| A Village class provides a delightful environment unlike any other. Through a unique blend of multi-sensory activities that include creative movement, vocal play, object and instrument exploration as well as colorful literature, your baby’s growth and development are stimulated and all senses are engaged. Kindermusik Village is for lap-babies, crawlers and walkers. It incorporates the most current research on early childhood development and provides families a special place for learning and connecting with other parents and babies through music and movement.
- What you and your child will experience in class.
- Variety of Music -
Musical diversity promotes creativity and acceptance, and builds strong neural networks in a baby’s forming mind. In class you will listen, sing and move to songs, rhymes and sounds from all around the world.
Instrument Play - Exploration promotes intrigue and independence. In Village classes, children play with age appropriate, child-safe instruments that deepen their natural sense of rhythm. This helps develop a keen awareness of the distinguishing qualities of sounds, and encourages spontaneity and creativity.
Dance - A classroom full of babies and parents (or care givers) dancing together with their child, helps a little body develop the muscle strength needed to crawl and walk and helps a little heart to fall in love with the sheer joy of responding to music.
Together Time - A Kindermusik class is truly the essence of “quality time,” offering the parent a place to create special memories with their child, gain new insights into their child’s development and nurture their child’s natural love of music.
Story Time and Early Literacy - Listening to stories enhances language and speech development, fosters awareness of sounds, stimulates fantasy and imagination, and encourages a child’s natural love of stories.
- Learn more about the theme of the current and upcoming sessions:
- All Village classes are presented in sessions, and each session focuses on a particular theme. Here is some information about the current session, as well as the next sessions you can enroll in.
Spring Session – Peek-A-Boo (April 23 – June 16, 2012)
In Peek-a-Boo we will be singing, dancing, moving and grooving to multicultural and traditional songs. We’ll develop expression using touch, rhymes, sign language and chants. Our activities will include lots of instrument play and parent and baby dances that stimulate children’s bodies and minds, helping them to relax and strengthen vital neural connections.
Home Materials: CD, Story Book, Poster, Duck Mirror and Star Sponge
Summer Session – Busy Days (June 18 – August 11)
Busy Days celebrates the rich lives that parents and children share. Even ordinary, everyday tasks become adventures when we look at the world through baby's eyes. We will be singing many fun songs about the places you go together - the grocery store, the playground, the doctor and more. There will be lots of instrument and prop play as we groove to the music.
Home Materials: CD, Story Book, Poster, Jingle Tambourine
Early Spring Session – Dewdrops (February 27 – April 21, 2011)
Dewdrops is a wonderful unit exploring the world through flowers; perfect for Spring-time. It is a fun collection of songs and music with an emphasis on singing, rhythm, creative movement, lots of instrument exploration and vocal play. It is a treat for the adults to observe the infants interacting with each other in a musical environment.
Home Materials: CD, Story Book, and Flower Bells Instrument
- What Home Materials are provided?
-
- CD featuring all the songs and chants from class
- Board book in the class theme with delightful, colorful artwork
- Percussive Instrument with each new unit
|
