Classes
In every Kindermusik class, your child is welcomed into a playful and nurturing environment where they will sing, move, play instruments, and hear stories—all while developing social skills, problem-solving skills, pre-math skills, and a foundation for reading. Our research-based curriculum focuses on whole-child development and helps you understand how your child is developing musically, cognitively, and socially.
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Levels can be joined at any time and do not need to be completed before moving on, apart from the final Semester of Level 5
Foundations
0-18 months
Our Foundations classes offer a sensory-rich yet caring and gentle environment where infants and young toddlers can explore and react to new sounds, sensations, objects, and movements.
Activities include
*listening to and experiencing songs and rhymes
* experiencing and exploring baby safe instruments
* Back-and-forth vocal plays and other parent-child interactions that build neural pathways in a baby’s developing brain
Benefits include:
*increased balance and control over movements and core muscles
*developed listening and back-and-forth communication skills
*foundations for language and literacy development
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Level 1
Ages 1-2
Level 1 classes provide toddlers with a stimulating setting to explore their new movement and language skills with a sense of security, comfort, and confidence.
Activities include:
* Discovery and play with scarves, hoops, mirrors, and more
*Instrument play and introduction to basic music concepts such as high/low, fast/slow, and holding a steady beat
*Singing songs that include motions, repeated words, and different meters and modes
Benefits include:
*Heightened body awareness and beginning competence in self-regulation of movement
*Development of various basic gross-motor skills, fine-motor control, and coordination
*Growing ability to recognize and follow patterns in music and move to a steady beat, fundamental skills that have been linked to math and language
Level 2
18 Months- Age 3
Level 2 classes encourage older toddlers to initiate their own ideas, nurturing social-emotional growth and cognitive development in a playful, exploratory environment.
Activities Include
*Exploring movement concepts and participating in musical interactions with objects and others
*Discovering different ways instruments can make sounds and experiencing a wide range of musical concepts
*Identifying and vocally imitating sounds and learning to describe them
*Learning to associate a picture with a sound
*Singing songs with language patterns that explore rhythm, speech sounds, syntax, and rhyme
Benefits Include
*Increased alertness, self-control, and ability to regulate their own movements
*Stabilization of muscles necessary for healthy posture and overall balance
*Improved coordination and locomotor skills, fine motor skills, and finger and hand strength
*Strengthened ability to memorize, sequence, and predict patterns
*Development of early pre-literacy and number skills
Level 3
Ages 3 to 5
Level 3 classes are designed to engage preschoolers’ natural love of music and activate their imaginations, while developing their growing language and social-emotional skills.
Activities Include
*Experiencing a variety of sounds and learning how sounds are produced by playing musical instruments, speaking or singing
*Playing instruments with an emphasis on steady beat, repeated rhythm patterns, graphic notation, and ensemble music
*Ensemble Development, an activity that builds the skills preschoolers need in order to create music within a group
*Engaging in creative expression and language play, expressing feelings and ideas through movement and music
*Pre-reading music and learning to interpret graphic notation symbols, a precursor to learning traditional music symbol
Benefits Include
*Increased attention and focus; growing ability to memorize and recall
*Growing ability to detect patterns, nuances, and timbre in sounds, a critical skill for music and language development
*Experience waiting patiently, taking turns, working cooperatively in a group and communicating effectively and respectfully
*Wider vocabulary and knowledge of story structures; critical thinking and problem-solving skills
*Learning how to decode and interpret symbols, skills necessary for reading, math, and music
Level 4**
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Level 4 classes offer first experiences with musical symbols and more advanced instruments, laying the groundwork for formal music instruction and ensuring school readiness.
Activities Include
*Listening to a variety of sounds, including music from individual instruments and complete compositions that highlight specific genres, cultures, composers, or concepts and sharing their listening observations
*More complicated instrument-play, such as dances that include instrument play, back-and-forth rhythm conversations with instruments, and songs with accompanying instrument patterns
*Experiencing various types of movement, including creative movement, movement with a partner, group, instruments, or props, and movement that explores concepts like high/low or staccato/legato
*Singing a variety of songs in an appropriate range and engaging in call-and-response, echoing, and instrument play
*Pretend play through music, vocal development, storytelling, listening, and movement
*Introduction to music concepts and vocabulary
Benefits Include
*Enhanced self-awareness, refined listening skills
*Heightened sense of creativity
*Development of sensory, motor, and cognitive skills
*Increasing pitch accuracy, memory recall, and sequencing abilities
*Ability to cooperate within a group, exhibit self-control, and listen attentively
*Stronger foundation for language and literacy skills, such as phonological awareness, focused attention, effective communication, and vocabulary
*Strengthened brain connections used to integrate new learning, make decisions, and think critically
Level 5**
Our most advanced classes offer children the opportunity to use music notation to play a variety of instruments and participate in ensembles, while developing problem-solving and pre-literacy skills.
Activities Include
*Learning how to understand simple music notation and play the glockenspiel, dulcimer, and the recorder
*Experiencing steady beat, meter, and rhythm through listening to music, moving, singing, playing instruments, and reading and writing music notation
*Learning new music concepts through listening, moving, singing, game-playing, visuals, and imaginative play
*Listening to music and sound with an analytical ear and paying close attention to pitch variation and timbre between specific instruments
*Developing their speaking and singing voices through listening, imitating, and exploring
*Participating in a variety of ensemble experiences, including instrumental ensembles, vocal ensembles, and group dancing
Benefits Include
*Ability to read traditional and non-traditional music notation
*Growing ability to extend what has been learned in one context to a new context
*Awareness of steady beat, meter, and rhythm, essential musicianship skills with ties to physical development and coordination
*Development of self-confidence, musicianship, collaboration, and creativity through teamwork, peer interaction, and communication
*Ability to distinguish specific sounds within words and increased awareness of the rhythmic structure of language and developing speaking, reading, and listening skills
*Understanding of music reading, beat competence, expressive movement, singing, instrument playing, and ensemble participation, skills that are beneficial in fields of study that involve problem-solving, creativity, coordination, persistence, fine-motor capabilities, and team participation
Mixed Age
Newborn-Age 7
Our mixed-age classes are perfect for families who wish to bring two or more children of different ages to the same class, or for parents who simply prefer a mixed-age setting for their child. These classes allow infants through seven-year-olds—and their caregivers—to gather together for a fun-filled learning experience. Your Kindermusik educator will help you modify movement activities, group dances, and instrument-play activities for each of your children.
Mixed-age classes offer the perfect setting for weekly family bonding time and inspire ideas for more music exploration, play, and fun at home
** Classes are not available at this time
What is Kindermusik?
Kindermusik is music-making with a purpose. Early introduction to music and movement impacts your child’s brain and body development in a way few other learning methods can. We should know. We’ve been transforming the lives of children, parents, and teachers around the world since 1978. Science has shown that children of any age learn more when the learning is playful and fun.Kindermusik kids laugh, smile, stomp, play, kick, clap, jump, sing, and dance. But having fun is just the beginning.
Steeped in educational theory, our programs engage the potential found in every child. Through our dynamic classes, in-school programs, and research-based curriculum, we excel at setting a strong foundation for a lifetime of learning. Our purpose is simple. We’re here to develop young minds and change the world. One child at a time.
Let it begin with Kindermusik®.