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  Fall/Winter 2008   Kindermusik Classes
 
[ABC Music & Me] Available for Day Care and Pre School Programs.  New topics every month with
at home materials, family activity guide, CD and more!
 

[Family Time]


15 Weeks - 45 Minute Class
For families--Mommy, Daddy and children ages newborn to seven years.
 Here, There and Everywherethe five sub-themes center around different family outings:  a visit with a friend, an outing at the park, a trip to the city, an afternoon at the aquarium, and a day on the farm.  Move like animals with this unit’s story Flip-Flap, Sugar Snap!  And follow a girl’s adventure as she loses her jambourine during the day’s outings and then finds it in the story Jingle-Jangle Jambourine.  

Home Materials: Two Books—Flip-Flap, Sugar Snap! and Jingle-Jangle Jambourine, Two Home CDs, Family Guide, Board Game, Waggs the dog Hand Puppet and Finger Puppet, and Two Jambourine instruments.

[Village]

newborn - 18 months
(with an adult)

15 Weeks--45 Minute Class


Zoom  Buggy!Swoosh, vroom, and clickety-clack your way through this delightful unit. Babies and adults will dance, sing, and play instruments to the theme of being on the go. Chug around the room to the song “Little Red Caboose,” hold on tightly while “Riding in the Buggy,” and dance your way to “Zoom-e-oh!”  Engage in rituals and playful activities such as infant massage, lap bounces, exercise, and quiet time.

Home Materials: Colorful board book—Zoom Buggy, Home CD of the songs heard in class, two Art Banners, and a baby instrument for music-making at home.

Dream PillowThis title alone brings images of rocking, cuddling, singing, and lulling to sleep.  But leading up to sleepy time are many upbeat and playful activities.  Babies and Adults will swirl to a dreamy cloud dance “Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland.” They’ll also play baby appropriate instruments to “Aiken Drum,” and “Sarasponda.” Favorite nursery rhymes like “Wee Willie Winkie,” and “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling,” are sprinkled throughout the classes. It’s easy to weave many of the class songs and activities into your families’ daily routines. Home Materials: Board book that calms and relaxes—Dream Pillow Lullaby, Home CD of the songs heard in class, two Art Banners, and a baby instrument for music-making at home.

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[Sign & Sing]

 10 Weeks -- 45 Minute Class

For children ages 6 months to 3 years with an adult.               
In class, through songs and play, you’ll have the tools to learn more than 50 American Sign Language signs. This research-proven program speeds language development in hearing children, eases frustration, and enhances long-term learning abilities.

At Home Materials:
   - Family Activity Guide
   - DVD Glossary showing 60 signs
   - Clip-O Flashcards that feature photos of both children and adults using
      family-friendly American Sign Language signs.

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[Our Time]
18 months - 3½ years
(with an adult)

15 Weeks--45 Minute Class

Milk & Cookies makes everyday home activities and chores easier and more fun with music! Cook and sing to “The Muffin Man”; dust and clean to the original song “In My House”; get ready to wash clothes to the delightful poem “Washing Machine”. Baking cookies, eating cupcakes, blowing on hot cross buns, wiggling like jelly, going grocery shopping and making tea are all represented in familiar as well as new songs. Move, play, and sing together in developmentally appropriate activities created just for 1 ½ to 3-year-olds. Capture the familiar and new moments of the day and learn how music can impact your toddler.

 Home Materials: Two Books—At My House and Cookies, Two Home CDs, Stir Xylophone instrument, and a Home Activity Book—all arriving in a durable lunch bag.
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[Imagine That]
3½ - 5 years
(with an adult for the last
15 minutes of each class)

15 Weeks--45 Minute Class

Hello Weather! Let’s Play Together!sunshine, rain, snow, thunderstorms, and more in this imaginative and delightful weather-related musical adventure. Preschoolers create storm sounds with a drum to “Wild Storms,” jump in pretend puddles to “Mud Puddle Jump,” throw pretend snow-balls to “Snowballs,” and sing along to “Colors of the Rainbow.” They’ll be surrounded in a creative musical environment that integrates music, pretend play, story telling, movement, and more.

Home Materials: Two books—Michael Finnigan and Hurry Home, Little Kittens, Hello Weather Play Set, Two Home CDs, Family Activity Book, and Instruments—ankle bells and rain shaker with scraper.

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[Young Child]
Kindergarten - 7 years

30 weeks--60 Minute Class

Parent joins for last 15 minutes

Year 1 (Semesters 1 & 2):
The Young Child program opens the world to new and different ways of learning about music. The focus and content includes beat versus no beat, percussion instruments, brass instruments, melodic direction, exploring the staff and notation. Each student will receive their own glockenspiel, a pre-keyboard instrument. Second semester will excite the young mind as it focuses on concepts such as piano/forte, crescendo/decrescendo, and legato/staccato. We will explore string and woodwind instruments, notation and even a bit of Beethoven. Children love applying their new knowledge of aural skills, and reading and writing music notation as they further develop their glockenspiel skills. Lesson highlights will include "Peter and the Wolf", the orchestra and more.  

At Home Materials
      -Carry Bag (Semester 1 only)
      -Folder, Activity Pages and Stickers
      -Weekly Music at Home cards
      -Games Bag and Manipulatives
      -Family Songbook and Home CD
      -Glockenspiel (Semester 1)

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Year 2 (Semesters 3 & 4):
Children are delighted to learn more about stringed instruments with the introduction to their very own dulcimers in semester 3. Other musical concepts taught include call and response, improvisation, meter, notation, and a touch of Tchaikovsky. Themes include "Music of Appalachia", "Music of the Sea", and "Native American Music". Semester 4 of Kindermusik for the Young Child is the final semester of this exceptional program. Together we will explore the sounds of the wind with the introduction of the recorder! Semester 4 truly is a great end to a terrific curriculum as students learn about verse and refrains, solos and chorus, and musical form (ABA and rondo). We will also review notation, rhythms, treble clef, and the complete C scale. Lesson highlights include "Meet the Recorder" and our "World Music Celebration."

At Home Materials
      -Folder, Activity Pages and Stickers
      -Weekly Music at Home cards
      -Games Bag and Manipulatives
      -Family Songbook and Home CD
      -Dulcimer with Carry Bag (Semester 3)
      -Recorder with Carry Bag (Semester 4)


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General Music Classes
Play Group
Music Time
Enjoy singing, dancing, playing rythm instruments and more!  
Designed for your play group.  1 hour session at $3.00 per child.  
Call to schedule your group.  592-6906.  

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