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Family Time

A one-room schoolhouse approach to music.

With older children ready to show the little ones how it's done and the younger ones eager to learn, Family Time becomes a multi-layered learning environment. Each week, a Kindermusik Educator will introduce basic musical concepts and then give you the instruments, and the structured free time to put those concepts into play.

Your children will listen to instruments and to each other, learn from their peers and older children, and enjoy music and movement with hoops, scarves and tumble-around-play. Story time and family jams, puppet play and happy singing- all the Family Time activities encourage discovery and exploration and foster sharing and social skills too. In this special place for musical, social and emotional learning, your children will strengthen their ties with each other and with you - and they 'll start developing the skills they'll need in school and on the neighourhood playground.

  • Age Range - Newborn to 7 years
  • Semester - 10 Weeks
  • Class Length - 45 minutes
  • Focus - Bringing families closer with parents participation in multi-age classes.

Benefits for Your Child & You

  • One convenient class that families can take together
  • Introduces musical concepts and develops musical skills
  • Allows each child to develop social skills - such as sharing and turn-taking in a multi-age, multi-child environment
  • Strengthens the emotional bond among family members

What you'll see happening in class.

  • Sing

    When a child sings in the appropriate vocal range, toddlers and preschoolers begin to explore their voices and emerging pitch accuracy - but the benefits go beyond building strong singers. Singing develops memory and recall, lung and cardiovascular strength, as well as creativity, and socialization. Simply hearing those voices also helps a baby develop her own vocal skills.

  • Play

    Musical instrument and prop-play throughout the semester builds strong finger muscles, and develops a sense of rhythm. Plus hoops, scarves, and tumble-around activities develop coordination.

  • Move

    With growing coordination and interest in their peers, younger children will watch the older ones and learn how to skip and gallop.

  • Listen

    Throughout the class, the children are listening to instruments, to each other, and to specially designed opportunities to focus in on developing critical listening skills.

  • Story Time

    When children listen to a story in a group, they watch the reactions of each other, helping to stimulate curiosity, expand knowledge, and develop a life-long love of reading.

  • Family Jam

    Everyone grabs an instrument and plays along with the music-helping children experiment with a variety of instruments and sounds.

Home Materials

Family Time Home Materials Set includes:

  1. Two Home CDs - packed with songs from class so you can recreate your own Family Time musical learning activities anywhere- on the way to school, to class, or just sitting around together at home.
  2. Family Activity Book - Activities the whole familiy can do together at home. Plus songs lyrics, fun facts, and educational information about the ways your child learns best.
  3. Puppets - A kangaroo puppet and a joey finger puppet develops expressive strong telling skills and hand and finger strength for children as they grow.
  4. Two double-egg shakers - Safe enough for the baby in the house, and sound enough for your emerging musician to play along with the music.
  5. Two books - Your own home version of the stories you read together in class, so your children can repeat, and build on what's being explored and learned in class.
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