Kindermusik And Your Child

We can never underestimate the power of an encouraging word…or the right word spoken at the right time. Merriam-Webster defines encouragement this way: to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to hearten, urge, spur on, to stimulate, to give help. As a parent you surely wish to encourage your child, and that is our goal in Kindermusik as well. When your child walks into
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When you listen and move to music you can feel that some beats get more emphasis than others. Being aware of those beats helps us to hear and feel groupings within the music. It is similar to the way some poetry is structured in recurring, recognizable patterns. This week in class we experienced music in groups of two beats and in groups of three
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It is interesting to note that there has been research to suggest that the lack of inhibitory control can be linked to obesity in adolescents, poor social-emotional competence, poor academic performance, especially in math and reading, as well as being strongly associated with attention deficit disorder. On the flip side, children who demonstrated greater inhibitory control were more likely to be rated higher on
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Emotional Development in children could also be described as “relatedness.” So what exactly IS relatedness? Relatedness has been defined as “the ability to engage with others based on the sense of understanding and being understood by them.” And what is the connection of relatedness to Kindermusik, you ask? Music activities that engage a group of children with music and movement appear to have a
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