Minds On Music – The Kindermusik Blog
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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 …
Activities that encourage a child to move or STOP moving in response to a cue help the child develop inhibitory control. This ability to control one’s own body movements is an important first step toward developing both coordination and self-discipline. Tips for parents: One start/stop learning game for kids is to turn on a favorite …
Original Draft: Jan 25, 2012 My eldest son, started Kindermusik when he was 5. He is in the Young Child music classes, which builds the foundations of musical theory & performance. He’s learning high and low, rests and beats (steady beats, of course), and is embarking on learning how to read music and play the …
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Happy New Year from Kindermusik International! What better way to start the new year than to learn through music and our senses. Are you enrolled for classes in January? “Experiences and sensations are learning. Sensations form the base understanding from which concepts and thinking develop. Therefore, sensory enriched environments are imperative to learning.” (Smart Moves by …
We agree with Lloyd Moss: “It’s music that we all adore.” At Kindermusik International, we love music for music’s sake and for its ability to touch the hearts, souls, and minds of young children and families. Music can support early language development, increase phonemic awareness, and even profoundly impact children with special needs. So make …
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Preparing children to be successful in math during elementary school begins long before that first day of Kindergarten. New research shows that both reciting and counting (assigning numerical values to objects) should be emphasized in a preschool or daycare curriculum to lay the groundwork for understanding more challenging math concepts in elementary school. In fact, …
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In. It. Me. He. Unless you work in the early literacy and language development arena, those four little words are, well, just four little words. However, early childhood teachers recognize them—and 90 plus more—as “Kindergarten High Frequency Words” in conjunction with the common core state standards. According to the Common Core Language Arts, children in …
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