Kindermusik Spring Schedule 2010

For children
newborn to 18 months
with caregiver
15 / 45 minute classes

What Level is
Best for My Child?

Cock-a-doodle-Moo!
Hop on the hayride—it’s time to head for the farm! In this class, you will sing songs about the farm, including “Old MacDonald,” “Hayride,” and “Clever Cows.” You’ll engage in rituals and playful activities with your baby, including infant massage, lap bounces, exercise, and quiet time.

Home Materials: A picture board book with charming farm animals and the sounds they make—Cock-a-doodle-Moo, a CD of the songs heard in class, a Sunshine Jingle instrument for music-making at home, and a set of Art Banners for the nursery wall.

DewDrops
Stop and smell the roses—and lily of the valley, and tulips, and pansies. In this class, parents and babies will play and move together to songs about flowers, such as “Jasmine Flower,” “How Does Your Garden Grow?,” and “White Coral Bells.” You’ll also hear traditional Irish music, dance a jig and move to the “Irish Trot.”

Home Materials: CD of beautifully arranged songs from class, a board book of colorful flowers—DewDrops, a set of Art Banners for the nursery wall, and a Flower Bells instrument for music-making at home.

Day	Time	Educator
Friday	9:30 - 10:15 AM	Ms. Katie
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Tuition with materials $190
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For children 18 months
to 3 1/2 with caregiver
15 / 30 minute classes

What Level is
Best for My Child?

Away We Go!
Hop on the train, get in the car, board the plane, and Away We Go! This class focuses on transportation, a favorite topic for toddlers who are on the go, go, go! Sing and play along with favorite songs, such as “I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad” and “Wheels on the Bus”. Explore fast and slow, smooth and bumpy, and high and low. Read stories about ways to get around. Shiny Dinah tells the story of a train, and Giddy-Up! has a horse, speedboat, racecar, and more to help you get where you want to go.

Home Materials: Double CD featuring songs from class; two interactive story books—Shiny Dinah and Giddy-Up! to develop early literacy skills; Home Activity Book, and two harmonicas designed for toddlers.

Day	Time	Educator
Monday	9:45 - 10:30 AM	Ms. Anna
Monday	10:30 - 11:00 am	Ms. Anna
Monday (side-by-side)	11:15 - 11:45 pm	Ms. Anna
Tueday (side-by-side)	9:30 - 10:00 am	Ms. Patrice
Tuesday	10:315- 10:45 am	Ms. Patrice
Tuesday (side-by-side)	11:00 - 11:30 am	Ms. Patrice
Wedneday	9:45 - 10:30 AM	Ms. Carol
Wednesday	10:30 - 11:00 am	Ms. Carol
Wednesday	11:15 - 11:45 am	Ms. Carol
Thursday (side-by-side)	9:30 - 10:00 am	Ms. Patrice
Thursday	10:15 - 10:45 am	Ms. Patrice
Thursday (side-by-side)	11:15 - 11:45 am	Ms. Patrice
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Tuition with materials $180
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For children
3 1/2 to 5 years of age
15 / 45 minute classes
Parents do not attend.

What Level is
Best for My Child?

Toys I Make, Trips I Take
Think of it like taking a course inside a child’s imagination. We’ll use the theme of a toy shop to make our pretend-creations, using rhythm and songs with every imaginary saw, hammer, and nail. The result is building the preschooler’s sense of a sequence of events, which is good for storytelling, as well as making his ideas a reality.

Home Materials: Two books—If I Had a Big Blue Boat and Tippity Tippity Too, Toys I Make, Trips I Take Play Set, Two Home CDs, Family Activity Book, and a drum.

Day	Time	Educator
Monday (side-by-side)*	11:15 - 12:00 pm	Ms. Carol
Tuesday (side-by-side)	9:30 - 10:15 am	Ms. Carol
Tuesday (side-by-side)	11:00 - 11:45 pm	Ms. Carol
Wednesday	12:30 - 1:15 pm	Ms. Carol
Thursday (side-by-side)	9:30 - 10:15 am	Ms. Carol
Thursday (side-by-side)	11:00 - 11:45 am	Ms. Carol
Thursday	12:30 - 1:15 pm	Ms. Carol
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Tuition with materials $190
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Kindergarten age


1st grade age
15 / 60 minute classes
Parents do not attend.

What Level is
Best for My Child?

Explore many facets of music – speaking, singing, moving, listening, creating, playing instruments, and learning about reading and writing music. Creative movement or dances are interspersed with quiet activities like drawing or focused listening. The curriculum introduces the glockenspiel, a pre-keyboard instrument, and string and woodwind instruments like the dulcimer and recorder. Young Child is the perfect pressure-free preparation for formal instruction in piano, violin or voice.

Semester 2 Playing simple musical patterns and songs on the featured instrument from the first session—the glockenspiel—is a central focus this semester. While learning to sing a melody, and then play the pattern on the glockenspiel, we'll delve deeper into the understanding of musical concepts such as piano and forte through orchestra-style music such as the William Tell Overture and Peter and the Wolf. Music appreciation and understanding continues with a complete introduction to the instruments—and the families in which they're grouped—of the orchestra.

Home Materials: Children’s Folder with stickers, games bag, and Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, and Home CD of music from class.

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”.

At Home Materials include: Purple Carry Bag (Semester 1 only), Folder, Activity Pages and Stickers, Weekly Music at Home cards, Games Bag and Manipulatives, Family Songbook and Home CD and Glockenspiel (Semester 1), Dulcimer with carry bag (Semester 3)

Day / Semster	Time	Educator
Monday / YC2	9:30 - 10:30 am	Ms. Carol
Monday / YC2	1:00 - 2:00 pm	Ms. Carol
Tuesday / YC2	4:00 - 5:00 pm / Location TBA	TBA
Monday / YC3	3:40 - 4:40 pm	Ms. Carol
Monday / YC3	4:45 - 5:45 pm	Ms. Carol
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Tuition with materials $225
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HERE, THERE &
EVERYWHERE

For Children Ages
newborn - 6 yrs
for siblings together

15 / 45 minute classes

Listen to instruments and to each other, learn from peers and older children, and enjoy music and movement with hoops, scarves and tumble-around play. Story time and family jams, puppet play and happy singing encourage discovery and exploration and foster sharing and social skills too. In this special class, your children will strengthen ties with each other and with you, all while developing the skills they'll need in school and on the neighborhood playground. (10 classes)

At Home Materials include: One hand puppet and one finger puppet, Two instruments, Two home CDs and Family Activity Guide

Day	Time	Educator
Friday	10:30 -11:15 am	Ms. Kari
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Tuition for 2 children $280 with materials
add $40 for each additional child over 6 months
infants under 6 months are free !
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For Children Ages
6 month - 3 yrs
with caregiver

10 / 45 minute classes

Sign & Sing offers a uniquely different approach from other sign language programs. Through songs, toys, and loving playtime between you and your child, Kindermusik Sign & Sing shows you more than 50 signs your child can use to communicate with you. Using research-proven methods shown to speed language development in hearing children, you'll see how sign language can ease frustration and enhance long-term learning abilities for your child. (10 classes)

At Home Materials include: Two DVD glossaries showing 90 signs, Two Family Activity Guides and Two sets of clip-on flashcards

Day	Time	Educator
Friday	9:30 - 10:15	Ms. Kari
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Tuition with materials $150
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