|
Why
Kindermusik?
Registration Information
Home Materials
Fall 2008 Classes
Click on the image for schedule and details.
|
|
Class
|
Who
is it For?
|
|
|
Hearing
infants, toddlers
and their families
|
|
|
Families
with children of
multiple
ages and stages
(children up to 5 years
old)
|
|
|
Infants
-
Birth to 18 months
|
|
|
Toddlers
-
1 1/2 - 3 years
|
|
|
Preschoolers
-
Age 3 by November
|
|
|
Pre-K and up
through
age 6
(see course
description)
|
A 10-week program of weekly
45-minute classes for hearing infants and
toddlers.
Parent participation required.
Tuition:
$110
Materials: $60
During the first five
weeks, playtime and everyday items around the house—such
as a ball, bubbles, and family members—are learning
themes in this introduction to American Sign Language
for a child and caregiver. Experienced signers will
benefit from the session's four, research-proven
strategies shown to speed language development in
hearing children, developed by the child development and
sign language experts Signing Smart(tm).
The last five weeks of
class introduces more signs using animals and toys
as a
learning theme, and delves into a
deeper understanding of the Four Keys to Signing Smart introduced
during Session A. With the home materials, you'll easily
incorporate sign language into your daily routines, favorite nursery rhymes,
and stories. Home
Materials
: A DVD visual dictionary showing
parents and children making over 60 signs;
pocket-sized flashcards of the pictures and the
words of the signs; a DVD titled
The Treasure
Chest: Signs, Songs, and Rhymes,
featuring mini-music videos of children singing
well-loved songs using the signs, as well as showing the
printed word across the bottom of the screen—giving your
child multiple ways to learn the words, the sign, and
the language.
|
September 8
- November 10 |
Mondays |
10:30 - 11:15 am |
|
September 10 - November 12 |
|
|
Back
to Top | Registration
Information
A 10-week program
of weekly 45-minute classes for children up to five
years.
Parent participation required.
Tuition: $110 per student; 50% family discount
applies
Materials: $67
Build family
bonds, creativity and physical and mental development in
a delightful one-room schoolhouse. Each week
children will listen to instruments and to each other,
learn from their peers and older children, and enjoy
music and movement with hoops, scarves, and
tumble-around play. Story time and family
jams, puppet play and happy singing—every Family Time
activity encourages discovery and exploration and
fosters sharing and social skills too.
Home
Materials:
Two Books—Bouncing on the
Bed and Head,
Shoulders, Knees, and Toes, Two Home CDs, Family
Guide, Domino Game, Hopper Kangaroo Hand Puppet and
Bounce Joey Finger Puppet, and Two Double-Egg Shaker
Instruments.
|
Our
Kind
of Day
|
|
September 8 - November 10 |
Mondays |
9:15 - 10:00 am |
|
September 11 - November 13 |
Thursdays |
12:30
- 1:15 pm |
Back
to Top | Registration
Information
A 7-week program of weekly
45-minute classes for infants birth to 18
months.
Parent participation required.
Tuition: $77
Materials:
$40
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.
Home
Materials: Colorful
Zoom Buggy board book, Home CD of the songs
heard in class, two Art Banners, and a car-shaped
rattle instrument for music-making at
home.
Dream
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.
Home Materials:
Board book that calms and relaxes—Dream Pillow
Lullaby, Home CD of the songs heard in class, two
Art Banners, and a starshine rattle instrument
for music-making at home.
|
Zoom
Buggy! |
|
Sept 8 -
Oct 20 |
Mon |
12:15-1:00 pm |
|
Sept 4 -
Oct 16 |
Th |
10:45-11:30
am |
|
Sept 5 -
Oct 17 |
F |
9:15-10:00
am |
|
Sept 6 - Oct
18
Weekend Class
|
Sat |
10:45-11:30
am
| |
|
|
Dream
Pillow |
|
|
Mon |
12:15-1:00 pm |
|
Oct 23 -
Dec 11 |
Th |
10:45-11:30 am |
|
Oct 24 -
Dec 12 |
F |
9:15-10:00
am |
|
Oct 25 -
Dec 13
Weekend Class
|
Sat |
10:45-11:30 am |
|
Back
to Top | Registration
Information
A 14-week program of weekly
45-minute classes, for toddlers 1 1/2 - 3
years.
Parent participation required.
Tuition: $154
Materials: $57
Milk and
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 ½ to 3-year-olds. Capture the familiar and new moments
of the day and learn how music can impact your
toddler.
Home
Materials:
Two Books—At
My House and
Cookies, Two
Home CDs, Stir Xylophone instrument, and a Home Activity
Book—all arriving in a durable lunch
bag.
|
Milk and
Cookies
|
|
September 9 - December 16
|
Tuesdays
|
10:30 - 11:15 am
|
September 10 - December
17
|
|
|
September 10 - December
17
|
|
|
|
September 5 - December
12 |
Fridays |
10:30 - 11:15 am
|
|
September 6 - December
13
Weekend Class
|
Saturdays
|
9:30 - 10:15
am
|
Back
to Top | Registration
Information
A
14-week program of weekly 45-minute classes, designed for
preschoolers, age 3 by November. Parents participate during the
first 15 minutes of class.
Tuition: $154
Materials: $67
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.” They’ll be surrounded in a
creative musical environment that integrates music,
pretend play, story telling, movement, and more.
Home
Materials:
Two books—Michael
Finnigan and Hurry Home, Little
Kittens, Hello Weather Play Set, Two Home CDs,
Family Activity Book, and Instruments—ankle bells and
rain shaker with scraper. New students
receive a complimentary backpack.
|
Hello,
Weather! Let's Play Together!
|
|
September 9 - December 16
|
Tuesdays
|
9:15
- 10:00 am
|
|
September 10 -
December 17 |
Wednesdays |
10:30 - 11:15
am |
|
September 4
- December 11
Evening
Class |
Thursdays |
5:45 - 6:30
pm |
|
September 5 - December 12
|
Fridays
|
1:00
- 1:45 pm
|
A 14-week semester, meeting weekly
for 1 hour. Parents participate
in the last 15 minutes of class.
Tuition:
$175
Materials:
$87 - Semester 1 and returning Semester 3 students
$37
- Sibling packs for younger siblings of former students
$20 - Additional for new students in Semester 3
In
an environment that encourages exploration and creativity,
children begin learning to read and write music. The
"capstone" of Kindermusik, this 2-year sequential course
prepares the student to continue in private music study.
Students are strongly encouraged to complete both years
in order to gain the most out of the curriculum and
the home materials.
Young
Child Semester 1
Group songs and games are designed
to introduce music reading skills, while rhythmic notation and
melodic contour are the primary focus. Children become
familiar with songs that they will be later playing on
the glockenspiel, while simultaneously delving into a deeper understanding
of musical concepts such as tempo and timbre.
In this first semester, children
are introduced to the percussion
and brass families of the orchestra. This
music appreciation continues in the second
semester with the string and woodwind
families.
Young
Child Semester 3
The children review
musical concepts and notation from the first two
semesters while learning to play a mountain dulcimer, a
3-string instrument. Through dulcimer play, your child
develops an appreciation of string instruments, and
gains an understanding of both strumming chords and
picking out melodies. Rhythmic notation is
expanded and meter is introduced. With a
special emphasis on North American folk music,
your child will learn to improvise and write music, as
well as experience the folk music traditions of the
Appalachian, African-American, and Native American
cultures.
|
Semester 1
Pre-K and Kindergarten,
age 5 by
December
|
|
Sept 9 - Dec
16 |
Tues |
1:15-2:15
pm |
|
|
Tues |
4:15-515 pm |
Sept 9 - Dec 16
Evening
Class
|
Tues |
5:30-6:30 pm
|
|
|
|
Semester 3
Continuing students
from
Young Child,
Semester 2;
new students in
1st grade
|
|
Sept 8 - Dec 8
Evening
Class |
Mon |
5:30-6:30
pm |
|
|
Th |
|
|
Back
to Top | Registration
Information
|
