Kindermusik Family Time Our Kind of Day Week 8

Dear Family Time Parents,

Family Time Parents, One of the key benefits of Family Time is being in a class full of children of different ages. You can see this benefit most vividly in our pretend play scenarios in class.

When two or more children are engaged in pretend play, the social interaction is usually characterized by a heightened use of action and language. This kind of play becomes more complex as children base it on their own life experiences and then add in or change the play based on new experiences. That’s why Our Kind of Day embraces the every day themes from home that your children well know—such as bath time and play time. Throughout the week watch and see if your children bring their play experiences from class, into their own pretend play scenarios at home.
See you next week!

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Kindermusik’s Foundations of Learning – some of the benefits your child received from today’s activities are:

Eye-Hand Coordination – By playing instruments such as zig-zag blocks with back-and-forth alternating movements, children develop eye-hand coordination. Coordination of eyes and hands is essential to the ability to write, draw, play an instrument, and learn a sport.

Movement - ``Movement is key to learning! Our brains fully develop through movement activities such as crawling, rolling, turning, walking, skipping, reaching, swinging, and much more. The brain has a plan for development that involves specific and intensive motor activities to make full use of our complicated nervous system.``

(Anne Green Gilbert, `Movement and Music: the keys to learning,`` Kindermusik NOTES, Nov, Dec 1998)