Kindermusik by The Half Notes: December 2007

Friday, December 28, 2007

Thanks to All Our KM Students and Families!

We are grateful for all our students and families, and had a wonderful time with you all this year! We're looking forward to seeing you again in January. Thanks for a fun and musical 2007!

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

12 Days of Christmas

Straight No Chaser
The original members of Straight No Chaser perform their comedic version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" at the Musical Arts Center, Bloomington, Indiana. December 7th, 1998.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Young Child 3 highlights

Intermission at a DCI-Blast! concert

If you enjoyed that, check out Gee, Officer Krupke below.

Blast! Gettin' silly with Officer Krupke

What a hoot!

Gee Officer Krupke

You just have to know these folks started out in Kindermusik!

What a Blast!

This is pretty incredible! Try the Drumline Battery Battle if you have several minutes to enjoy. It builds from 2 lone dummers at the beginning to some very incredible stuff! Relax for a few minutes and enjoy some WILD music and movement!

Drumline Battery Battle

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Sign Up Now for Spring Classes!

Early-Bird Discount? $10 free?

Find out how...

Take advantage of our early-bird registration now. Class information and registration fees can be found by clicking on the link below. There are also course descriptions in the November blog archive. Surf on over and sign up now! Enroll a friend with you and receive $10 off your registration!

http://kindermusikbythehalfnotes.kindermusik.net/Classes.html

Friday, December 14, 2007

A Silly Little Holiday Greeting!

from the Half Notes...

Click on this link and get ready!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1397774645

Thursday, December 13, 2007

5 Ways to Fill Your Home with Music

1. Cut Loose. Ditch your inhibitions by starting music play with a wild kitchen dance or some loosey-goosey movement.

2. Sing Out. Anywhere, anyhow, anytime. Kids learn by repetition, so incorporate songs into your daily routine.

3. Feel the Rhythm. To help prewalkers (and even older kids) catch the beat, gently bounce or tap your child's body while you sing or listen to music.

4. Shake, Rattle, and Roll. Keep a basket of shakers, whistles, bells, tambourines, drums, harmonicas, and xylophones on hand. And take them out of the basket — often.

5. Give Them an Earful. Expose kids to the sounds you love — not just children's music.

Written by Rani Arbo in Wondertime Magazine (April/May, 2007)

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Sign & Sing

Updated 12-11-07

It's Never Too Late to Enroll!

Late enrollments are always welcome, depending on class availability. Fall classes start the week after Labor Day, Spring classes start the last week of January, but if you enroll after the semester begins, your tuition is pro-rated, and your materials are paid in full. Full payment when enrolling late is appreciated, however, if you need a payment plan, please ask us. We are happy to work with you! If we have materials on hand, you will receive them with payment. If we need to order them for you, we will try to have them by the next class. Since our materials are shipped from North Carolina, we cannot guarantee that they will arrive in that week, but we will do all that we can to ensure you get your materials promptly.

Why Are Home Materials Required?

Kindermusik recognizes the parent as the child's best teacher. Parents can help the child derive much more benefit from the classroom activities by playful engagement in these activities at home. A foundation of the Kindermusik philosophy is the belief that young children learn best in a family environment, and that music needs to be a part of everyday life, not just a once-a-week activity. Home materials provide the tools for this portion of Kindermusik learning. Children who use the materials on a regular basis have keener participation and enhanced ability to focus in class.
CDs provide songs, chants and music for dancing, singing along, creating and playing along, or just for joyful listening as songs are remembered, reinforced, and committed to memory.
The Activity Book/Cards contains lyrics and notation for the songs and chants on the CD, ideas for fun activities parents may share with their child at home, and tested ways to expand the week's themes beyond the classroom experiences with games, parenting information, and craft ideas.
Story books enhance a home library and are much-loved aids to early literacy.
Additional items suit each level's developmental play style-- whether wall banners/picture cards for infants and toddlers, specially designed instruments for older children, or play sets for the creative mind of the preschooler.
The home materials are to Kindermusik what lesson books and instrument are to formal lessons, or shoes and leotards are to ballet class - an essential part of full participation in the class as a whole.

Parent Testimonial

Home Materials-
We usually use the materials during the session, but we especially return to the materials months later to sing "old" songs and play games. We are not in a session right now because Greta started preschool in January (a big change), but we are still using all of the grasshopper park items and constantly, I mean constantly, sing songs from our fall class, even without the CD (the CD is handy for recalling, esp. in the car). So the materials, for us, are more than just expensive tools, they are part of a library of music we are building and plan to use probably until high school!

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