Kindermusik® Class Descriptions
Kindermusik Our Time -- Milk and Cookies
Curriculum Description
Age Range: 1.5 to 3 years
Class Length: 45 minute class each week
Class Structure: 12 classes
Class Size: Class with no more than 10 toddlers with parents
Class Schedule: Monday’s at 7:00pm beginning September 20th

For the toddler every day brings new discoveries and opportunities to explore the world. Despite a display of
independence, children this age still long for the safety and security of parental closeness. During this time,
toddlers still relish the comfort of the familiar while also seeking the challenge of something new.
Kindermusik Our time encourages children to be creative, to initiate their own ideas and to respond in their
own ways, while the parents' active participation gives the toddlers the security they need. Playing
instruments, singing, moving, and exploring uncover an engaging musical world while building the
toddler's confidence, self-control, and communications skills.

What a Parent and Child Will Experience in Class:
  • Instrument exploration and ensemble skill development - Children will explore the physical
    characteristics and sounds of age-appropriate instruments which will eventually lead them to
    discover their potential for beat, rhythm, melody, and ensemble playing.
  • Vocal play - Through vocal play, toddlers learn to form vowels and consonants, say words and
    phrases, and imitate rhythm and vocal inflection. In Kindermusik Our time, vocal play is presented
    within the context of songs, chants,and other class activities.
  • Exploration Time - Children will love discovering specially designed instruments, textures, sounds,
    and movements.
  • Story time and early literacy - Listening to stories enhances language and speech development and
    fosters awareness of sounds, teaches use of language, and sends the message that words and
    symbols have meaning. The same experiences that help toddlers learn to read a book also help
    them learn to read music.
  • Movement Activities - Each class provides various opportunities for movement such as
    synchronized movement, group dances and circle games, and even expressive movement.
  • Together Time - Kindermusik is the essence of quality time, allowing parents to make the most of
    the fleeting toddler years, giving them the time and the tools to make music and memories together
    in class and at home.
  • Expert advice - A Kindermusik educator explains how the musically based activities enhance a
    toddler's complete development.

Enrollment Includes:
  • Developmentally appropriate curriculum for parents and toddlers, ages 18 months to 3 years
  • Home Materials including two CDs of music from class

Unit Description
Milk and Cookies -- Make everyday home activities and chores easier and more fun with music! Cook and
sing to "The Muffin Man," dust and clean to the original song "In My House," and get ready to wash clothes
to the delightful poem "Washing Machine." Baking cookies, eating cupcakes, blowing on hot cross buns,
wiggling like jelly, going grocery shopping and making tea are all represented in familiar as well as new
songs. Move, play, and sign together in developmentally appropriate activities created just for 1 1/2 to 3-
year-olds. Capture the familiar and new moments of the day and learn how music can impact your toddler.
Home Materials: Double CD featuring songs from class; two books - At My House and Cookies, two Home
CDs, stir xylophone instrument, and a Home Activity Book - all arriving in a durable lunch bag.
Kindermusik Village -- Zoom Buggy! & Dream Pillow
Curriculum Description
Age Range: Newborn to 18 months
Class Structure: 12 classes in a semester with two different, 6-week themes
Class Length: 45 minute class each week
Class Size: Class with no more than 10 babies with parents
Class Schedule: Monday’s at 6:00pm beginning September 20th

What a Parent and Child Will Experience in Class:
  • Variety of Music -- Musical diversity builds strong neural in a baby’s forming mind, which is why each
    Kindermusik semester contains an array of styles, sounds, and genres.
  • Instrument Play -- Age-appropriate experiences with child-safe instruments enhance a sense of
    rhythm and steady beat, develops a keen awareness of the distinguishing qualities of sound, and
    encourages spontaneity and creativity.
  • Dance -- A classroom full of baby and adult pairs dancing together helps a little body develop the
    muscle strength needed to crawl and walk and helps a little heart to fall in love with the sheer joy of
    responding to music.
  • Together Time -- A Kindermusik class is truly the essence of “quality time,” offering the parent a
    place to create special memories with their child, gain new insights into their child’s development,
    and nurture their child’s natural love of music.
  • Expert Advice -- A Kindermusik Educator explains “what-to-watch-for” every step of the way and how
    each activity enhances a child’s complete development.
  • Learning Continues at Home -- With the home materials, the learning continues at home with the
    child’s best teacher—the parent!

Enrollment Includes:
  • Developmentally appropriate curriculum for parents and babies, ages newborn to 18 months
  • Two sets of At Home Materials—one for each mini-theme—each including a CD of music from class.
  • Learn over 30 songs, lullabies, and nursery rhymes and play over 200 activities together by the
    semester’s end

Unit Descriptions
Zoom Buggy! -- Swoosh, vroom and clickity-clack your way through this delightful unit. Babies and adults will
dance, sing and play instruments to the theme of being on the go. Chug around the room to the song "Little
Red Caboose," hold on tightly while "Riding in the Buggy," and dance your way to "Zoom-e-oh!" Engage in
rituals and playful activities such as infant massage, lap bounces, exercise and quiet time.
Home Materials: Colorful board book of different vehicles - Zoom Buggy, home CD of the songs heard in
class, a set of Art Banners for the nursery wall that strengthens vision and promotes early literacy, and a
Zoom Car baby instrument for music-making at home.

Dream Pillow -- This title alone brings images of rocking, cuddling, singing, and lulling to sleep. But leading
up to sleepy time are many upbeat and playful activities. Babies and Adults will swirl to a dreamy cloud
dance "Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland." They will also play baby appropriate instruments to "Aiken Drum"
and "Sarasponda." Favorite nursery rhymes like "Wee Willie Winkie" and "Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling" are
sprinkled throughout the classes. It's easy to weave many of the class songs and activities into your family's
daily routines.
Home Materials: A board book that calms and relaxes - Dream Pillow Lullaby, Home CD of the songs heard
in class, a set of Art Banners for the nursery wall that strengthens vision and promotes early literacy, and a
Star baby instrument for music-making at home.