Kindermusik

It’s 6 o’clock. Cue the meltdown.

Talk to any parent of a young child, and they’ll tell you. Young children often save their biggest meltdown moments for the early evening time (around dinner). Reasons: They are tired. They’ve spent most of the day trying their best to “behave” at daycare, preschool, or at home. So, by the time the clock strikes 6pm, they are exhausted (although, of course, they would
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Two Simple Ideas for Supporting Children’s Vocabulary Development

Up, down, in, out, under… Those relational prepositions mean something very specific to us as adults.  But when toddlers hear a phrase like, “Put the block under the cup,” they’ll probably put the block in the cup, because it’s the obvious thing to do. Toddlers understand that they are supposed to do something with the block and the cup, but just what all those
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18 Signs You Are A Musical Family

Are you raising a musical family? If you find yourself relating to this list, then chances are the answer is Yes! Your toddler thinks you’ve been hiding white egg shakers in the refrigerator and can’t understand why he can’t play with them, too. Your kids yell at YOU to turn the music down. Your child insists on sleeping with his favorite instrument. Your child
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Music Paves the Way to Literacy

Listening to and identifying sounds is the earliest phonological awareness skill and one of the most important pre-literacy competencies. Without this skill, there will be no progress toward phonics, spelling, or text comprehension. How Children Become Phonologically Aware Children become phonologically aware in a specific developmental sequence, beginning with the larger sound units (e.g., tapping each word in a sentence), then focusing on parts
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New Research: Multilingual Environments Linked to Better Communication Skills

It turns out that young children who are exposed to more than one language from an early age not only gain significant advantages cognitively, but also in their ability to communicate. The most novel finding is that the children do not even have to be bilingual themselves; it is the exposure to more than one language that is the key for building effective social communication
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Dads of Kindermusik

We love Kindermusik Dads for so many reasons. Sure, we could say we love Kindermusik dads because we know what the research says about the importance of fathers in the development of young children, such as: Preschoolers with actively involved fathers have stronger verbal skills. Even very young children who have experienced high father involvement show an increase in curiosity and problem-solving capacity. But, instead, we’d rather
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Every Child Learns Music (If We Lived in a Perfect World)

Making music, enjoying music, and learning through music all have a profound impact on a child, even before he or she is born.  Mothers have known this instinctively. Teachers have always drawn on the benefits of music.  Research and new technology continues to confirm it over and over again. That’s why for over 30 years, Kindermusik International has not only been recognized as being
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Why Should I Spend Money on a Toddler Music Class When We Can Just Listen to Music at Home?

“I just don’t see the point of going to music class with my young child. I can sing and dance and listen to music with my little one at home so why should I enroll in a class?” We get that comment a lot and we GET it. Yes. Parents SHOULD “play music class” at home. We believe so strongly in the importance of
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