GET THE JUMP ON SPRING KINDERMUSIK CLASSES!
Registration is now open for Spring 2011 Kindermusik Classes at Kellert Music Studios! We plan to offer an even broader range of classes at our Silver Spring location, and returning families get a 10% discount on tuition! Also, if you register for class early (by January 8, 2011) you’ll automatically get an extra 10% tuition discount!
Village (Birth-18mos) – Hickory Dickory Tickle & Bounce: Jan 31-Mar 22 (8 Classes) - Tuesdays, 1:00PM
Village (Birth-18mos) – The Rhythm Of My Day: Mar 29-May 17 (8 Classes) - Tuesdays, 1:00PM
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. Research shows the more you expose your baby to nursery rhymes and songs, the stronger those emerging language-learning skills will be. That's why Mother Goose-like stories and rhymes are the main theme of Hickory Dickory Tickle & Bounce. Plus, you'll develop research-proven communication strategies with your child through listening activities, speaking "parentese," and sign language. The Rhythm of My Day will help you bring more rhythm and routine to your baby's day, as well as help develop lasting learning skills. We'll show you how and tell you why music can help your little one soothe into the day’s schedule and help build a strong body and mind network for learning. You can bring home those same stress-free play and relaxation techniques from class, and incorporate them into your daily routines.
Our Time (18mos-3yrs) – Fiddle-dee-dee: Feb 8-May 17 (15 Classes) - Tuesdays, 11AM
Our Time reflects the emotional foundations of school readiness and the latest research on music and early childhood development. Our Time is a unique opportunity for parent and child to interact and learn together in an unhurried and joyful manner. We'll meet many animal characters in our books, activities, and songs—each specifically chosen for a toddler's emerging interests and physical skills. With silly, bumpy lap bounces we'll help toddlers develop rhythm while further developing their ever-emerging language skills. With a special stringed instrument emphasis in the music from class, parents can bring home the violin, cello, and orchestra sounds to help their toddlers stay happy and engaged learners at home, too.
Kindermusik For The Young Child (5-7yrs): Feb 12-May 21 (15 Classes) - Saturdays, 10AM
Kindermusik for the Young Child prepares the young child who is eager for first experiences with musical symbols and instrument discovery but is not yet ready for formal lessons and traditional music reading with an instrument. 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. (Though this is the second semester of a four-semester course, children are welcome to join at any time as there is a review of prior concepts each semester.)
Sign & Sing A (4mos-3yrs): Feb 7-March 7 (5 Classes) - Mondays, 1PM
Sign & Sing B (4mos-3yrs): Mar 14-Apr 11 (5 Classes) - Mondays, 1PM
Sign & Sing classes (developed by Signing Smart™) give parents the tools and knowledge to communicate with their babies using American Sign Language through songs and play. Playtime and everyday items around the house—such as a ball, bubbles, and family members—are learning themes in this introduction to American Sign Language for a child and caregiver. Parents will benefit from Session A's four research-proven strategies shown to speed language development in hearing children, developed by the child development and sign language experts Signing Smart™. With the DVD's visual dictionary showing parents and children making over 60 signs, plus a pocket-sized set of flashcards of the pictures and the words of the signs, parents easily incorporate sign language into their daily routines, favorite nursery rhymes, and stories. Session B, a follow-up session to the first, introduces more signs using animals and toys as a learning theme, and delves into a deeper understanding of the Four Keys to Signing Smart introduced during Session A. With a special focus on helping children understand signs used in different contexts, the Home Materials include a children's DVD called The Treasure Chest: Signs, Songs, and Rhymes, and features mini-music videos of children singing well-loved songs using the signs, as well as showing the printed word across the bottom of the screen—giving children multiple ways to learn the words, the sign, and the language.
Family Time – Our Kind Of Day (Birth-7yrs): Mar 12-May 21 (10 Classes) - Saturdays, 10AM
Family Time brings adults and children of all ages together, providing a dynamic and integrated musical learning experience for everyone. Music time isn't just at music class, it's all day long! What better way to build family bonds than to sprinkle music and movement throughout playtime, mealtime, clean-up time, bathtime, and nighttime? At each lesson in Our Kind of Day parents are given ideas for creativity and insights into their child’s development. With catchy songs such as “Wishy, Washy, Wee” for bathtime, “Go Into the Kitchen” for mealtime, and "Love Somebody" at bedtime—parenting becomes easier and a lot more fun! Over the course of 10 weeks, each lesson is packed with singing, listening, storytime, puppet play, creative movement, instrument play, family jams, and sharing.
ABC, Music & Me – Sounds Abound (3-6yrs): Feb 5-Feb 26 (4 Classes) - Saturdays, 10 AM
ABC Music & Me, an award-winning enrichment program for 2 to 6 year olds, was designed for early childhood learning centers, but can also be taught in a Kindermusik classroom. This month, we’ll explore all the sounds we can make with our mouths, bodies, hands, plus everyday objects we can find around the house. Your preschooler develops an early understanding of how one material can be used to make something else. Activities in your Home Kit help you bring these big ideas home when you take part in the listening, turn-taking, and sound-effect making activities.
