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Kindermusik and Your Child: Multisensory Equals More Memory and More Skills!

Your child needs more than exposure to music. Your child needs participation in music! He/she thrives on emotionally engaging music activities which integrate sight, sound, touch, and movement. Through these joyful music experiences your child is learning to love music for all of her life, plus a whole lot more! Multisensory Activities Activities that incorporate …

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The Recipe for Learning Success

The below post comes to us courtesy from Miss Analissa via the Studio3Music blog. Studio 3 Music is a Maestro Kindermusik educator, meaning in the top 1%, and serves the greater Seattle area with locations in Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond and more! I started reading the Little House on the Prairie series to Natalie a …

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Activities for Babies 6 to 12 Months: “Pop!”

Sit on the floor cross-legged holding baby in your lap. Sing Pop! Goes the Weasel and sway from side to side with the beat of the music. On the word “Pop!” gently topple backward, and then roll forward again. Helping your baby feel a steady beat by engaging him in music and movement is important …

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FOL Fridays: Where’s the Balance?

The semicircular canals are three tiny, fluid-filled tubes in our inner ear that help us keep our balance. When we move our heads around, the fluid triggers the hairs that line each canal. These hairs translate the movement of the fluid into nerve messages that are sent to the brain. This is how the body …

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Kindermusik and Your Child: Fast or Slow?

Have you ever asked your child to move faster, slow down, walk, run, or hurry up? By doing so, you are giving your child experience with tempo. Just as music has tempo (or speed), we experience tempo in just about everything we do. We play a lot with tempo in our Kindermusik classroom, not only …

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Activities for Babies 6 – 12 Months :: Elevator Ride

Elevator Ride with your Baby Lie on your back, bring your knees toward your chest, and place your baby tummy-down on your lower legs. Raise your lower legs up and down, letting your baby take an “elevator ride.” Be careful not to arch your back while doing this movement. During the ride, let your voice …

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FOL Fridays: Experiential Learning

Moving with a prop provides an excellent opportunity for multi-sensory learning. Gliding a hoop through the room to music, for example, engages the senses of touch, hearing, and sight. Moreover, children can visualize the rhythm and melody and physically apply what they are hearing when they move their props. Props are a fun way to …

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The Magic of the Memorable

In a world where so much of the focus for our children is on what’s measurable, I want to talk about what’s memorable because every week in our Kindermusik classes, I am privileged to experience and celebrate what’s memorable. The experts and specialists can all point to various research studies and case studies that support …

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Top Ten Tip Transfers: Ideas for Your Kindermusik Studio

Kindermusik educator (and board certified music therapist), Whitney Ostercamp, posted the below after attending the American Therapy Music Association’s (AMTA) annual conference: Whew! What a conference! It was an amazing weekend of learning, sharing, and networking with other music therapists. It’s an exciting time for music therapy as more research on music and cognition is …

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Good Read: Healing at the Speed of Sound

Don Campbell has been a long-standing friend of Kindermusik International and has a widespread fan base among Kindermusik educators. After The Mozart Effect was published in 1997, Don shared his passion and discoveries with Kindermusik educators at the 1999 Kindermusik Convention in Minneapolis. To say his message resonated with our educators is an understatement! His …

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