Posted in Class Schedules, Kindermusik, Masterworks Studio, Uncategorized on March 31, 2007 | No Comments »
Due to a double whammy of bronchitis and pleurisy, I have been forced to cancel classes this Saturday, March 31st, on the advice of my doctor. I do apologize to our Saturday classes. Make-ups or credits will be given to those affected. Classes will resume after our scheduled Spring Break next week, beginning on Monday, [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Parenting on March 29, 2007 | No Comments »
I just read a new parenting blog that I found myself absolutely in tears over - laughing, that is! After reading the first few paragraphs, I think you’ll find yourself doing the same thing! Enjoy!
From Wondertime.com:
Did We Forget Something?
It’s Friday, our daughter Larkin’s first birthday. Molly’s home from work, we’re racing around getting ready to [...]
Posted in Family Time, Fun Stuff, Video Clips on March 28, 2007 | No Comments »
Our Family Time class has enjoyed singing The Wheels on the Bus the past two weeks in our visit in the city. Here’s a slightly different version for your enjoyment.
Posted in Benefits, Kindermusik, People Making a Difference on March 26, 2007 | No Comments »
I know I’ve said this many times in my classes. Kindermusik is magic. It really and truly is! I’ve seen it create the most beautiful, magical interactions between a parent/grandparent and child time and again.
But I don’t think I’ve seen it quite like this - this beautiful, smiling child in the arms of a worker from Possibilities International in a [...]
Posted in Benefits, Sign & Sing, Video Clips on March 24, 2007 | No Comments »
I have several blogs that I check almost every day because I know that they frequently have some cutting edge information that I usually find helpful not only for myself, but for my Kindermusik families as well.
I found this video accompanied by its translation on Molly McGinn’s blog who, in turn, credits Sunny Kira of Sacramento, [...]
Posted in Benefits, FYI, Kindermusik on March 22, 2007 | No Comments »
According to an article just published by MSNBC.com, new findings from an experiment at Northwestern University are the first concrete evidence that playing music enhances brain function and sharpens hearing for all kinds of sounds, including speech and different inflections of speech. Researcher Nina Kraus, a neuroscientist at Northwestern University, is quoted as saying, “Experience [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Video Clips on March 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I just found out that Eric Herman has released a new video - “Snow Day” on Youtube, based on the rhyming poem by Kenn Nesbitt. Even though today is the first official day of spring, this one is too good to wait to share. Enjoy!
At the end of “Snow Day” you will see a reference [...]
Posted in Kindermusik, Sign & Sing, Video Clips on March 19, 2007 | No Comments »
I just saw this video from another Kindermusik educator and, if you have experienced the frustrations of trying to figure out what your crying baby wants, you’ll have chills down your spine as I did when you watch and listen to this 12-month-old baby communicate a complete sentence instead of crying.
Kindermusik educator Tracy Kretzer is [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Kindermusik, Links for Cool, Interesting Websites, Our Time, Village on March 17, 2007 | No Comments »
In the past few weeks in Our Time’s Fiddle Dee Dee and Village’s Hickory, Dickory, Tickle and Bounce, we’ve been singing a lovely song entitled
“Morning Song“:
When pigs get up in the morning, they always say ‘Good Day!’
When pigs get up in the morning, they always say ‘Good Day!’
Oink! Oink! Oink! Oink! That is what they [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Links for Cool, Interesting Websites, Music For Children on March 15, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Last fall I ran across a comment on a friend’s blog that was left by a teacher at an ESL school in Japan. Just out of curiosity, I followed the link to their site and discovered some of the funniest, most ingenious teaching tools that I’ve ever seen, using music to help young Japanese children [...]
