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.
Social-emotional learning is a critical piece to positive early childhood development, and we know that music can accelerate this growth.
But how can educators and families consistently use music to boost social-emotional skills in different learning environments?
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Change—especially for children in any capacity—is hard, but one thing always helps…music! Here are 3 quick tips on how music rituals can help alleviate transitions (like drop-off times) and enhance child and family engagement.
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Here are some quick tips to help families get into a productive, positive daily groove.
Routines bring motivation, productivity, comfort, and even relaxation. Musical pre-routines are the ultimate secret to jumpstarting and securing healthy morning and evening tasks. Here’s why…
Continue reading “How Musical Pre-Routines Boost Family Productivity”Here are some quick tips to help families get into a productive, positive daily groove.
Routines bring motivation, productivity, comfort, and even relaxation. Musical pre-routines are the ultimate secret to jumpstarting and securing healthy morning and evening tasks. Here’s why…
Continue reading “How Musical Pre-Routines Boost Family Productivity”Here are some quick tips to help families get into a productive, positive daily groove.
Routines bring motivation, productivity, comfort, and even relaxation. Musical pre-routines are the ultimate secret to jumpstarting and securing healthy morning and evening tasks. Here’s why…
Continue reading “How Musical Pre-Routines Boost Family Productivity”
He’s so whiny. She’s a hitter. He cries non-stop. She can’t stop talking…if this sounds like your child(ren) or students, they’re not wild—they need help learning how to self-regulate.
When grownups are overstimulated or don’t get their way, we (usually) use tools like taking a deep breath or a walk to make sure we don’t lose it. When we self-regulate, we balance our nervous systems. That helps us access our prefrontal cortex, where logic lives.
When it comes to self-regulation in children, they’ve got two things working against them:
1) They’re born with biological tools to regulate their nervous systems, but they need practice and guidance to learn how to use them properly.
2) Their prefrontal cortex isn’t fully formed, so they need extra help to reach and dissect that logic.
Enter music!
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As the first big snowstorm of the season rolled into Washington, D.C., so did well over 10,000 people, who came to learn, collaborate, and network at the largest early childhood education conference in the world. Educators, advocates, and other members of the early childhood service community filled the Walter E. Washington Convention Center from November 13-17, 2018, for NAEYC’s 2018 Annual Conference.
From July 25 to July 29, 2018, the city of New Orleans—always up for a party—was brimming with even more music than usual. That’s because more than 250+ Kindermusik educators gathered at Loyola University to sing, dance, and celebrate their shared passion for enriching children’s lives through music. The occasion? The 40th Anniversary Kindermusik Educator Conference—three jam-packed days of bonding and professional development for Kindermusik’s remarkable community of licensed educators.
Since the early 90s, early educators have been keenly interested in “emotional intelligence” (the awareness of our emotions, how to manage them, and use them) and its connection to wellness and success. What we know now is that a child’s brain is primed for nurturing emotional intelligence, and there are scientifically proven reasons why shared music-making is the best nurturing tool out there.
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Have you always wanted to become a children’s music teacher but don’t know where to start?
Are you already a children’s music teacher but don’t have time to research new ideas for the classroom?
Are you a different kind of childhood practitioner (like a preschool teacher, social worker, or music therapist) who is searching for helpful and enjoyable ways to boost development?
Music education training can fulfill all of these needs, but it’s a daunting task.
That’s why we created our new on-demand Kindermusik Training Program.
It’s a way for busy educators, child advocates, and entrepreneurs to incorporate the power of music on their own terms, at their own pace, and tailored to their own needs.
Continue reading “Become a Children’s Music Teacher with Kindermusik”
Kindermusik is thrilled to be presenting at the 45th Annual National Head Start Association (NHSA) Conference and Expo in Anaheim, California, from April 23-27, 2018. We’ll be sharing our expertise on all things music and movement in four fantastic sessions. We hope to see you there, but if you can’t make it, here’s a sneak peek at some of what we’ll be talking (and singing!) about: Continue reading “NHSA Preview: Using Music Rituals to Create Calm”
From singing in the car with family or friends to singing with complete strangers at a concert, group singing makes us feel good. It makes us want to do it again. But why?
It turns out, there’s science behind it, and the health benefits extend beyond feelings of happiness.