Minds On Music – The Kindermusik Blog
For three generations, Kindermusik has helped millions of children around the world build a strong foundation for a lifetime of learning.
Thanks to the National Association for Music Education’s celebration of March is National Music in Our Schools Month, we’ve been reminded of these three facts, proving the indispensable child development benefits of music: Academic. Among SAT takers, the College Board found that students with 4+ years of music education scored 23 points above average in …
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This all-encompassing interview from the 2009 Wisconsin Book Festival, “Wendell Berry Talks About Life,” was the perfect thing to wake up to on a Sunday morning. Whether you’re familiar or unfamiliar with Wendell Berry, hearing his story and convictions towards the slow food movement, environmental justice, healthy local communities, returning war veterans in the age …
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Recently, treehugger.com published an article by mother Meaghan O’Neill called “How I Forced My 5 Year Old to Become an Environmentalist, or, an Interview with Philippe Cousteau.” This article is worth reading for a few reasons. First, we can all probably understand Meaghan’s guilt towards being her family’s own environmental role model– ordering take out, …
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Drumroll, please! After receiving an unbelievable 2,114 valid entries, we are so pleased to announce the winner of the first We Love Kindermusik Contest as The {super adorable} Schwerzler Family of the Kindermusik Cathy Siebert, LLC Studio, also a winner! Kate Schwerzler’s randomly selected, winning entry was: We love Kindermusik because it is instilling the …
Kindermusik was fortunate to contribute a guest blog post on the Reading Rainbow blog. As our missions align in inspiring children through reading and music, we are grateful for this opportunity and are excited to share it with our community! Special Guest Post: Kindermusik – Steady Beat: It’s more than just music! You’ve been there. You’re …
Whether you’re looking at it or wishing for it, there’s something magical about snow. Here are a few of our favorite musical ideas and fun snow-themed crafts that you can enjoy with your child. Try indoor skating! Skating indoors is easy and fun. All you need is a pair of paper plates – one set …
If Shakespeare had developed daycare or preschool curriculum instead of sonnets and plays, he may have rewritten one of his most famous lines: “If music be the food of love literacy, play on.” Research continues to prove this sentiment, including a new University of Buffalo study published earlier this month. Training equips preschool teachers to …
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This video demonstrates the Total Physical Response approach to second language learning and shows a parent and child at home using one of the recorded activities from ABC English & Me. It all started with movement. When James Asher, a professor of psychology at San Jose State University in California, started asking why young children …
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KIDS SAY: “Music class is the best part of being a kid.” ~ Marcus “I love to play my glockenspiel.” ~ Olivia “I love Ms. Karen and to play all the instruments.” ~ Jake “It makes my brain bigger.” ~John “All my friends are there :)” ~ Alicia “I like all the things we do. …
Walt Disney understood the magic and wonder of childhood and also the importance of early literacy and reading. After all, he confessed: “there is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” We couldn’t agree more! Early literacy experts know that parents can best support their children’s early literacy and …