MusicBee Academy: Kindermusik Family Time Our Kind of Day Week 6

Testimony

The results of Kindermusik extend beyond the weekly session. Archer has found his love for music through Kindermusik. He has become more engaged in activities that require joint attention. He would also initiate family members to join him in jumping and playing when his Kindermusik CD is played. The music and activities have stimulated Archer to be more aware of and involved with his surroundings. Kindermusik has made Archer a happier kid and me a proud mother. ~ Constance Wun, mother of three year-old Archer

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Kindermusik Family Time Our Kind of Day Week 6

Dear Family Time Parents,
One goal in every Kindermusik Family Time class is to help children move to music in lots of creative ways. The brain has a plan for development that involves specific and intensive motor activities to make full use of our complicated nervous system.

This means showing your toddler how to hop on one foot, and giving her lots of room to practice. The same is true for a preschooler. Most will learn by watching their friends and they’ll practice, practice, and practice.
By exploring a variety of movement in everything you do—even as you clean around the house—you not only help your children understand what it means to play an important part for your family..
So don’t forget to “go into the kitchen and take a peek!” Or a jump, or hop, or a swing, or swoop!

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

Relaxation – Relaxation is a learned behavio, especially in today’s hurried society. A child’s day, even one spent at home, can be very stimulating, offering litle unstructured quiet time. Being able to relzs at times other than naptime or bedtime is a valuable skill for a young child.

Reading Aloud – Reading aloud to a child is the most powerful way to prepare her for success in reading. “Because words are essential in building the thought conections in the brain, the more language a child experiences – through books and through conversation with others, not passively from television – the more advantaged socially, educationally, and in every way that child wil be for the rest of his or her life.” (Mem Fox, Reading Magic, p. 17)