Share the Gift of Music

Searching for the perfect gift? Choose something that will last a lifetime....musical learning & fun! We offer Kindermusik gift certificates available in any amount. Great idea for grandparents, aunts or godparents who are wondering what to give your children!! View our Winter 2010 schedule here and find the perfect class for your child.

I'm feeling a little melancholy because this will be my daughter's last year in the Kindermusik program. She began with the Village class for babies when she was only 6 months of age and she has continued through to the Young Child program. Now she is playing the glockenspiel and the 2 string dulcimer! I am so blessed to have the opportunity to be both her mother and her Kindermusik teacher. I love watching her learn and grow with music.

Baby Signs

Sign language is such a wonderful skill for children of all ages. It is never too early to start signing with your child! This summer we enjoyed signing with babies and parents during our Sign & Sing Kindermusik summer camp.

Baby Signs: a Baby-Sized Guide to Speaking with Sign Language
By Joy Allen
Basic signs, such as those for "milk," "more," "help me" and "book," are among the 13 presented here. The child-centered illustrations show a baby signing while the text presents how to make the sign.

Dial, 2008. ISBN: 9780803731936

FAMILY FUN FEST

Join us on Friday, September 4th
Open House 4 to 6 P.M.
Singing, dancing, snacks, door prizes & fun
Bring the whole family & invite a friend!
Hope to see you there!
KIDS IN HARMONY Studio
156th & West Center Road
(INSIDE THE MUSIC PLEX)

Omaha Symphony Offers Three Family Concerts for Under $7 per ticket

For more information or to order tickets, click here.

Imagine That Slideshow

Cities: Busy Places, Friendly Faces

These children love using their imaginary cameras to take pictures in the city

while singing "1, 2, 3 click"

Kindermusik Slideshow

Check out all the Kindermusik fun...We celebrated Kindermusik's 30th birthday in January of 2009 with a Family Fun Fest. We enjoyed face painting, circle dances, snacks and seeing our friends.

Would you like to make your next birthday party fun and easy?

Let us help you host a Kindermusik Birthday Party
and everyone will have a great time.

Birthday Parties include...

• Gift for the birthday child
• 40 minutes of musical activities which fit the theme of your party
• Singing, Dancing, Story Time, & Instruments (rainbow streamers, egg shakers, rhythm sticks, bells, scarves, parachute play & more)

Choose a theme or create your own:

• Pirate
• Princess
• Down on the Farm
• Butterfly Garden
• Horses & Ponies
• Beach Party
• Tea Party
• Cooking is Fun
• Friends Forever
• Toot Toot Chug Chug

Cost: $125 which includes the teacher traveling to your party location in the Omaha area.

Themed party favor bags available for an additional charge.

Contact Jen at 402-293-8280 for more details.

Call us to schedule your next party or play group!

A "Shiny Dinah" Birthday!

Ellie wanted a Shiny Dinah cake for her 3rd birthday!

Music helps children become better learners!

It’s true that research shows music helps children become better learners, and that even a newborn emotionally responds to music. Parents respond, too: 99% of Kindermusik parents would recommend the classes to other parents*.

However, all the research in the world can’t accurately capture the look of pure delight in your child’s eyes when she experiences the sights and sounds of Kindermusik, both in the classroom and at home.

With 30 years experience in developing early learning curricula and products, Kindermusik is the world’s most trusted name in music and movement classes for children newborn to seven. Kindermusik curricula are based upon the principles of early development applied to developmentally appropriate practice as defined by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Plus, the Kindermusik philosophy is rooted in the work of early childhood development experts like Piaget, Montessori, and Greenspan.

Our full curricula offer your child seven years of musical learning that involves every aspect of your child’s growth and development: language, motor skills, social skills, cognitive development, emotional growth, and musicality.

Throughout the Kindermusik experience, a trusted and trained Educator will guide you and your child through every musical and developmental milestone and help you understand what is happening all along the way. Each semester, a new set of At Home Materials brings the experience out of the classroom and into your every day routines and rituals.

Thank you for choosing Kindermusik!

(*Harris Interactive, November 2005)

What are some benefits of music education?

You might wonder what long-term benefits your children gain from Kindermusik. Here are some proven benefits of music education:

1. Early musical training helps develop brain areas involved in language and reasoning. Recent studies have clearly indicated that musical training physically develops the part of the left side of the brain known to be involved with processing language, and can actually wire the brain's circuits in specific ways. Linking familiar songs to new information can also help imprint information on young minds.
2. There is also a link between music and spatial intelligence (the ability to perceive the world accurately and to form mental pictures of things). This kind of intelligence, by which one can visualize various elements that should go together, is critical to the sort of thinking necessary for everything from solving advanced mathematics problems to being able to pack a book-bag with everything that will be needed for the day.
3. Students of the arts learn to think creatively and to solve problems by imagining various solutions. Questions about the arts do not have only one right answer.
4. A study of the arts provides children with an internal glimpse of other cultures and teaches them to be empathetic towards the people of these cultures. This development of compassion and empathy provides a bridge across cultures that leads to a respect of other races at an early age.
5. Music provides children a means of self-expression which enhances a child's self-esteem.
6. Music study develops skills that are necessary in the workplace. In the music classroom, students learn to better communicate and cooperate with one another.
   
   Article from School Music Today.

Music & Movement Research

I found this great article about the role music and movement play in a child's life. This speaks directly to Kindermusik as it talks about parents and children enjoying music together! I'm reminded of the excitement, joy and creativity that we experience each week during class. It makes me feel proud to know that Miss Sherrine & I are helping children and parents experience the power of music!
Hope you'll enjoy reading more here.

Summer '09 Registration Form

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