Kindermusik Village for Newborn to 18 months

A delightful environment unlike any other. Through a unique blend of activities that include creative movement, vocal play, object and instrument exploration, and a colorful literature component, baby's growth and development are stimulated and all senses engaged.

Kindermusik Village is for lap babies, crawlers, and walkers from newborn to 18 months. It incorporates the most current research on early childhood development and provides a special place for learning and connecting with other parents and babies through music and movement.

Age Range: newborn to 18 months
Class Structure: 16 classes in a semester with two 8-week themes (6 weeks at the Center)
Class Length: 50 minute class each week
Class Size: Class with up to 10 babies with at least one parent or caregiver.

What A Parent And Child Will Experience In Class:
Variety of Music Musical diversity builds strong neural networks in a baby's developing mind, which is why each Kindermusik semester contains an array of styles, sounds, and genres.
Instrument Play Age-appropriate experiences with child-safe instruments enhance a sense of rhythm and steady beat, develop a keen awareness of the distinguishing qualities of sound, and encourage spontaneity and creativity.
Dance A classroom full of baby and adult pairs dancing together 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 offers you a place to create special memories with your baby, gain new insights into her development, and nurture her natural love of music.
Knowledge Miss Jennifer explains throughout the semester how each activity enhances your baby's complete development.
Learning Continues at Home With the home materials, the learning continues at home with your child's best teacher--YOU!

Enrollment Includes:

• Developmentally appropriate curriculum for parents and babies, ages newborn to 18 months
  
• Class of no more than 8 babies with parents (10 at the Center)
  
• 16-week semester with two 8-week themes (6 week sessions at the Center)
  
• Weekly 50 minute class
  
• One set of At-Home Materials per theme

Kindermusik Our Time for 1-1/2 to 3 years

Our Time encourages your toddler to uncover an engaging musical world while building confidence, self-control, and communication skills. Singing, vocal play, rhyming, and object and instrument exploration foster language skills, while creative movement to various musical "moods" develops a sense of balance, timing, and spatial awareness. As well, listening and turn-taking encourage those blossoming social skills.

Kindermusik Our Time is for toddlers from 1-1/2 to 3-1/2 years of age. It incorporates the most current research on early childhood development and provides a joyful and affirming environment for learning and connecting with your toddler as well as connecting with other toddlers and parents.

Age Range: 1-1/2 to 3-1/2 years of age
Class Structure: 15 classes in a semester (12 weeks at the Center)
Class Length: 50 minute class each week
Class Size: Class with up to 10 toddlers and one parent.

What You and Your Child Will Experience In Class:
Instrument exploration and ensemble skill development Age-appropriate play with child-safe instruments enhances a sense of rhythm and steady beat, develop an awareness of the distinguishing qualities of sound, and encourage spontaneity and creativity, as well as discover their potential for beat, rhythm, melody, and ensemble playing.
Vocal play Through vocal play, toddlers learn to form vowels and consonants, say words and phrases, and imitate rhythm and vocal inflection. In Kindermusik Our Time, vocal play is presented within the context of songs, chants, and activities done in class.
Story time and early literacy Listening to stories enhances language and speech development and fosters awareness of sounds, teaches use of language, and sends the message that words and symbols have meaning. The same experiences that help toddlers learn to read a book also help them learn to read music.
Movement Activities There are age-appropriate opportunities for movement such as synchronized movement, group dances and circle games, as well as expressive movement.
Together Time Kindermusik offers you a place to create special memories with your child, gain new insights into her development, and nurture her natural love of music.
Knowledge Miss Jennifer explains throughout the semester how each activity enhances your child's complete development.
Learning Continues at Home With the home materials, the learning continues at home with your child's best teacher--YOU!

Enrollment Includes:

• Developmentally appropriate curriculum for parents and toddlers, ages 1-1/2 to 3-1/2 years
  
• Class of up to 10 toddlers and one parent or caregiver
  
• 15-week semester (12 at the Center)
  
• Weekly 50 minute class
  
• Home Materials: Family Activity Guide, (2) literature books, (1) instrument, and two (2) CDs

Kindermusik Family Time

Age Range: newborn through 7 years
Class Structure: 15 classes in a semester
Class Length: 50 minutes each week
Class Size: Up to 10 children with at least one caregiver per family

What Families Experience in Class:

• Singing -- From the first "Hello" song to the last "Goodbye," exploring a variety of musical styles and genres leads children to find their own voice. Plus singing helps with memory and recall, physical development, creativity, and socialization.
  
• Assorted Movement -- Whether moving as a family, as a class, or as individuals, Family Time movement activities enhance coordination skills, create opportunities for imitation and exploration, and give everyone something to smile, rock, bounce, or dance about.
  
• Story Time -- Reading aloud to children stimulates their curiosity, expands their knowledge, and broadens their understanding of language.
  
• Family Jam -- Children as well as adults will love selecting a unique instrument and joining in one big class jam instrument play along session each week.
  
• Musical Concepts -- Fun engaging activities bring out the musicality in everyone, from the youngest member of the family to the oldest. Families learn more about music as they learn more about each other.
  
• Learning continues at home -- With the home materials, the learning and bonding continues at home with the child's best teacher—-the parent!

Enrollment includes:

• 15 week semester
  
• Weekly 50-minute class
  
• Set of Home Materials including a Family Activity Guide, Two CDs of music from class, two instruments, and two literature books

ABC Music & Me

ABC Music & Me, an early literacy and language program, is an award-winning enrichment program for ages 2 and up. This research-based language and early literacy program helps develop pre-literacy and language skills through a child's most-loved rituals: music and story time.

ABC Music & Me supports the early childhood standards and requirements for "high quality programs" as defined by the National Institute for Early Education (US).

Age Range: Age 2 to 6 years
Class Structure: New unit theme for each month, consisting of four lessons
Class Length: 50 minutes
Class Size: Up to ten children in class accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

What Your Child Will Experience In Class

• Songs and rhymes to develop phonetic awareness and early reading skills
  
• Tapping, clacking, and ringing rhythm instruments in time with music to improve hand-eye coordination
  
• Focused listening with music to improve skills in listening and following directions
  
• Instrument play to strengthen fine motor skills and develop his sense of steady beat
  
• Developmentally-appropriate songs to develop vocal chords and expressive speech
  
• Learning that emphasizes storytelling, imaginative play, and taking turns

Registration for the semester includes:

• Developmentally appropriate curriculum
  
• Weekly 50-minute class
  
• 4 Family Guides (one per month)
  
• 4 Home CDs (one per month)
  
• developmentally appropriate instruments

Attention Educators! The ABC Music & Me School Edition is now available in Taiwan. Visit www.abcmusicandme.com to see what ABC Music & Me can do for your students!