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Kindermusik

Each Kindermusik class is a world of discovery and
adventure for your child.

Newborns - Age 7

 

Spring Brochure 2010

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Kindermusik Locations

Lexington:
United Methodist Church
2600 Massachusetts Avenue

Burlington:
Atria Longmeadow Place
42 Mall Road

Arlington Heights:
Sunrise Assisted Living
1395 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge:
Cadbury Commons/Cambridge
66 Sherman Street

The Cambridge Homes
360 Mt. Auburn Street

 
 
Family Time
with Seniors
Here, There and Everywhere

Families with children up to age 7
Sara Wyse-Wenger
 

Here, There and Everywhere—the five sub-themes center around different family outings: a visit with a friend, an outing at the park, a trip to the city, an afternoon at the aquarium, and a day on the farm. Move like animals with this unit’s story Flip-Flap, Sugar Snap! And follow a girl’s adventure as she loses her jambourine during the day’s outings and then finds it in the story Jingle-Jangle Jambourine.

Home Materials: Two Books, Two Home CDs, Family Guide, board game, Waggs, the dog hand puppet and finger puppet, and two jambourine instruments.

Our Kind of Day
Tues 10:30 - 11:10 am starts 2/2 Cadbury Commons/Cambridge Wyse-Wenger
Weds 11:00 - 11:40 am starts 2/3 Atria Longmeadow Place/Burlington Wyse-Wenger
Mon  7:00 - 7:40 pm starts 3/1 The Cambridge Homes Pajama Class! Wyse-Wenger
Sat  9:30 - 10:10 am starts 2/6 Sunrise of Arlington Wyse-Wenger
 
$210:

TEN 40-minute classes
$120 tuition
for 1st child in the family, $87 for 2nd, $66 for 3rd
$ 65 materials per family
$ 25 *registration** for 1st child, $50 for 2 or more in family

*Registration is non-refundable

In these Senior Living locations we offer Kindermusik within a loving circle of seniors who take great joy in watching the children grow and learn. While the class remains child-focused and increases the bond between you and your child, this multi-layered learning environment encourages your child’s social skills and ease with older adults.

Our Partners offer the following promotions:

  • The Cambridge Homes graciously covers your registration fee
  • Cadbury Commons at Cambridge and Atria Longmeadow Place are generous donors to the School of Creative Arts Scholarship Fund.
 
Kindermusick with Seniors
Seniors
 

Cock-a-doodle-MOO!
Dew Drops

Newborn – 18 months
Sara Wyse-Wenger

 

Kindermusik Village is a special bonding time between lap baby/ crawler/ toddler/ and parent/caregiver in a delightful interplay of movement, singing, vocal play, and exploration of sounds, textures and simple instruments. You’ll also enjoy Kindermusik Village as a community building class! These units contain hallmark variety, including upbeat activities, an array of intimate lullabies, and lots of stimulating and ageappropriate objects and instruments for Baby to explore. Village incorporates the most current research on early childhood development and provides families a special place for learning and connecting with other parents and babies through music and movement.

Cock-a-doodle-Moo! -- Hop on the hayride—it’s time to head for the farm! Sing songs about animals, engage in playful activities with your baby, including lap bounces, movement, and quiet time/listening. Home Materials: A picture board book with charming farm animals and the sounds they make—Cock-a-doodle-Moo, a CD of the songs heard in class, a Sunshine Jingle instrument for music-making at home, and a set of Art Banners for the nursery wall.

DewDrops -- Stop and smell the roses—and lily of the valley, and tulips, and pansies. In this class, parents and babies will play and move together to songs about flowers, such as “Jasmine Flower,” “How Does Your Garden Grow?” and “White Coral Bells.” You’ll also hear traditional Irish music, dance a jig and move to the “Irish Trot.” Home Materials: CD of beautifully arranged songs from class, a board book of colorful flowers, a set of Art Banners for the nursery wall, and a Flower Bells instrument for
music-making at home.

Mon 11:30 am - 12:15 pm Moo! starts 2/1 Lexington Methodist Wyse-Wenger
    Dew starts 3/29    
         

$266:

$168 tuition for FOURTEEN 45-minute sessions
$ 73 materials
$ 25 registration per semester (non-refundable)

You may register from each 7 week unit separately.
(First 7 week unit is $148.)

 

Away We Go!
1.5 – 3.5 years
Sara Wyse-Wenger

 

Our Time reflects the emotional foundations of school readiness and the latest research on music and early childhood development. Our Time is a unique opportunity for parent and child to interact and learn together in an unhurried and joyful manner.

Away We Go! -- Hop on the train, get in the car, board the plane, and Away We Go! This class focuses on transportation, a favorite topic for toddlers who are on the go, go, go! Sing and play along with favorite songs, such as “I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad” and “Wheels on the Bus”. Explore fast and slow, smooth and bumpy, and high and low. Read stories about ways to get around. Shiny Dinah tells the story of a train, and Giddy-Up! has a horse, speedboat, racecar, and more to help you get where you want to go.

Home Materials: Double CD featuring songs from class; two interactive story books—Shiny Dinah and Giddy-Up! to develop early literacy skills; Home Activity Book, and two harmonicas designed for toddlers.

Mon 10:30 - 11:15 am starts 2/1 Lexington Methodist Wyse-Wenger
 
$247: $168 tuition for FOURTEEN 45-minute sessions
$ 54 materials (sibling kit is $31)
$ 25 registration (non-refundable)
 

Toys I Make~Trips I Take
3 - 5 years
Sara Wyse-Wenger
 

Imagine That! is designed for active, energetic, enthusiastic, and imaginative children ages 3 to 5. The classes encourage socialization, sharing, and participating in group activities.

Toys I Make, Trips I Take -- We’ll use the theme of a toy shop to make our pretend-creations, using rhythm and songs with every imaginary saw, hammer, and nail. The result is building the preschooler’s sense of a sequence of events, which is good for storytelling, as well as making his ideas a reality.

Home Materials: Two books—If I Had a Big Blue Boat and Tippity Tippity Too, a Play Set, Two Home CDs, Family Activity Book, and a drum.

Mon 1:00 - 1:45 pm starts 2/1 Lexington Methodist Wyse-Wenger
 
$257: $168 tuition for FOURTEEN 45-minute sessions
$ 64 materials ($58 for returning Imagine That students) (Sibling kit is $35)
$ 25 registration (non-refundable)
 

Young Child, Semester 2
5 - 7 years
Sara Wyse-Wenger
 

Kindermusik for the Young Child provides a low-pressure, developmentally appropriate transition to musically succeed before taking on more formal instruction. While we plant the seeds of learning through music in the classroom, your joyful homework time together will cultivate lifelong learning. The program is sequential, taking four semesters to
complete, exploring voice development, rhythm, notation, musical symbols, authentic pre-keyboard, string and woodwind instruments, and multi-cultural songs and dances. Parents and siblings join for the last 10 minutes to review the class and receive the homework which the student will do with an adult partner at home.

Semester Two -- Playing simple musical patterns and songs on the featured instrument from the first session—the glockenspiel—is a central focus this semester. While learning to sing a melody, and then play the pattern on the glockenspiel, we'll delve deeper into the understanding of musical concepts such as piano and forte through orchestra-style music such as the William Tell Overture and Peter and the Wolf. Music appreciation and understanding continues with a complete introduction to the instruments—and the families in which they're grouped—of the orchestra.

Home Materials: Children’s Folder with stickers, games bag, and Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, and Home CD of music from class.

Wed 4:00 - 5:00 pm starts 2/3 Lexington Methodist Wyse-Wenger
 
$295: $215 tuition for FIFTEEN 1-hour sessions
$ 55 materials* (Sibling kit is $30)
$ 25 registration (non-refundable)
           * A child new to Young Child must pay an additional $20 for necessary materials
 
 
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY
  • Children participating in Kindermusik improved 28 – 37 percentile points in their standard intelligence tests over children without Kindermusik.
              Sam Houston State University Study – May 1998

  • “Four-year-olds exposed to Kindermusik have better self-control than children with less Kindermusik history.”
               George Mason University Study – May 2005

It's true that research shows music helps children become better learners, and that even a newborn emotionally responds to music. Parents respond, too: 99% of Kindermusik parents would recommend the classes to other parents*. However, all the research in the world can’t accurately capture the look of pure delight in your child’s eyes when she experiences the sights and sounds of Kindermusik, both in the classroom and at home.

COME AND EXPERIENCE for yourself why more parents around the world choose Kindermusik than any other music and movement program.

(*Harris Interactive, November 2005)

 

Kindermusik Information

  • Registration/Materials fee is due with the registration form ($25 is non-refundable unless class is cancelled). The remaining balance is due by the first day of class.
  • NOTE: lf you enroll your child in both Fall and Spring Semester, paying in full by the first class in the Fall, you will not be charged the $25 Spring registration fee.
  • Classes will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. We cannot guarantee your first or second choice, but we’ll do our best!
  • Ask us about ordering sibling materials.
 

Please see Policy

Access and print a Spring 2010 Kindermusik Brochure

Access and print a Registration Form

Enroll Now Online