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Kindermusik for the Young Child


5 years to 7 years

Listen as your child astonishes you with her newfound ability to create musical compositions. Kindermusik for the Young Child provides a pressure-free, developmentally appropriate transition to musically succeed before taking on more formal instruction. Kindermusik provides the opportunity to explore voice development, rhythm, notation, musical symbols and authentic pre-keyboard, string and woodwind instruments.

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 4½ through 7 years, classes meet once a week for 75 minutes. 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.

Semester 1 — Everything your child learns later in semesters 2, 3, and 4 begins with this early introduction to singing, reading, and writing music and rhythm. Through dances and games that focus on rhythmic development, we’ll learn a keyboard instrument—the glockenspiel—which will be used throughout all the Young Child classes. Your At Home Materials provide the music, instruments, stickers, and activities for a home version of the same playful activities you’ll hear about from class, so your child—and you!—can learn where you’re most comfortable: at home.

Home Materials: Children’s folder with stickers, games bag, Music at Home cards, Family Songbook, Home CD of music from class, glockenspiel, and Young Child carry bag.

Semester 3 — Appalachian music is a featured musical style this semester. First, your child will receive and decorate a two-stringed dulcimer instrument. Then in class we’ll learn to play chords and simple melodies on the instrument. We’ll also explore rhythm concepts through dance with an introduction to the basic steps in jazz, ballet, and tap dances. Your Home Materials include dulcimer, activity cards, and music that features recordings from Appalachia, African-America, and Native American music, as well as the Western Art music of the Nutcracker Suite.

Home Materials: Children’s folder with stickers, games bag, Music at Home Cards, Family Songbook, Home CD of music from class, dulcimer, and dulcimer bag. (If your child did not attend Semesters 1 & 2 we will need to add a glockenspiel and carry bag.  Please contact us to discuss if starting your 6-7 year old in Semester 3 is the right fit.)

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At Home Materials (sample shown at left)
Play and learn musical concepts together with Music At Home cards and special stickers, a beautifully illustrated family songbook, a canvas carry bag, a games bag, a CD of multicultural music from class, and a wind, stringed, or keyboard instrument.

 
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