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Build a Musical Foundation
Using a small-group approach to music education, Kindermusik for the Young Child provides a pressure-free class where your child can develop a strong musical foundation by learning the concepts, language, notation, and vocabulary of music and its greatest composers.
The program is designed to prepare the young child who is eager for first experiences with musical symbols and instrument discovery but is not yet ready for formal private lessons. Parents (or caregivers) and siblings are encouraged to attend the last 10 minutes of class.
Your child is welome to visit one of our classes as a FREE trial. Contact Lynn at 728-4191 or kindermusik@huroniaartsacademy.
Age Range: 5 to 7 years (approximately)
Class Structure: Four 15-week semesters. While each semester builds on the previous, there is sufficient review for new students to be added each semester if a Semester 1 class is not running.
Class Length: 60 minute class
Class Size: 10 children maximum
Five year-olds are also welcome to attend Imagine That classes if you prefer less structure than the Young Child program. Also children up to age 7 are welcome to enroll in Family Time as an alternative.
For more general information on Young Child, please visit Kindermusik International at "Kindermusik.com".
Spring 2009 Semester
 Semester One
Everything your child learns later in semesters 2, 3, and 4 begins with this early introduction to singing, reading, and writing music and rhythm. Through dances and games that focus on rhythmic development, we'll learn a keyboard instrument—the glockenspiel—which will be used throughout all the Young Child classes. Your At Home Materials provide the music, instruments, stickers, and activities for a home version of the same playful activities you'll hear about from class, so your child—and you!—can learn where you're most comfortable: at home.
Home Materials: Children’s Folder with stickers, games bag, and Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, Home CD of music from class, glockenspiel, and canvas bag.
Schedule:
Currenty we are not offering this class. However, new students wishing to join the Semester 2 class may do so. Lynn Thompson will meet with them (at no charge) before their first class, to teach them what they missed from Semester 1. Young Child 1 will be offered again this fall.
If this wasn't of interest to you, consider enrolling in an Imagine That (for 5 year-olds) or Family Time class instead!
Price:
$242 ($188 with sibling* kit), $216 with returning student** kit
*Sibling kits do not have a home CD, glockenspeil, or canvas bag and are available only for siblings of children who previously attended this course. They are the minimum requirement for enrollment.
**Returning student kits do not contain a glockenspeil or canvas bag and are only available for children who previously completed a YC semester other than the one they are currently being enrolled for. They are the minimum requirement for enrollment in that case.
 Semester Two -- Playing simple musical patterns and songs on the featured instrument from the first session—the glockenspiel—is a central focus this semester. While learning to sing a melody, and then play the pattern on the glockenspiel, we'll delve deeper into the understanding of musical concepts such as piano and forte through orchestra-style music such as the William Tell Overture and Peter and the Wolf. Music appreciation and understanding continues with a complete introduction to the instruments—and the families in which they're grouped—of the orchestra.
Home Materials: Children’s Folder with stickers, games bag, and Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, and Home CD of music from class.
Schedule:
Saturday - 11:00am (February 20/10 - June 19/10) Miss Lynn
If these times don't work for your schedule, consider enrolling in a Imagine That (for 5 year-olds) or Family Time class instead!
Price:
$242 ($188 with sibling* kit), $216 with returning student** kit
*Sibling kits do not have a home CD, glockenspeil, or canvas bag and are available only for siblings of children who previously attended this course. They are the minimum requirement for enrollment.
**Returning student kits do not contain a glockenspeil or canvas bag and are only available for children who previously completed a YC semester other than the one they are currently being enrolled for. They are the minimum requirement for enrollment in that case.
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