IMAGINE watching
preschoolers who already have the discipline and eager willingness to apply
themselves to a task. To work happily in groups. To concentrate intently.
Imagine four- and five-year-olds already honing
their powers of reasoning, motor skills, and all-important abilities to
listen and act creatively.
Imagine six- and seven-year-olds expressing a deeply
rooted love of music, singing, and movement.
This is the promise that Kindermusik holds
for every young child.
Kindermusik uses music to encourage early learning
and creativity in children birth through seven years of age. Music is the
means, not the goal. The goal is a more alive, creative, and able child.
What happens at Kindermusik can change your child's life forever.
Music is a Magic Key to your Child's Heart
and Mind
Music is a dynamic sensory experience that evokes a powerful response
in young children. In fact, preschool exposure to music is a vehicle for
profound learning. Imprinted on the receptive mind and body of your child,
the beat of a drum and clear tone of a bell can reverberate across a lifetime.
Why? Because music and movement, interaction and
exploration, are the perfect elements of a learning environment for young
children. That's why Kindermusik provides a unique entry for your child's
preparation for school--and for life--unlike any other program. Each aspect
of the Kindermusik curriculum is developmentally appropriate--carefully
structured to reflect and match your child's age and stage.
Obviously, this gives your child a head start in
learning. Yet Kindermusik shouldn't be confused with potentially stressful
"toddler prep schools" that push young children to learn. At every level,
the Kindermusik curriculum respects and mirrors your child's inner world
with a secure, stimulating environment. The child learns at his or her
own pace.
We Start So Young Because Learning Starts So
Young
Every parent watches children pass through distinct learning stages.
and educators have identified developmental windows in which a child will
be left with an indelible mark, if provided with the properly structured
experience.
Researchers have long known that much of a child's
fundamental learning takes place between birth and seven years. At this
critical time in your child's development, Kindermusik offers the child
a rich assortment of activities to promote language development, symbolic
thinking, coordination, social interaction, and to awaken your child's
imagination.
And what is the child's reaction to all this? Your
child simply enjoys! Joy is a child's natural reaction when presented with
a learning experience which respects and appreciates the child's developmental
needs.
The goal isn't to make your child a musician, but
to make your child more eager to learn, more awake and wholly alive in
the world. it is a goal you will see achieved right before your eyes.
Kindermusik: The Premier Music Readiness Program
For Young Children
While the Kindermusik emphasis is on your child's development, not
music instruction, there is no better means to introduce your child to
music. A Kindermusik "graduate" is a child eager for instrumental lessons,
ready to sing in a choir, join in music classes or an ensemble, and already
experimenting with reading and writing the universal language of musical
notation.
Kindermusik makes music a natural part of your child's
life. A Kindermusik child has already succeeded with music and knows the
fun of making music with other children. The Kindermusik group allows your
child to learn to perform comfortably in front of others and promotes rhythm
and ensemble development.
That's why so many music educators have endorsed
Kindermusik. And why, since its inception in 1976, the Kindermusik program
has grown into an international movement with more than 2,100 teachers
in the U.S., Canada, and many other countries.
The Kindermusik Invitation:
Come for Your Child. Come For Yourself.
Much is said these days about how young children absorb early traumas
or unhappy events. The good news is, children readily absorb powerful influences
like Kindermusik, too--positive learning experiences where they are treated
with acceptance, appreciation, and respect.
There could be few more positive experiences for
a child than exploring the world through music and movement in the company
of loving guides and other children. Kindermusik children resonate with
musical ability, soak in beauty, move with natural delight, and express
themselves with uninhibited enthusiasm. in the process, he or she learns
cooperation. Self-esteem and esteem for others. The ability to think, to
listen, and to express creatively. And perhaps, while learning something
about moving in harmony and listening in harmony, your child also learns
something about living in harmony.
As you witness the Kindermusik experience, you may
reach the same conclusion as many other parents: that you can make no wiser investment in the future of
the child and the world.
Come see for yourself what Kindermusik can mean
to you and your child. |
