Summer classes!

Especially for our die-hard fans, we are offering unpublished summer classes. To enroll you must call 919-761-4290 or email me at kathy@wakeforestmusik.com

Spaces are limited and are 1st come, 1st serve.

Watch this space for important announcements on your Kindermusik program. See you in class!

Thank you for your unending support!

SNOW DAY! NO CLASSES!

Kindermusik Wake Forest studio will be closed Monday Feb 1, 2010 due to road conditions from the weekend snow. We'll be in touch about rescheduling classes. Stay safe and warm at home and we will see you next week!

Spring 2010 unit descriptions

Registration is now open for the spring semester. Discounted Early Bird period runs through Dec. 15. Don't miss out on the upcoming semester with your little one. Read the descriptions below for each age category.

Village (babies)
Dew Drops. This tender curriculum is centered around flowers and creatures outdoors. Familiar American and United Kingdom folk tunes we will sing include "Lavender's Blue," "Did You Ever See A Lassie?," "London Bridge." Rock with your baby to "Greensleeves" and "The Ash Grove" and sing tender lullabies such as "That's An Irish Lullaby," "Annie Laurie" and "Sweetest Little Baby." Baby will love swinging in a blanket to "Come My Little Darling." Your baby will love playing specially designed baby bells to "All the Way to Galway", "Rig-a-Jig-Jig" and "Ride a Cock Horse". All babies love banging on drums to "Belfast Hornpipe." Dance with scarves to "Jasmine Flower" and "Come Follow." Relax and bond with baby to "Scarborough Fair."

A favorite dance is the "Irish Trot" and we will experience singing in a beautiful round to "White Coral Bells." Baby will love the fingerplay, "A Snail and a Grasshopper", as Baby learns about slow and fast. The beautiful board book includes pictures of various flowers. Baby will explore sponges and flowers and unbreakable mirrors. Each week you will enjoy a Home Activity and journaling your baby’s response. One home activity helps you understand why crawling is so important to the developing child to avoid learning difficulties later on and another helps you understand why musical beat reminds baby of mother's heartbeat and is integral in learning speech and reading later on.

Cock-A-Doodle-Moo. This light-hearted curriculum is centered around farm animals and activities. Many familiar American folk songs are included, such as "Skip to My Lou", "Yankee Doodle" and "Old MacDonald". Babies enjoy vocal play with "This Little Cow Eats Grass." Let baby know how special she is while singing a personal favorite, "You Are My Sunshine". Begin the class with infant massage with "Hey Diddle, Diddle" and limb exercises to "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo!" Babies enjoy playing loud and quiet on the large gathering drum to "Yankee Doodle". We enjoy playing specially designed instruments to "The Farmer in the Dell". You will love dancing to "Hop Up My Baby", "Wind in the Corn", "Shady Grove" and "Jolly Is the Miller". Bonding time is special during our quiet time for listening to "Simple Gifts". The board book bares the name of this precious curriculum, "Cock-a-doodle-MOO!" You will personalize this book by inserting your baby's picture riding on the tractor! Learn about the latest research with babies with the Foundations of Learning Statements and home activities in baby's home journal. Home activities include why reading and singing to baby is so important, how intentional touch stimulates the regulation of healthy levels of a stress hormone in baby's brain and aids her digestion and circulation!

Our Time (toddlers)Away We Go!

Toddlers love to GO! Going is their gift, their license to venture out into the world and their means of retreating to the security of Dad or Mom. With toddlers' desire to go comes an attraction to other things that go----people, animals, pull toys, tricycles, cars, planes, and the list goes on. Our transportation adventures are symbolic of the central theme in the toddler's life----the balancing act between independence (going away) and dependence (coming together). From the toddler's perspective, we run and jump into the arms of our grown-ups, then we fly away from them like airplanes in Run and Jump and Soar. We rush into the circle holding hands, then pull back out and raise our hands in the air all by ourselves in Zoom-e-oh Circle Song. We rock cozily together to Silver Moon Boat Then sit apart from each other to roll the ball while singing Keep the Ball-A-Rolling. Transportation naturally relates to music and movement in the toddler's life. Our lessons demonstrate this, linking music, movement and transportation through the concepts of tempo (fast and slow), level (up and down), and articulation (smooth and bumpy). Transportation sounds are interesting to listen to and imitate, while the toddler is learning to listen (as opposed to simply hearing).Away We Go! explores the concepts of stop and go and steady beat and basic spatial relationships awareness such as forward/backward, under/over, around/through, up/down, in/out and on/off. Some familiar chants and songs are Wheels on the Bus, I've Been Workin' on

the Railroad and The Arkansas Traveler. Some music selections are tailor-made for this unit such as Soaring and Riding the Rails.

Away We Go Home Materials

The child's at home materials include a train carry box, a home activity book, 2 CDs, 2 harmonicas and two literature books, Giddy-up! and Shinah Dinah.

Imagine That! (preschoolers)

Toys I Make~Trips I Take

Imagine the eyes of a young child lighting up as he enters an amazing toy shop filled with boats, trains, teddy bears, jack-in-the-box and many other delights. Better yet, imagine a toy boat coming to life and taking that child to a beautiful tropical island. Or a train that takes him wherever he dreams to go. Our newest Imagine That! curricula this spring is Toys I Make, Trips I Take and is designed to bring a young child's vivid imagination to life.

Materials for Toys I Make, Trips I Take include:a two full-color literature books, a home activity book with songs and activities, an interactive play set, two CDs and a beautiful Nino drum! All new students will also receive the Kindermusik backpack.

Backpack. The backpack will carry items from class to home and creative projects from home to class. The backpack will carry items from class to home and creative projects from home to class.

Toys I Make~Trips I Take Home Materials

Young Child - New Students Welcome!

At this age, the young child learns music best when he is actively engaged in making music! Songs and activities that encourage solo singing are "We Sing Hello," "Ten in the Bed," "We Are Dancing" and "Good-bye." Songs and activities that reinforce tonal or rhythmic concepts for music reading and writing are "Lucy Locket," "Mouse Mousie," "Ten in the Bed," "Go to Sleep" and "Sing and Celebrate." Songs that encourage echoing or a response are "Che Che Koolay," "I Have a Little Melody" and "We Are Dancing." Songs that are playful or familiar and call the children into joyful participation are "Jingle Bells," "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," "Happy Birthday, "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmitt," and "If You're Happy and You Know It." Songs used in singing games are "Lucy Locket," "Mouse, Mousie" and "Circle Round the Zero." Beethoven is our featured composer as we listen to "Symphony No. 6." Other listening selections include "The William Tell Overture" by Rossini, "The Four Seasons" by Vivaldi, "The Elephant" from "Carnival of the Animals" by Saint-Saens, "Peter and the Wolf" by Prokofiev and "The Young Perons's Guide to the Orchestra" by Britten. Other listening repertoire includes listening to the woodwind and string families and their individual instruments. Children delight in moving to original compositions for learning concepts, "Piano and Forte Dance" and "Dancing Staccato and Legato." Two highlights are the instrumental ensembles, "The Elephant and the Waterfall" where children make sounds to express the story and "Sing and Celebrate," an ensemble for singing and playing different parts. Concepts in Semester 2 are piano/forte, crescendo/decrescendo, staccato/legato, graphic notation and reading the traditional rhythms of quarter and eighth notes and quarter rest and staff reading of f, g, a, c and d.

Best Wedding Entrance Ever

As they say, music can change the mood in an instant.
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Questions, Concerns? This may help!

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We'd love to answer any of your questions by phone or email, too!

You've just GOT to visit!

KINDERMUSIK OPEN HOUSE WEEK is Sept 8 - 14. Please pass it along to your friends and visit us! Families who sit in for a FREE PREVIEW class during open house week will receive a gift CD. Donuts and coffee will be served.

Look at the schedule for possible days/times and email to reserve your spot!

Bring a friend and when you both sign up, we'll deduct $10 from each of your totals. Rally your playgroup or neighbors - when 5 new friends sign up from your referral, YOUR SEMESTER IS FREE! The take-home materials (CDs, books, instruments, etc) aren't included, but hey, it's still an awesome opportunity!

The joy music brings to others (and ourselves)!

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a sweet little treat!

Click to view a short slide show of the baby class (Village). Enjoy!

Limited Time Only - Save 25%!

When you register for 2 or more sessions, save 25% on your tuition! This offer is for a limited time only, so register before it's removed.

Choose your 2 or 3 sessions and call 919-761-4290. We will manually apply your discount.

Q. How is my discount calculated?
A. We don't mark up take-home kits from Kindermusik International, so that amount is subtracted from the total. The balance is discounted 25%!

Q. What's the best way to receive my discount?
A. Go online at your convenience and create an account. Don't register for a class yet, though! Please call 919-761-4290 and we'll take your registration over the phone and apply your discount at that time.

We look forward to sharing classes with you this summer!

This segment gives me goosebumps. What a beautiful story. Music is a gift meant to be shared and I'm glad Susan Boyle is getting the chance to share her gift with others. Enjoy!

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Make Musik and Make Memories this summer!

Dear Families, thank you for the word-of-mouth referrals! There's no better feeling than the satisfaction that you are happy, and there's no better way for us to grow than through your recommendation. You've helped boost our enrollments to record numbers. THANK YOU!

Join us this summer for a fabulous musical adventure...

Best value around! Great pricing, flexibility, value - all prices include tuition and highest-quality take-home materials.

Afternoon/evening sessions and more KAMPs now on schedule.

Three sessions to choose from: June, July, Aug

Sign up for 1, 2 or 3 sessions. Save $5 per session when you repeat a session or KAMP within the same age group.

Sign up with a new friend and both save $5!

No need to be limited by family vacations - flexible makeups before or after your getaway allows you to participate in weekly classes.

Join us this summer and see why, despite the economy, our enrollments continue to climb! People value the joy and bonding, learning and laughter they find in our classes.

Early Integration of music into your child's daily routine means improving his or her ability to think, reason, create, and express. Kindermusik is the world's most trusted name in musical learning, for children ages 0 - 7.

We have the BEST KINDERMUSIK TEAM AROUND!

If you haven't been in one of our Kindermusik classes, you might not realize what you've been missing. Call 919-761-4290 or email TODAY to experience a complimentary class with one of our fabulous teachers.

I'd like to introduce you to our newest teacher, Miss Kristen. This lovely lady brings her sparkly personality, enthusiasm, and genuine love for children to our classroom. She's a natural and we're happy to have her! Kristen is teaching several classes this summer, so read her bio here and see if one of her classes fits your schedule!

We are finally able to offer Sign & Sing thanks to one of our Kindermusik moms who we noticed signed a lot with her 1 year old in Village. Welcome Miss Misty! Misty's little guy happens to be a neat little kid who is obviously very happy, well adjusted and confident. I'm sure one of her secrets to his happiness, confidence, and awareness is that mom's been signing with him since he was just a few months old. After talking with Misty and listening to her beautiful singing voice in class, we discovered she's a speech pathologist. What a perfect combination! We're excited to have her expertise in Sign & Sing!

Read bios of our other teachers, Miss Lisa, Miss Tara, and Miss Jenny here. And lastly, our lovely Miss Leena, who is from Finland, is returning to the classroom after spending time with her baby who's nearly a toddler now. I could listen to Miss Leena's lovely, warm accent and beautiful singing voice all day!

See what I mean! I'm thrilled to work with such a talented team to deliver the BEST in childhood enrichment in the entire area. Bring your child to our air-conditioned studio this summer for a sweet, musical treat!

SUMMER is a-coming

The summer schedule has been finalized (for the most part :) and we are excited about all the options families have this year!

Check out the schedule here and register TODAY!

We are offering several summer incentives:

- Early Birds - register by April 18 to save $5 on your total
- Referral Rewards - refer a new friend who also enrolls and both save $5 on your total
- Combo Offer - add Sign & Sing or Village to your enrollment in any class and save $10 on your total!
- The power of repetition/routine - Sign up for more than 1 session within an age category and save $5 on each session

Participate in our summer 09 survey!

You are invited to participate in a survey regarding the summer 09 schedule.
To get started, click below.

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Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts as we strive to deliver the best schedule possible for the community!

SNOW DAY!

Due to the snow & treacherous road conditions, classes are canceled for today. Your class will be made up at a date TBD. Stay safe!

Happy Valentine's Day!

You are cordially invited to share a complimentary preview class with us in our new studio during the week of February 9 - 14, 2009

Should you decide you to enroll after your Valentine's preview, receive $10 off your tuition!

Choose one of the following classes based on your child's age:

Village (babies 0 - 18 months)
Mon 10:15 a.m.
Thurs 11:15
Fri 9:15
Sat 9:15

Our Time (toddlers 1 1/2 - 3 years)
Mon 11:15 a.m.
Wed 10:00
Thurs 10:15
Sat 10:15

Imagine That! (preschoolers 3 - 5 years)
Wed 11:00 a.m.
Sat 11:15

Young Child ( 5 - 7 years) Thurs 5:00 p.m.

By reservation only. Please Email me at kathy@wakeforestmusik.com or call 919-761-4290 to reserve your space.

We look forward to sharing a complimentary class with your child!

MORE DETAILS ABOUT OUR MOVE

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT…

To the Parents, friends & family of Wake Forest “Musik”

HERE WE GROW!

It gives us GREAT pleasure to announce that our Kindermusik program is “movin’ on out” to a beautiful & sunny studio in a location very convenient to our families and the surrounding communities of Wake Forest and Wakefield.

After running the program since 2004 in the Youth Center at Hope Lutheran in Heritage we have realized that the time has come to take this exciting step.

In doing so, we can now offer more days of classes at better and more frequent times. Also, the studio space will better suit our program’s needs so we can customize this space especially for our families.

One of our main goals is to make the space YOURS, where you can connect with other moms and caregivers. You will find a warm inviting community in our new studio! We are excited to open the doors and share the Kindermusik experience with YOU!

Registration Bonuses
FOR CURRENTLY & PREVIOUSLY ENROLLED FAMILIES:
We value the patronage of our parents and children. For your loyalty we are offering a FREE Kindermusik CD for families who re-enroll by January 20th.

FOR ALL FAMILIES:
Refer a new friend and you BOTH receive $15 off your total! No limit.

Open House
Join us Saturday, January 17, 2009
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Demos scheduled
Village: 11:15
Our Time: 11:45
Imagine That: 12:15
Young Child: 12:45

Register at Open House and receive a FREE gift!

Great Location!
Less than 4 miles away from our previous location in Heritage, our new studio address is
839-D Wake Forest Business Park, 27587. We are beside McDonalds at Capital Blvd and Old 98, near SuperTarget, close to several major roads and many wonderful neighborhoods and communities.

Enroll Now for the SPRING 2009 SEMESTER!
CLASSES BEGIN 1ST WEEK OF FEBRUARY
classes usually fill ~ register early

We are excited to see you in class!

Spring Semester is right around the corner!

Yeah! We're moving into our new studio in January! Help us celebrate by attending an Open House - stay tuned for exact dates and times - and bring your friends to share a demo class with us! Drawing and giveaways, too! Help us spread the word!


As for the spring semester, NOW is the time to enroll. Classes begin the 1st week of February.

Please tell all your friends about our classes, and remember, when you refer a friend you BOTH will save $15. There are no limits!

I LOVE the units coming up:

Village (babies): Hickory Dickory, Tickle & Bounce .... and The Rhythm of My Day
Our Time (toddlers): Fiddle Dee Dee
Imagine That (preschoolers): Cities: Busy Place, Friendly Faces
Young Child (5-7 years old): Semester 2

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Ages birth - 1.5
Hickory, Dickory, Tickle & Bounce & Rhythm of My Day

Some of our favorite activities and songs in The Rhythm of My Day and Hickory, Dickory Dock include Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Golden Slumbers, Walk All Around, Ally Bally, Peek-a-boo, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Beat the Drum, Roll That Ball, Sulla Lulla, The Blackbird, Shoe a Little Horse, Ninna Nanna, Ride-O, and All the Pretty Little Horses. The lessons focus on the key concepts of the diversity of sound, stop and go, syncopation, Sol-Mi, steady beat, up and down, and Major, Minor and Modal tonalities.

Parents can incorporate music into many of the regular routines and rituals of their daily lives. A new feature will be the incorporation of simple American sign language into the curriculum. Signing offers families a way to communicate with their babies before the infants are ready to verbally talk. Research has shown that signing among “hearing” children can actually enhance their verbal communication skills. Dr. Marilyn Daniels, a signing consultant for Kindermusik International, has said, “from early in infancy, it is evident that baby is aware of his environment and has the desire to communicate. Introducing sign language to hearing babies has the benefit of allowing adult and baby to communicate before the baby’s vocal chords are developed enough to speak. This silent communication raises self-esteem, eliminates the frustration of not being able to communicate and engages the baby as an active participant in the learning environment.”

Discover the joy of interacting with your baby and the support and nurture you will receive from being with other parents and babies at this unique stage in your lives!

Each semester you will receive two sets of At Home materials.

Each set of Kindermusik Village At Home Materials includes:

• Baby’s Literature Book with specially commissioned art will aid in visual tracking, shape and color recognition and language development.
• a specially designed instrument for baby
• Home CD of the highest quality.
• Art Banners with pictures for baby’s vocal exploration.

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Fiddle-dee-dee Creatures of the animal kingdom, whether furry, web-footed, hoofed, winged or whiskered, are the subject matter for Fiddle-dee-dee. Fiddle-dee-dee takes its name from the beloved folk song about the fly who married the bumblebee. The theme of “fiddling around” is present all semester long. Included are recordings featuring a range of “fiddle” playing styles from classical violin to folk style fiddling and other relatives of fiddles, such as the sitar of India.

On the At Home CDs, you’ll hear a an emphasis on the stringed instrument family, with instruments such as the mandolin, banjo, lute, classical and folk guitar, harp, string quartet and double bass. The Home CDs include music representing many cultures. Bangara Dance is a traditional Punjabi folk dance of north India. The Japanese selections for rocking—Komoriuta (lullaby) and Usagi, Usagi (Rabbit, Rabbit) –are presented in Japanese as sung by a Japanese mother and child. French is heard in two songs—the French Canadian Ah! Les jolis papillons (Oh, The Pretty Butterflies). Alle Meine Entlein (All My Little Ducklings) is a favorite German folk song. There also are three classical recordings (including a comic operatic cat duet) and many Anglo- and Afro-American traditional folk songs and rhymes.

And, of course, there is the original home instrument, a pair of Fiddlesticks! Sporting the bright stripes of a bumblebee, the one-of-a kind Fiddlesticks can be rattled, rolled, tapped and otherwise fiddled with to create fun sounds and play possibilities. The animal theme of Fiddle-dee-dee ties in nicely with musical themes. Animal sounds, which are so appealing to children, naturally prompt imitation and provide abundant active listening and vocal play material. And in the context of moving like animals we are easily able to focus on movement concepts such as high and low, smooth & bumpy, fast and slow.

The songs are chosen for their singability to aid young singers in finding their singing voices. A favorite animal song is Sweetly Sings the Donkey. Simple rhymes such as Bazoo, Bazoo, Butz are a fun part of this curricula.

Two literature books feature adorable, whimsical artwork. Animal Serenade features the cut paper art of Andrea Everbok and snippets of familiar folk songs. This Little Piggy Played the Fiddle is a new version of the familiar toe-tickle rhyme and features music- and movement-oriented little piggies delightfully illustrated by Carol Dee Jung.

Fiddle-dee-dee Home Materials

Included in your home materials is a pop-up box in the shape of a dog house for carrying your home materials, a home activity book with songs to sing and activities for home, two literature books, two CDs, and a pair of Fiddlesticks.

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Ages 3 - 5

Cities! Busy Places~Friendly Faces

People on the go, rushing everywhere – in the city! Meet the Busy Places and Friendly Faces of Cities!, the Imagine That! unit in which we will create a city that’s familiar, yet like no other. Imagine a city of music and imagination, where ordinary sounds and sights on the street make a musical ensemble. People shuffle their feet to a 4/4 beat. Street musicians serenade and sing. Clock towers boom, bellow and ring. While 3 and 4 year old children build this city of imagination, they explore a mini-city of skills developing so rapidly in their minds and bodies. The games, music, and pretend play were written specifically to expand this age groups’ learning in the following areas: pre-ensemble development, mathematics, music, social interactions and critical listening.

There’s a city of music—based in songs, recorded works and city sounds. There’s a city of the imagination—of three and four year olds being whoever they imagine themselves to be today, perhaps a broom man today or an opera singer tomorrow. There’s a city of stories—of lost dogs and found dogs and of a globe-trotting photographer. Everyone involved will enjoy rolling all these cities up into one musical, grand adventure.

Along the way, we’ll explore movement-sweeping movement, up and down the elevator movement, dance and freeze like a statue movement. We’ll make music with our Kindermusik Resonator Bars, steadily playing along to the Israeli song, “Zum Gali Gali,” and learning new musical terms and using mallets to create ringing and damped sounds. We’ll build a city out of handcrafted “buildings” brought from home. Then dance around your city together – being careful not to step on skyscrapers! Check the mail and “write” a real letter to share with parents. Play games: a shoe passing game; a street vendor game, and a movement and matching game involving three artists, math, a drum and the Puerto Rican children’s game song, “San Sereni.” We’ll walk down “sidewalks” made of masking tape and freezer paper. We’ll stop and draw our footprints. We’ll take pictures of all that we “see!” We’ll read two Kindermusik literature books, one about a “snappy, zippy” photographer and the other about rhythmically busy shopkeepers.

Enjoy jazz, opera, barbershop quartets, Irish jigs, and Indian recordings by bamboo flutist Shashank in class and on your Home CD. The Home CD also includes a Chinese folk song, “Kang Ding City”; and “Bonjour, mes amis”; and “Sorida,” a greeting song in the Shona language of Zimbabwe; and finally, storytelling and dramatic play in “The Tales of Eddie and Bandit.”
Musical highlights of this unit include learning about the musical terms of glissando, dynamics, tempo and accelerando. Some favorite songs are “I Got a Letter This Morning,” “Walk All Around,” “1,2,3 Click” and “Pretzels for Sale.”

Best of all, in “Cities! Busy Places ~ Friendly Faces,” children from all kinds of communities will find commonalities with their life. We at Kindermusik in Wake Forest hope that you and your child will join families all over the world in turning off the television, turning on the music and welcoming the many adventures that Cities! Can bring to your days together.

Cities Home Materials

In the home materials, each child will receive:

• an Imagine That! Backpack
• a Family Activity Book
• two literature books, Razupazu Toto and Down Our Street
• two CDs
• two Resonator Bars and Mallets
• a Cities Game Board Set. This game board fits together like pieces of a puzzle and includes four decks of 25 cards, setting up over 12 possible games for families.
• A mini City Scene poster, depicting busy city life is included and is used with the Game Board set.

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ages 5 - 7

Class Length: 60 Minutes
Parent/Caregiver participates in last 10 minutes

Year 1, Semester 2 (Spring Semester) New students welcome!
At this age, the young child learns music best when he is actively engaged in making music! Songs and activities that encourage solo singing are "We Sing Hello," "Ten in the Bed," "We Are Dancing" and "Good-bye." Songs and activities that reinforce tonal or rhythmic concepts for music reading and writing are "Lucy Locket," "Mouse Mousie," "Ten in the Bed," "Go to Sleep" and "Sing and Celebrate." Songs that encourage echoing or a response are "Che Che Koolay," "I Have a Little Melody" and "We Are Dancing." Songs that are playful or familiar and call the children into joyful participation are "Jingle Bells," "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," "Happy Birthday, "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmitt," and "If You're Happy and You Know It." Songs used in singing games are "Lucy Locket," "Mouse, Mousie" and "Circle Round the Zero." Beethoven is our featured composer as we listen to "Symphony No. 6." Other listening selections include "The William Tell Overture" by Rossini, "The Four Seasons" by Vivaldi, "The Elephant" from "Carnival of the Animals" by Saint-Saens, "Peter and the Wolf" by Prokofiev and "The Young Perons's Guide to the Orchestra" by Britten. Other listening repertoire includes listening to the woodwind and string families and their individual instruments. Children delight in moving to original compositions for learning concepts, "Piano and Forte Dance" and "Dancing Staccato and Legato." Two highlights are the instrumental ensembles, "The Elephant and the Waterfall" where children make sounds to express the story and "Sing and Celebrate," an ensemble for singing and playing different parts. Concepts in Semester 2 are piano/forte, crescendo/decrescendo, staccato/legato, graphic notation and reading the traditional rhythms of quarter and eighth notes and quarter rest and staff reading of f, g, a, c and d.

We can't wait to see you in class!!

Let's Celebrate

We have a lot to celebrate! The fall semester has been fabulous, and....drumroll...we are anticipating an even better spring semester in our very own, new, shiny studio! More on this later.

Meanwhile, last week we wrapped up our classes for the month of December. We'll finish out the 3 remaining weeks of classes for the current semester in January.

I took my camera into last week to capture a bit of the fun we had! Here's what I saw...Enjoy!

Maypole dance to Gavotte in G

















Our "Winter Wonderland" of thousands of tiny, catchable bubbles!

















"Jingle Bells....Jingle Bells..."






















"....Jingle all the way!"






















Everyone in Our Time enjoyed going on a "Sleigh Ride" - Kindermusik style!

















































We had a couple of older siblings visit class due to school schedules, and what a great time they had pushing the sleighs!






















Playalong to "Jingle Bell Rock" - what awesome drummers these little ones are!




























































And last, but not least, in honor of our theme in Our Time this semester... "Mmmm, Milk & Cookies! Yummy in my tummy! Oh, and look at the little dribble of milk on Celeste's chin!






















Unforgettable!