At about this age, your child begins marching to a different drum. And banging it, too. You might say a young preschooler is suddenly out to change the world. There are noises to be made. Pictures to be drawn. Things to build, things to knock down. So much to DO! As a parent, how do you support this all-important transition? You do it by providing a carefully constructed bridge between receptive learning and expressive learning. Kindermusik Imagine That is just such a bridge. This music readiness program encourages and strengthens your child's exciting new relationship to the world. Kindermusik uses music to encourage early learning and creativity in children birth to 7 years of age. Music is the means, not the goal. The goal is a more alive, creative and able child.

Kindermusik matches the child's pace.

Between the ages of 2 and 7 years, your child will pass through several distinct learning phases. At each stage along the way, the Kindermusik series uses a developmentally appropriate curriculum to promote language skills, symbolic thinking, coordination, social interaction and to awaken your child's imagination. And when class is over, your child goes home with materials to keep the Kindermusik experience alive all week. Obviously, this gives your child a boost in the right direction. Yet the Kindermusik experience is just the opposite of the "superkid" syndrome. Kindermusik never pushes a child to learn. Instead, Kindermusik appreciates and applauds children for who they are. The result is joyful learning at a pace set by the child. Kindermusik Imagine That is third in the four-stage Kindermusik cirriculum that complements your child's own stages of learning. The first stage is the Kindermusik Village program which celebrates the development of children birth to 18 months. Kindermusik Our Time is the second program which enriches children 18 months to 3 years. Kindermusik Imagine That is for children ages 3 to 4 years. The final stage Kindermusik for the Young Child guides the development of children 4 through 7.

No longer content to simply sit back and soak it all up, your 3 year old child is becoming an increasingly active force in his or her own environment. Educators have noted that the period between ages 3 and 4 is an important time when children begin to develop the "wherewithal"- capabilities and inner resources - necessary for eventual conceptualization and cognitive understanding. Music and movement are the perfect means by which a young child can exercise and strengthen these vital inner capacities. This is done through movement, vocal play, singing, listening, playing instruments, sound exploration and other musical experiences. That's why Kindermusik provides a unique entree for your child's preparation for later life unlike any other program. Kindermusik Imagine That is the perfect transition to help ready children for a positive experience in Kindermusik for the Young Child. Kindermusik Imagine That will accustom your child to begin class without a parent or caregiver present the entire time. It also helps your child begin to master new skills.

Something vital is lost when sing-a-longs around the family piano are replaced by compact discs and music videos: participation. Many people today have never known the joy of creating music - rather they've just passively absorbed it. Kindermusik provides an antidote to this learned passivity by making music a natural part of you child's life. Because so much of you child's cognitive, sensory and physical development occurs by age 7, preschool exposure to music can have a profound and life-long influence on your child's innate musical ability. A Kindermusik child has experienced music making as an innate part of being human. A Kindermusik child has succeeded with music, performed comfortably in front of others and through rhythm and ensemble work already knows the fun of making music with other people. That's why so many educators have endorsed Kindermusik. And why, since its inception in 1976, the Kindermusik program has grown into an international movement with more than 2,100 teachers in the U.S., Canada and other countries.

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