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Spring 2012 Kindermusik Schedule Begins the week of February 13, 2012 (no classes some weeks due to vacation times and holidays) | Village | Our Time | ABC Music & Me | Young Child | | |||||
  (infant - 13 months) (2) 6-weeks Sessions |
Cock-A-doodle Moo! (6-weeks) Hop on the hayride—it’s time to head for the farm! In the Cock-a-doodle-MOO! unit of Kindermusik Village, families will sing songs about the farm, including “Old MacDonald,” “Hayride,” and “Clever Cows.” They’ll engage in rituals and playful activities for baby and caregiver, including infant massage, lap bounces, exercise, and quiet time. During the week, families will enjoy their At Home Materials, looking through a playful picture book of animals and the sounds they make, as well as a CD of the songs heard in class and an instrument for music-making at home. nursery wall that strengthens vision and promotes early literacy. Dew Drops (6-weeks)
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 (18 months - 3 yrs) 12-weeks Session |
Away We Go! Toddlers love to GO. Going is their gift, their license to venture out into the world. With toddlers’ desire to go comes an attraction to other things that go – cars, planes, buses, horses, wagons, airplanes, and boats, and the list goes on. In Away We Go! parents and children explore the exciting world of transportation. “What are things that go?” “How do they go?” “How do they sound when they go?” “Can I go like that?” “Can I make sounds like that?” Sing and play along with favorite songs, such as “I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad” and “Wheels on the Bus”. Explore fast and slow, smooth and bumpy, and high and low. Two literature books tell stories, Shiny Dinah tells the story of a train, and Giddy-Up! has a horse, speedboat, racecar, and more to help you get where you want to go. Move, play, and sing together in developmentally appropriate activities created just for 1 1/2 to 3-year-olds. In addition to the 2 storybooks and a 2 CD set, families will receive a Home Activity Book, a train carrying box, and 2 harmonicas (one for a parent and one for a child) to play along with songs like “Riding the Rails”, “Alabama Gal”, and “Arkansas Traveler.”
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 (3-4 yrs) 12-weeks Session |
Kindermusik ABC Music and Me:
An early literacy and language program ABC Music & Me is a research-based language and early literacy program built around music. ABC Music & Me helps toddlers and preschoolers develop pre-literacy and language skills through a child’s most-loved rituals: music and story time. ABC Music & Me supports the early childhood standards and requirements for “high quality programs” as defined by the National Institute for Early Education. Plus for the older age group, ABC Music & Me aligns with pre-K national and state standards. What you’ll experience in class:
One the go • Home Sweet Home • Marvelous Me
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(4 1/2 - 5 yrs) not yet in Kindergarten 12-weeks Session |
Rhythm of the Land • Sounds Abound • Dance with Me
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 (5 - 6 yrs) in Kindergarten 13-weeks Session |
A Young Child students explore many facets of music – speaking, singing, moving, listening, creating, playing instruments, and learning about reading and writing music. Creative movement or dances are interspersed with quiet activities like drawing or focused listening. The curriculum introduces the glockenspiel, a pre-keyboard instrument, and string and woodwind instruments like the dulcimer and recorder. The capstone of Kindermusik, Young Child is the perfect pressure-free preparation for formal instruction in piano, violin or voice. Building on the concepts introduced in Semester 1, Semester 2 in Kindermusik for the Young Child will excite the young mind as it focuses on concepts such as piano/forte, crescendo/decrescendo, and legato/staccato. Explore string and woodwind instruments, notation, and even a bit of Beethoven. Apply new knowledge of aural skills, and read and write music notation while further developing glockenspiel skills. Lesson highlights include “Peter and the Wolf,” “The Orchestra,” and “Sing and Celebrate!”
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 (age 6-7 yrs) 13-weeks Session |
Semester 4 is the final semester of this exceptional program. Together we will explore the sounds of wind with the introduction of the recorder! As this terrific curriculum winds down, students learn about verse and refrains, solos and chorus, and musical form (ABA and rondo). Review notation, rhythms, treble clef, and the scale. Highlights include “Meet the Recorder” and “World Music Celebration”. This semester your child visits Abravanel Hall with Ms. Carol and friends to attend the Symphony! We end the year and celebrate our Kindermusik experience with our traditional Kindermusik Fiesta saying "adios" and "happy music making" to our fine Kindermusik Graduates.
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Kindermusik with Ronda Williams
1022 Clay Street • Ashland, Oregon 97520
541-840-0380
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