Class Descriptions

Kindermusik PhilosphyEach Kindermusik class is a world of discovery and adventure. In every class, you’ll witness your child’s developmental evolution in language skills, literacy, listening, problem solving, social skills, self-esteem, and musicality. And it happens within a nurturing environment-full of energy, imagination, music, dancing, and playful delight. Kindermusik provides the time and tools to help bring the power of music into your home and your child’s life forever. An integral part of every Kindermusik program, your Kindermusik At-Home Materials include the highest-quality music CDs, creative activities, beautifully illustrated children’s books, and specially designed instruments-created to complement the music and Kindermusik classroom experience. By adding new concepts and challenges along the way, each age-appropriate program acts as a stepping stone to the next, paving the way to a musical journey that can last seven magnificent, musical years.

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Kindermusik Village is designed for children newborn to 18 months.  The 15-week semester offers two different themes.  The weekly 40-minute class  includes new and unique parent and baby activities.  Two sets of At Home Materials will be provided—one for each mini-theme—each including a CD of music from class, a literature board book, age-appropriate instrument, and art banner.  You’ll learn over 30 songs, lullabies, and nursery rhymes and play over 200 activities together by the semester’s end.

Our Time

Kindermusik Our Time is designed for children 1½ years to 3 years of age. Along with an accompanying parent or caregiver, children meet weekly for a 40-minute class and enjoy singing, moving, listening and interacting socially, and playing simple instruments. Exploration Time encourages a child’s discovery of specially designed instruments, textures, sounds and movements; language skills are fostered with singing, sound imitation, and vocal play; Music & Movement Story Time encourages emergent literacy skills; and creative dancing affirms a child’s urge to move. Our Time encourages your child to uncover an engaging musical world while building confidence, self-control and communications skills. Singing, imitating sounds, rhyming and object identification foster language skills. Creative movement to various musical “moods” develops a sense of balance, timing and spatial awareness. Listening and turn-taking encourage blossoming social skills.

Imagine That

Kindermusik Imagine That! is designed for active, energetic, enthusiastic, and imaginative 3- and 4-year-olds and encourages socialization, sharing, and participating in group activities. Singing becomes a focus for enhancing the preschooler’s vocal development as expressive language is just beginning to emerge. Parents are invited to participate in the last 15 minutes for Sharing Time of the 45-minute class. Imagine That! takes you and your child on a musical journey of discovery and exploration… a journey limited only by the power of imagination. Pretend play activities are integrated with music, vocal development, storytelling, movement and literature to capture your child’s potential to learn and to encourage cognitive and literacy skills, creativity and individuality.

Young Child

Kindermusik for the Young Child helps every child develop a confident, joyful voice for singing and speaking as well as essential building blocks for a future of learning. Designed for children ages 4 through 7 years, students explore many facets of the musical experience-speaking, singing, moving, dancing, listening, creating and playing instruments, as well as learning about reading and writing music. As the capstone to the child’s Kindermusik journey, Young Child broadens and deepens the child’s introduction to the fulfillment and excitement of musicianship.