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.
The Ballymena Times, of Ballymena, Northern Ireland, recently featured the newest Kindermusik program, which just got off the ground this summer. Congratulations to Kindermusik educator, Alicia Murphy, for the success she’s seeing in this area! Here is the article in its entirety: DURING the summer holidays a new music and movement programme with classes for …
This activity for toddlers 12 to 18 months is a great one for the child who LOVES to mimic! At this age, your little one loves to imitate you. Daddy Says (or Mommy Says) is like the well-known game “Simon Says.” But, it’s better because it’s led by Daddy or Mommy! Encourage your child to …
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One of those rainy days? We’re going to start giving away some of our best Kindermusik activities for you to do at home with your children in the comfort of your own home! Keep an eye out for activities for babies, toddlers, and young kids! Puddle Jumping: Scatter several hula hoops on the ground or …
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Ok, so we all want to set our children up with the tools to learn, grow, and succeed from a very early age. And, we know that volumes of research (and our own logic) proves that music has so many benefits for early development, even improving a child’s IQ! It makes you think that music …
We heard a really great story today that we thought would be nice to share. It really reinforces how our Kindermusik children grow to have a lifelong love of music. One of our proud Kindermusik teachers, Miss Lindsay, who runs “Kindermusik with Miss Lindsay & Friends” recently had a nice surprise in her email inbox, …
What parent doesn’t want to raise their child’s IQ and give them every opportunity to learn from an early age? Well, music lessons are one proven way to do this! We at Kindermusik know that our music and movement programs provide many learning benefits to young children, especially in the areas of cognitive, language, physical, …
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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 …
If you think that music and movement classes for little children are just fluff, an article written by Autumn L. Zander in the Aug-Sep 2010 issue of American Music Teacher will make you think again. According to Ms. Zander, early childhood music classes (like Kindermusik!) will: 1. Expose children to basic music fundamentals that will help them be successful when …
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I was doing some research today on baby sign language and ran across an interesting article. Even though sign language is a great way to encourage early communication in young children, some parents, like the one in the article, are concerned that this form of early communication might delay their child’s verbal development. The opposite is typically true. The combined experience of …
At the heart of the Kindermusik curriculum are Foundation of Learning statements, or “FOLs” as we Kindermusik educators fondly call them. These FOLs are the “how comes” and “so whats” behind every music and movement learning activity we do in class. You see, we want you to not only have FUN in our Kindermusik classes; we …