Kindermusik Classes for Newborns

Moving from Village to
Our Time

Children ready for this next level show many of the following characteristicstics:

	Social Interested in what other children are doing Capable of distal communication (i.e. following verbal instructions from farther away)
	Cognitive Reliably point to correctly identified body parts Can follow two-step direction Understands what "one" means (vs. a handful) Learning to use toys and objects in symbolic ways (moving beyond just enjoyment of sensory properties) Can interact in a directed activity Able to shift attention with transition Connects to an activity; initiates a play sequence Reliably responds to own name (refers to self by name in secure environments)
	Emotional Uses gestures and language to deal with frustration (as opposed to just crying or whining) Sustains interest and attention in activity for several minutes (Note: not wanting to give something up, such as bells or sticks, can be a sign of maturation)
	Physical Improved walking skills, feet are together, knees flexible (vs. the "just walker" who has a wide-based, legs apart gate with locked knees) Beginning to imitate/explore a variety of traveling movements -- run, jump, leap
	Musical Moves to music, perhaps to steady beat
	Language Can express wants and needs symbolically (gestures, words) Has vocabulary of 20 words; receptive language is still stronger than expressive Reading with caregiver becomes cooperative. Child will select book, sit, relate to the story and interact

Music and Movement Program for babies newborn to 1 1/2.

In Kindermusik Village® parents and babies experience what the latest brain research has confirmed: purposeful musical activities stimulate the cognitive and language, social and emotional, as well as physical developments that all begin in the very first days of a child's life. Allactivities are designed to stimulate and reinforce this development.

Benefits for Your Child and You

Helps your baby's total development by encouraging him/her to observe, to imitate and to learn.
Encourages joyful music making together with other children and adults.
Nurtures bonding between you and your child through intentional touch warm-ups, exercises, interactive dances and musical play.
Provides natural connections between singing and reading out loud, listening and communicating through books.

Plus every Kindermusik Village® class participant receives a set of At Home Materials (picture book, baby journal, CD and more).

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A Major Task for Toddlers

"A Major task for toddlers, that can confuse parents at first, is resolving the conflict between their passionate desire for closeness to their parents—after all, they are still barely out of babyhood—and their equally fierce drive for independence. Activities such as those in the Kindermusik Our Time curriculum provide toddlers this opportunity. A child can move into the circle during story time and actively participate if he wishes, or he can stay close to Mom or Dad and listen to the story being read. Given this security, most toddlers will naturally move to greater, and more appropriate, independence as they approach preschool age."

—Melissa R. Johnson, Ph.D.
Pediatric Psychologist, Cary, NC

A child can move into the circle during story time and actively participate if he wishes, or he can stay close to Mom or Dad and listen to the story being read. Given this security, most toddlers will naturally move to greater, and more appropriate, independence as they approach preschool age."

—Melissa R. Johnson, Ph.D.
Pediatric Psychologist, Cary, NC