Singing fosters the development of your child's most important instrument - the voice - through vocal exploration, songs and chants.

Moving develops body awareness, coordination and spatial relationships through synchronized movement, creative movement and simple dances.

Playing introduces a variety of musical timbres with percussion instruments such as rhythm sticks, jingle bells, drums, resonator bars and simple instruments your child creates at home.

Creating stimulates your child's imagination and encourages new exploration with sound and movement.

Patterning boosts your child's ability to think musically through the integration of basic rhythmic and tonal language.

Listening cultivates your child's heightened attentiveness to sound discrimination.

Exploring timbre, dynamics, tempo and pitch lays the foundation for conceptualization of the elements of music.

Your licensed Kindermusik Our Time teacher is a well-trained professional educator. But as a parent or caregiver, you are the most important learning partner your child could ever have. If you have no previous formal musical experience, that's okay - neither does your young child. You can learn together.

As a parent participating in Kindermusik Our Time, you'll become a keen and sensitive observer, more appreciative of your child's own explorations. You'll receive a Companion Songbook and Musical Parenting guide. This parent orientation booklet provides insights into your child's development.

Best of all, you'll be sharing a wonderful and memorable time with your child - a special time that will never be repeated. As your child discovers the joy of music, dance, and song, you'll be there.

During each semester, your child receives a full-color picture book illustrating many of the themes, songs, and activities. The Our Time audio CDs also help to make Kindermusik a natural and important part of the child's home life..

For a moment, put yourself in the Kindermusik Our Time class with your child. It's a secure and happy place. Here, captivating songs allow the pleasures of listening and responding, while simple dances introduce group work and social give-and-take. Motor activities challenge the body to be more self-aware and coordinated, and imitation and expressive movement offers a whole new means of expression.

At this age, your child's most profound learnings are literally beyond words, entering as experiences absorbed through the senses and the body. Yet such learnings can forever shape a human life. And thanks to what you'll learn, you'll be better able to encourage the unfolding miracle that is your unique child.

After working with tens of thousands of children, we can enthusiastically report that the zestful song and dance of a happy child need not fade away. In fact, it can be only the beginning.

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