Kindermusik Schedule for Fall 13

Hi Everyone!

Making a few schedule changes for this coming Fall.  Classes will start in September and run on a monthly basis instead of a semester basis.

Laugh & Learn
 1.5 - 4 year olds
Family Style Class
We learn steady beat, turn taking, instrument timbres,  music terminology etc.
$40.00 / month (Covers Four Classes and Digital Home Materials)
$5 for siblings
Tuesdays at 10:00am @Civic Center
Thursdays at 5:15pm @ Civic Center

Young Child
5-7 year olds
Attends without parent
We learn rhythm reading, music reading, & music terminology.
$70.00 / 14 classes
$75 for materials
Wednesday at 4:00pm @ my Home

Geometry for Toddlers!?

Geometry before age three? You bet! Toddlers learn geometry through their eyes, hands, and bodies as they crawl through tunnels, run around corners, and stack boxes. Your little explorer gains spatial sense as she experiences how her body moves in relation to objects and structures in the world. As she moves “my body” and “my things”, she starts to show her understanding of location and position by using or understanding words like on, off, under, below, in and out, and of distance by using words like near, far, and next to.

Music Lessons Enhance IQ

A new study from The University of Toronto helps us continue to prove the benefits of music to young children. The recently published research report provides solid evidence that music lessons can improve a young child’s IQ and intellectual development. The study was conducted on a group of 6 year old children who were assigned to participate in music lessons, drama lessons, or no lessons. Since the researchers found solid evidence supporting that music lessons enhance a child’s IQ, the report was chosen to be published in the August issue of Psychological Science.
As the report shares:

The participating children were given IQ tests before and after the lessons. The results of this study revealed that increases in IQ from pre- to post-test were larger in the music groups than in the two others. Generally these increases occurred across IQ subtests, index scores, and academic achievement.

 http://mindsonmusic.kindermusik.com/benefits-of-music/music-lessons-proven-to-enhance-a-childs-iq/

The Amazing Effects of Music on the Brain

“Students involved in arts in the curriculum are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement, three times more likely to be elected to class office, four time more likely to participate in math and science fair, three times more likely to win an award for school attendance and four times more likely to win and award for writing an essay or poems. Young artists, as compared with their peers, are likely to attend music, art and dance classes nearly three times as frequently; participate in youth groups nearly four times as frequently; read for pleasure nearly twice as often; and perform community service more than four times as often. The benefits of exposing children to music and the arts are indisputable.”

-Micheal Shasberger 

http://mindsonmusic.kindermusik.com/kindermusik/The-Amazing-Effects-of-Music-on-Brain-Development/

Village Thought for the Week

SOCIAL SKILLS

Babies love to watch those around them interact.

This is how they learn to function as social beings and respond to interactions.

Social dances give Baby an opportunity to build upon his social skills by being in an environment with an adult who is greeting and socializing with other adults or children. Through this interaction babies will acquire skills such as making eye contact and using appropriate greetings.

Kindermusik International

Inspiration

Lily, a walker in a The Rhythm of my Day pilot class, picked up the sign language for the word WHERE very quickly. As lily's family was driving home from vacation, her mom was singing Jingle Go the Baby Bells. When Lily inserted the sign language for WHERE at the appropriate place in the song, Mom let out a squeal of excitement, so exuberant that Dad almost drove off the road! It is not always evident to educators and parents when a child is learning. This story about lily and her family is a perfect example of the unexpected moments at which children share their understanding.

Our Time thought for the Week

Most everyday locomotor movements of children, such as walking, running and crawling, involve the use of the arms and/or legs. Rolling however, is initiated from the center of the body, with the body being propelled in a prone state by the hips and torso. Rolling is also unique in that it allows the child (or adult!) to experience the sensation of seeing the world from his stomach and back all in one continuous movement. This provides good stimulation for the vestibular system, which is important in many ways to a child's development, especially for his sense of balance and orientation in space.

Dance and Grow: Developmental Dance Activities for Three-Through Eight-Year-Olds, by Betty Rowan