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Curriculum: Semester 1 for year 1 students, Semester 3 for year 2 or older beginning students
Using a small-group approach to music education, Kindermusik for the Young Child provides a pressure-free class where your child can develop a strong musical foundation by learning the concepts, language, notation, and vocabulary of music and its greatest composers. The program is designed to prepare the young child who is eager for first experiences with musical symbols and instrument discovery but is not yet ready for formal lessons and traditional music reading with an instrument. Parents or caregivers are encouraged to attend the last 10-15 minutes of class.
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.
Semester 3: Appalachian music is a featured musical style this semester. First, you and your child will build a two-stringed dulcimer instrument with materials that we'll provide. Then in class we'll learn to play chords and simple melodies on the instrument you built together. 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-making materials, 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.
Cost: $146 for tuition plus $72 for materials or $25 for sibling kit
Days/Times for Semester 1 students: Mondays at 11:00 with Mrs. Cindy
Tuesdays at 11:00 with Miss Lisa
Tuesdays at 4:00 with Mrs. Cindy
Day/Time for Semester 3 students: Mondays at 4:00 with Mrs. Cindy
Link to Kindermusik Fall 2009 Calendar
Fall 2009 Registration Form
Kindermusik Scholarship Application
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