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Thousands of educators have endorsed Kindermusik. Since its inception in 1976, the Kindermusik program has grown into an international movement with more than 8,500 teachers in over 66 countries.

We offer Kindermusik for the very youngest children aged newborn to 8 years. Kindermusik one of the most respected quality programs in music for young children in the world. Come and have learning and fun with us! If you have questions or would like to preview a class, please feel free to contact us.

Music sparks the magic of childhood. Discover the power of music... uncover the joy of learning. Whirling and twirling, dancing and singing, exploring and creating... Nowhere else is music so much fun! Kindermusik is one thoughtful choice for 7 magnificent musical years. The curricula represents the highest quality in educational, musical and artistic content all based on the latest early childhood development research. And it all happens within a nuturing environment--full of energy, imagination, music, dancing and playful delight.

Between the ages of newborn and 7 years, your child will pass through several distinct learning phases. Kindermusik uses music to encourage early learning and creativity in children newborn through 7 years of age. Music is the means, not the goal. The goal is a more alive, creative, and able child.

Each level introduces your child to the adventure of music, then moves at his pace pausing to engage his interests, nurture his gifts and celebrate his discoveries. 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 will last a lifetime. And, Kindermusik involves you in each step of your child's musical learning and gives you and him the time and tools to bring the power of music into your home and into his life forever.

 


Kindermusik Matches The
Child's Pace. Not Vice Versa


At each stage along the way, the Kindermusik series uses a developmentally appropriate curriculum to promote language skills, symbolic thinking, coordination, social interaction, and to awaken your child's imagination. Music and movement are the perfect means by which a young child can exercise and strengthen these vital inner capacities. This is done through movement, vocal play, singing, listening, playing instruments, sound exploration, and other musical experiences.

Licensed Kindermusik Educator

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Teaching Children
to be Creators--Not just
Consumers--of Music


Something terribly vital has been lost as sing-alongs around the family piano have been replaced by compact discs and music videos: Participation. Many people today have never known the joy of creating music--rather they've passively absorbed it.

The "Mozart Effect", is a theory about how music effects brain development and intelligence. What researchers are now realizing is that passive listening alone will have little effect. If the Mozart Effect is to work the music involvement must be proactive, not passive.

Kindermusik provides an antidote to this learned passivity by making music a natural part of your child's life. Because so much of your child's emotional, language, cognitive, sensory, and physical development occur by age 7, early exposure to music can have a profound and life-long influence on your child's innate musical ability and even later performance in school.

Your Kindermusik child will experience music-making as an innate part of being human. A Kindermusik child has succeeded with music and through rhythm and ensemble work already knows the fun of making music with other people.


Your Kindermusik Teacher
Plants the Seeds, You Water Them
at Home all Week


Your licensed Kindermusik teacher is a professional educator trained in the Kindermusik method. The parent-child bond is just as important to the process. By working with your child at home and in class, you become a part of this dramatic time in your child's development. Together you can build on the class experience at home with activities like drum-making, musical concept games, and movement exploration.
Licensed Kindermusik Educator

Kindermusik is an ongoing process that always involves the teacher, the parents, the child, and the materials.



"This is the Kind of 'Perfect' Activity
Every Parent Would Design
for their Child."
Kindermusik Parent


In an age of 1000 channel televisions and computer games, it's a good feeling to know that our children will respond with joyful enthusiasm when offered the chance to create and learn for themselves.

Kindermusik Instruction is an excellent preparation for the future study of ANY musical instrument, providing a solid foundation on which to build future musical skills and appreciation. As well as developing skills and abilities, that will enhance her ability to succeed in school.

Why not offer your child that chance? Begin your child's special musical journey; contact us today for more information and to register for classes. If you are looking for something truly special to share with your child, Kindermusik is the answer.

Please call to schedule a preview class.

a good beginning never ends



What will we do in Class, and Why?
Singing fosters the development of your child's first and most important instrument--the voice -- through vocal exploration, chants and songs.

Moving develops body awareness, coordination, and spatial relationships through synchronized movement, creative movement, and simple dances.

Playing introduces a variety of musical timbres with percussion instruments such as rhythm sticks, jingle bells, drums, resonator bars, and simple instruments your child creates at home.

Creating stimulates your child's imagination and encourages new exploration with sound and movement.

Patterning boosts your child's ability to think musically and mathematically through the integration of basic rhythmic and tonal language.

Listening cultivates your child's heightened attentiveness to sound discrimination and interpretation.

Exploring timbre, dynamics, tempo, and pitch lays the foundation for conceptualization of the elements of music.

Please call to schedule a preview class.

a good beginning never ends

 




What Music and Literature
have in Common &
Why it Helps Your Child


  • Melodic rhythm
  • Sequential/patterned
  • Both tell a story
  • May have words
  • Encourage listening
  • Social
  • Communicative
  • Develop memory
  • Contain affective (emotional) component
  • Have repetition and variation
  • Develop memory
  • Include predictability

Beginnings in Music / Beginning Piano Studios / Kindermusik
9086 Whirlaway Ct., Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91737 (909) 987-7146 E-Mail: karenm@uia.net


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