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.
If you ask preschool administrators what they’re doing to incorporate music into their classrooms, the answer usually looks something like a few songs during circle time, a clean-up song, some background music during play…What’s missing is intentional, child-participatory music-making during play and choice time—which is where so much learning actually happens.
Clapping is generally perceived as a tool for keeping time with the music or showing appreciation as applause. However, the biological and neurological effects of this simple motor activity reach far beyond songs and ovations, enhancing self-regulation, reading skills, handwriting proficiency, and speech processing.
This year, the very TOP of of the Top Programs is My Little Conservatory in San Jose, California. Owned by Accredited Kindermusik Educator, Amelia Vitarelli, My Little Conservatory’s recipe to an award-winning program is a mix of listening to families’ needs first, requiring the highest standards from teachers and team members, and ensuring that a heart for and belief in early childhood music education is at the center of every class.
Research shows early father involvement makes a big difference in cognitive development and more. Our “Dad” album can help facilitate intentional father-child time that’s joyful, fun, and connection-based.
What does early musical play have to do with sports? If you’re thinking of signing your toddler or preschooler up for t-ball, soccer, gymnastics, etc., take a look at these links between athletic ability and intentional music and movement.
Music, like reading, is rooted in science. It’s rhythm, it’s auditory discrimination, it’s memorization, and all the things that are key to reading skills. When you pair music with read-aloud and movement, that’s the ultimate multisensory experience—all parts of the brain are firing.
It may seem counterintuitive, but neurodivergent learners thrive with the right multi-sensory activities. Music—a multi-sensory activity that stimulates all parts of the brain at once—promotes everything from self-regulation to emotional expression.
Did you know that how you sing to your baby could boost their language and speech development? Here’s why singing in a high pitch matters…
Toddlers experience so much more than singing and instrument play in a group music class. Learn how social-emotional skills, language development, and more blossom within 45 minutes of fun.
Music is vital in the development of all young children, including children with hearing loss. How do I know? I live it every day. I’m someone with total hearing loss in one ear. I’m a music educator who works with hearing-impaired children (at the Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis, MO). And I’m …
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