Activities for Kids

Let Music Draw Out Your Emotions. (Literally!)

Research continues to show that academic success relies heavily on social and emotional well-being, right from the start. Helping young children to recognize and label feelings supports healthy social-emotional growth and is a vital skill in early childhood education. Emotional awareness includes: self-awareness self-regulation social competence social awareness The Arts can be a tool to help children recognize and express emotions. Music inspires a variety
Learn more »

Let Music Draw Out Your Emotions. (Literally!) Read More »

Free #KindermusikMovesMe Playlist

At the end of every Kindermusik class, we sing a goodbye song.   However, it doesn’t mean that’s the end of Kindermusik for the week. Instead, it marks the beginning of bringing Kindermusik outside the classroom into a family’s everyday routines and rituals. So, while we sing goodbye to this year’s We Love Kindermusik week, we thought it only fitting to give families the gift
Learn more »

Free #KindermusikMovesMe Playlist Read More »

You Make My Heart Sing DIY Valentine’s Day Frame

As a parent or an early childhood teacher, we encounter so many moments we want to hold in our hearts forever. We hope to always remember the way our baby felt snuggled in our arms or those chunky little toddler legs or the sounds of a roomful of little music makers. At Kindermusik, we are in the memory-making business and we want to capture them
Learn more »

You Make My Heart Sing DIY Valentine’s Day Frame Read More »

We Love Kindermusik – Free Music & Coloring Page Giveaway

What’s the best way to start off “We Love Kindermusik” week? With free music, an audio book, and a coloring sheet, of course! We Love Kindermusik – Album Download (with audio story!) To help celebrate We Love Kindermusik week, we are giving away a free download of the entire album “TLC: Grow with Me” at play.Kindermusik.com. To download, click the link and then select the orange download button. If
Learn more »

We Love Kindermusik – Free Music & Coloring Page Giveaway Read More »

How to Throw a Music-themed Birthday Party

Looking for a unique way to celebrate your child’s birthday?  Whether your child is turning 1 or going on 7, we have the perfect solution – a customized musical birthday party! Kids LOVE music, and there’s no better way to involve the whole crowd than to throw a musical birthday party.  And it’s EASIER than you might think!  Here’s how: Step 1 – Contact
Learn more »

How to Throw a Music-themed Birthday Party Read More »

Sing in the New Year with Kids

The holidays look a little bit different when children enter the family and New Year’s Eve is no exception. So, while you probably won’t be watching the ball drop in Times Square, oohing and awing at the fireworks at the stroke of midnight, (or even staying awake that late…unless you count that midnight feeding), your young family can start new traditions. We put together
Learn more »

Sing in the New Year with Kids Read More »

Make a Today Book with Kids

It’s easy to think about taking pictures or making scrapbooks about “important” days like holidays or birthdays.  But even the ordinary days can transform into extra special memories with an easy homemade book that marks the momentous occasion of “savor-this-moment.” Follow these easy instructions to make – and enjoy! – this simple together time craft. And if the warm fuzzies and happy moments that
Learn more »

Make a Today Book with Kids Read More »

Rhythmic Dictation and Early Literacy Skills

Do you remember taking spelling tests as a child? Sitting at your desk, listening intently as your teacher said a word, and then trying to visualize what the word looked like while also attempting to write it on your paper or (gasp!) spell it out loud in front of the whole class? Ugh! For English speakers, that silent “e” caught many of us off
Learn more »

Rhythmic Dictation and Early Literacy Skills Read More »

Leave the Detective Work to the Kids

The ability to think critically about a situation is essential for all problem solving and academic learning. Deductive reasoning, the ability to reason from general premises to more specific premises, is one essential aspect of critical thinking.  In fact, renowned educational researcher, Dr. Howard Gardner, includes deductive reasoning within one of his seven areas of intelligence—the Logical/Mathematical Intelligence. Dr. Gardner (and other researchers) argue
Learn more »

Leave the Detective Work to the Kids Read More »