One of the best things music brings to a child is a good beginning. At Kindermusik, we believe this so strongly that we chose as our tagline “a good beginning never ends”. Nothing is more important to us than early childhood education and the benefits of music to early childhood development.
At Kindermusik, we’re always looking for ways to make children’s lives better and do what we can to get children off to a great start. This led to our Good Beginnings Grant Program. If you haven’t heard us talking about it yet, the Good Beginnings grant program allows anyone (individuals, small organizations, schools, foundations, Kindermusik educators, etc.) to apply for a $1,000 grant for any project that will help children. We awarded five total Good Beginnings grants and opened the projects to the public for voting. The response was overwhelming. We had over half a million votes cast in the space of just over one month! It was nice to see how many others believe in a good beginning too!
We are happy to share a video from one of the Kindermusik community’s Good Beginnings grant winners, Camille Empey. This Kindermusik grant was able to make a difference by helping the Sojourner Elementary School improve their early childhood education Spanish program. With this grant, the school was able to purchase Latin instruments and the first level of an early Spanish curriculum that uses music and movement for young children to learn!
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