Date:    Saturday, August 15th or 29th in Claremont at the Alexander Hughes Center: Ages 1m to 17m. at 9 a.m., Ages 17m to 3.5 years at 10 a.m., Ages 3 to 5 years at 11 a.m. Ages 4.5 to 7 years at 12 noon Ages 7 to 8 years at 1 p.m. Ages 8 to 10 years at 2 p.m.

Kindermusik Summer Adventure Camps®
MONDAYS: RANCHO CUCAMONGA CENTRAL PARK - 6/22/09 SATURDAYS: BEGINNINGS IN MUSIC STUDIO in RC - 6/20/09, no class 7/4 (Min. 5/Max. 12) - 5 Classes Each
Music, stories, snacks, crafts...and fun. A musical learning experience that's only five lessons long. The Kindermusik Adventures summer camp series was created by the musical learning experts at Kindermusik International to fit in with your summer. Every activity, from the songs to the snacks, helps a child learn how she learns best-by inspiring her natural sense of wonder and imagination in a developmentally appropriate, musical way. Home materials include CD's, instruments, crafts and more. Quick!! Register today. Mondays at the Rancho Cucamonga Recreation Centers: www.RCparks.com (909) 477-2765 OR Saturdays at the Beginnings in Music Studio: 9086 Whirlaway Ct., Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91737 (909) 987-7146
Village: Busy Days
For ages 1 month to 17 months Time: Mondays 9 AM to 10 AM Class Fee: $50.00 Materials Fee: $30.00 Pre-registration deadline: TBA (Min.5/Max.12) Instructor: Karen Magruder Class Description: "Set your baby's day to classical music. With a little more Tchaikovsky in your "Twinkle, Twinkle" repertoire you'll discover new ways your baby benefits from the classics as you both develop an appreciation for the world's most respected music. Each lesson features new activities and songs you can sing for all the places you go together - the store, the playground, the doctor, and more. With parent or care giver. You may wish to bring a baby blanket to class." Take Home Materials: Take Home CD, Baby book, Parent Poster, Cage bell.
Our Time: Creatures at the Ocean
For ages 16 months to 4 years Time: Mondays 10:15 - 11:30 AM OR Saturdays 9-10:15 AM Class Fee: $55.00 Materials Fee: $30.00 Pre-registration deadline: TBA (Min.5/Max.12) Instructor: Karen Magruder Class Description: "Give your child something to talk about - or sing about - at the Ocean. What could be more appropriate for Summer Fun? Through music and movement activities created just for your toddler, we'll learn all about fun & creatures at the ocean: On the Beach, Under the Water, Over the Water, seagulls, picnics, beach balls & so much more. Through music, creative movement, puppet play, instrument exploration, storytelling and singing your child will uncover the wonder of the creatures living at & in the ocean." Take Home Materials: Home CD, Seashell Clackers, and full color picture folders featuring the scene & animals for the day.
Adventures Near & Far
For ages 4-8 years Time: Mondays 2-4 PM OR Saturdays 10:30 - 12:30 AM Class Fee: $70.00 Materials Fee: $30.00 Pre-registration deadline: TBA (Min.5/Max.12) Instructor: Karen Magruder Class Description: "Near & Far encourages the child to explore and appreciate unique environments all over the globe thru music, song, dance, story telling & instrument exploration & ensembles. Through imaginative activities she'll learn about the climate, vegetation, inhabitants and history. Through music and movement he'll "smell" and "see" a host of flower and plant life, "run" with wildlife bounding through the mountain tops, and "explore" the rich habitats of a rain forest. As well as building basic musical understanding and concepts. Your child will explore Over in the Meadow, Under the Sea, High in the Mountains, where Cold Winds Blow, and Deep in the Rain Forest." Take Home Materials: CD, Arts and Craft Materials, Full color Picture Folder set, all Arts & Crafts, instrument, theme based Snacks and Travel Bag

If you are an Early Bird and register before August 1st for the next Fall, you will get a bonus CD "The Best of Kindermusik". Normally, that's a $15.00 CD. You and your child will love the music. After all, it is Kindermusik.

WHAT CLASSES WILL WE DO THIS YEAR? Well.....
Your babies (1-18 months): Dance, move, play instruments and sing about the rhythms of Babies Day and/or the fun of nursery rhymes from around the world. 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.

Our busy Toddlers (16-42 months) will be doing Fiddle dee dee, which is all about movement (wiggles!) and fun, funny words and sounds, and emotion (giggles!). There is a strong connection in this semester to the Our Time theme of bound away and back. We'll enjoy songs about humor, laughter, silly sounds and words, and movement as we explore lots and lots of farm & backyard animals. The instrument focus is on silly sounds, like those made by the "Fiddle Sticks" your child will receive in the At Home Materials.

The imaginative Preschoolers (3 - 5 years): Cities, Busy Places, Friendly Faces: We will be doing music songs, games and stories based on exploring life in a big, big city. For some children, this is familiar, and for others, new. As always in music represents a variety of different cultures: such as Ghana, Mexico, Greece, and Canada. We'll also enjoy some familiar folk tunes as well and many new, original compositions. The At Home Materials invite you and your child to continue the fun and learning at home through the use of a matched set of Resonator Bars, many games to play with the busy Cities poster, two literature books, a Family Activity Book, and two CDs.

Your school aged child will begin a new level of learning with Semesters 1 & 2 of Kindermusik for the Young Child, Year I (4.5 - 7 years). It opens the world to new and different ways of learning about music. Some of the favorite themes we'll explore include "Music is Everywhere," "Meet the Mallets," and "Discovering Melody and Mozart." The focus and content include beat versus no beat, percussion instruments, brass instruments, melodic direction, exploring the staff, and music notation. Semester 1 also introduces the Kindermusik Glockenspiel , a pre-keyboard instrument. There are Music At Home activities every week that you can participate in with your child to share the musical fun and learning.

In Semester II (Spring) I'm looking forward to continuing to help your child develop his or her skills on the glockenspiel. We'll learn to learn to sing and play several more songs and learn more about music notation. In Sing and Celebrate, we develop an ensemble experience that culminates at the end of the semester. This is a very important step in your child's development-preparing him or her for future ensemble experiences such as band or orchestra or chorus. We'll experience new musical concepts such as Piano and Forte (loud and quiet), Crescendo and Decrescendo (getting louder and quieter), and Staccato and Legato (short and detached versus smoothly connected) - the children are going to have quite a large Italian vocabulary! We'll continue to become familiar with instruments of the orchestra, focusing on the stringed and woodwind instrument families, and tying this learning in with the favorite classic, Peter and the Wolf. We'll also meet Mr. Ludwig van Beethoven next semester. In addition to the Music at Home cards that extend all this discovery at home, you'll receive a CD with music selections from the semester. Let's listen to a couple of these.

In Year II (7 & 8 years), children are delighted to learn more about stringed instruments with the introduction to their very own Kindermusik Dulcimers in Semester 3 of Kindermusik for the Young Child. Other musical concepts taught include call and response, improvisation, meter, more music notation, and a touch of Tchaikovsky. Themes in Semester 3 include "Music of Appalachia," "Music of the Sea," and "Native American Music." The sounds of Semester 3 include these songs and others.

It's hard to imagine that next semester will be the last semester of Young Child. A highlight and major focus of the final semester is learning to play a wind instrument-the recorder. In Semester 4 (Spring), your child will continue to build on the learning of the last 3 semesters in many ways and end the semester well prepared for further musical study-maybe piano or cello lessons or chorus, for example. You'll notice an emphasis on music from around the world next semester-music from the Pacific Islands, Europe, Africa, and Central and South America. We'll also be learning about the life and music of J. S. Bach. Your child will continue to become a strong "ensemble musician" and also continue to develop his or her creativity by improvising musically. These two things will be combined in activities such as The Story of Don Gato. Maybe your child will want to play the flute or trumpet one day in band! Throughout these varied experiences, your child will continue to learn to read and write new musical symbols and also develop a greater understanding of musical form.

Sign & Sing (6 to 36 months): New sign language program combines songs and playtime. This research-proven program is based on methods shown to speed language development in hearing children, ease frustration, and enhance long-term learning abilities. Created exclusively for Kindermusik by leading experts in sign language for hearing children: Signing Smart Inc. This new class combines songs and playful interaction to help children learn American Sign Language.

The 2, five-session classes gives parents the tools to learn more than 50 American Sign Language signs for children ages 6 months to 3 years. You will learn useful signs such as "help" "change" "bed" "where" and "thank you."

In class you will have the opportunity to practice and play with signing with the assistance of the teacher and other friendly adults. You will receive 2 Home Kits; each with a set of clip-on flashcards of American Sign Language that features photos of both a parent and a child making the signs. Also included is a booklet of activities for parents and their children to learn and play with at home, and a DVD glossary that features adults using sign language or children having fun singing & signing songs both you and your child will love.

The oldest group class that I offer is Music Makers at the Keyboard (ages 8 - 11). It opens the world to new and different ways of learning about music. Frequently private piano students participate to aid in their musicianship and increase their abilities. Some of the favorite themes we'll explore are folk songs, games and dances that we learn so that we can play them soon. The focus and content include steady beat and rhythm patterns, melodic dictation, creation and patterning, exploring the Grand staff, musical notation, and 5 finger patterns, both Major & minor. There are Music At Home activities every week that you can participate in with your child to share the musical fun and learning. A student will need a piano or keyboard (minimum 76, full sized touch sensitive keys) and plan on practicing 20 minutes daily (existing piano students are looking at an extra 5 - 10 minutes).

I'm really looking forward to a great year with everyone. Come and have fun!

Warmly,
Karen Magruder
Beginnings in Music
(909) 987-7146