our Time:  1 1/2 – 3 1/2 years 

“If I could harness the energy of 200 two-year-olds, I could conquer the world!” (Source unknown)

Toddlers know about go, go, going.  That’s their #1 job!  Away We Go! plays with lots of different ways to move.  Trains, boats, cars, horses, and airplanes are only some of the jumping off points for instrument exploration, lots of songs and chants, and interesting things to explore – even an obstacle course!  Boys and girls alike will love go, go, going to Away We Go!

Home Materials:  2 Literature Books, 2 Harmonicas, 2 At Home CDs (More than 90 minutes of music), Home Activity Book: 39 pages of activities for families to do at home!

Imagine That!:  3 and 4 years

What’s more exciting to a 3 or 4-year-old than a new toy? How about an entire Toy Shop full of toys?!  In Toys I Make, Trips I Take, your child will learn foundational music concepts as well as important life and social skills as they enter an imagination-inspiring world full of toys and toy-making.   Instrument play, lots of movement, fun home projects, exciting props to play with, engaging story times, and imaginagion galore! 

Home Materials:  2 CDs, 2 books, instrument, activity book, play-set, backpack (for first-time IT! students)

Young Child:  5 and 6 years

In our Young Child academy, children receive a music education that will lay a foundation for a lifetime of music.  During the 4 semesters of Young Child, children learn to…compose and perform their own rhythmic compositions in 3 different meters (time signatures)… read and play all the notes in the treble clef…sight sing the whole treble clef!…make and play their own dulcimer!…play the recorder!…play the glockenspiel! (the best pre-piano preparation possible!)…play in a 3 part ensemble!…distinguish the principle instruments in all instrumental families by their sound alone!…ENJOY CREATING, PLAYING, AND SHARING MUSIC AND MUSICAL EXPERIENCES!

A Kindermusik Young Child graduate is fully prepared to begin private music lessons with a well-rounded knowledge of music and instruments well beyond the instrument they finally choose as their own.  Indeed, music as a whole is their own, and that is our all-encompassing goal.