Curriculum Descriptions

*Village*	*Our Time*	*Imagine That*
*Young Child*	Sign and Sing	*Family Time*
*Developmental Chart--PDF File* Check this out--GREAT INFORMATION

Ages Newborn - 1.5 years *Feathers/Do-Si-Do* Feathers introduces Baby and Parent/Caregiver to a delightful range of songs, movement activities, object play, and vocal play relating to our feathered friends. The Australian Kookaburra, the African Ostrich, and many more birds from across the world are featured in songs, dances, and poems. Both jazz and classical selections, a Yiddish folk song, a Muskogean melody, and Mother Goose rhymes set to music are just a few of the colorful and exciting pieces introduced in this curriculum. Do-Si-Do stimulates a wonderfully unique experience of rhythm and movement for Baby and Parent/Caregiver. Movement highlights include a Virginia Reel, a combination Tango, Cha-Cha! and a "move-to-it" poem. Other activities range from chime ball play to instrument exploration and more. Music selections draw from many traditions, including African American, Mexican, Romantic, Scottish, South African, and Southeast Asian. Register Now

*Ages 6 months - 3 years* Welcome to Sign &Sing, a first of its kind joint venture between two of the top early childhood learning programs in America, Kindermusik and Signing Smart! Use the power of music, song, and play to create unique opportunities to share ASL signing with your child. Signing with young, hearing babies and children enriches their interactions, relieves frustration, and gives you fascinating insights into your little one's thoughts, preferences, and ideas. Signing facilitates early speech and vocabulary development, allows even very young children the opportunity to initiate conversation, aids in memory development, and increases concept formation, all while boosting self esteem. The Sign & Sing curriculum creates a setting well-suited to fun, communication, and learning. Sign a song of bears, balls, or bubbles! Watch- can your hands say 'music' to the beat? In every class, learn new, useful, and interesting 'target' signs to add to you and your child's growing vocabulary as you sing and play your way to both increased early communication and long-term learning. This class gives you the strategies to help you feel empowered and comfortable communicating with your little one. Register Now back to top

Ages 1.5-3.5 years Wiggles and Giggles Wiggles & Giggles is all about movement (wiggles!) and fun, funny words and sounds, and emotion (giggles!). There is a strong connection in this semester to the Our Time theme of bound away and back. The songs are about humor, laughter, silly sounds and words, and movement. The child is going back and forth between being independent and wanting mommy and daddy. Everyday activities like bath time are highlighted in the delightful book 'Pete and PJ' from the Kindermusik library. Included as part of the 'giggle', the instrument focus is on silly sounds, like the Zig-Zag blocks included in the home materials. Register Now back to top

*Ages 3.5-5 years* See What I Saw Books, storytelling, language, drama, puppets - these are all essential ingredients to the Imagine That! curriculum. Each acts as a dramatic catalyst for integrating thematic songs, activities, events, and feelings. In See What I Saw, you will enjoy the many wonders of a trip to Grasshopper Park. The music represents a variety of different cultures with songs from Ghana, Latin America, Greece, and France. You will find some favorites including “Ha Ha This-a-Way,” “Jim Along Josie,” and “Mr. Sun,” “A Tisket, A Tasket,” “Shoo-Fly,” “and Allee Galloo.” There are also many new, original compositions like the chant “Everything is Just Fine.” The At Home materials then invite the children to continue the fun and learning at home through the use of a Kindermusik slide whistle, a play set, two literature books, a Family Activity Book, and two CDs. Register Now back to top

*Young Child Semester 1* Ages 5 *to 7 years +* Semester 1 of Kindermusik for the Young Child opens the world to new and different ways of learning about music. The focus and content includes beat versus no beat, percussion instruments, brass instruments, melodic direction, exploring the staff, and notation. Semester 1 also introduces the glockenspiel, a pre-keyboard instrument. Some of the favorite themes are "Music is Everywhere,” "Meet the Mallets," and "Discovering Melody and Mozart." Materials include 1 CD, Family Song Book, glockenspiel, Purple KM Tote, Folder & Games Bag, Weekly Activity Cards, Activity Pages & Manipulatives. Parents present the last 15 minutes. Register Now back to top

*Ages 6 months to 7 years* *Our Kind of Day* In this family-sized version of Kindermusik, the music and activities involve the five things that happen around your house: playtime, mealtime, clean-up time, bath time, and nighttime. Your At Home Materials include a hand and finger puppets of the Kangaroo and Joey characters featured in the two literature books. Plus, two home CDs of music from class, a home activity guide, and two double egg shaker instruments. Each item has been carefully created to bring out the music—and the learning—in your family. Specially designed to fit the varying ages and learning abilities of your children, this set will help you bring the learning and the music-making home, as well as become a lasting, well-loved favorite of the toy box and book shelf. More Information on Family Time Register Now
Contact: Luanne Kauppila Licensed Kindermusik Educator 360.825.8870 Please call for a free introductory class. Gift Certificates Available! luanne@luannesmusicstudio.com www.luannesmusicstudio.com back to top