Little Steps Musik presents Kindermusik

Enrollment Details

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Enrolling NOW!!
What should i do before i enroll?

Read the appropriate information blogs on this site, or browse the kindermusik website for more information on the class you would like to join. (www.kindermusik.com.au)
Contact Caz Todd to ask more questions, queries and to sign up your child.To complete an enrollment form online, email: caz_todd@hotmail.com, and she will email the details needed, or to complete an enrollment form by phone call caz, or msg : 0414 347 774
Payment options: cheque (made out to Little Steps Musik), money order, direct internet payment (credit card not accepted), cash (please do not risk sending via post)
You will recieve a receipt/invoice via email or post.
Warm your muscles up, and get ready for your first lesson! yay :)

FAQ's

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Do i pay by the lesson or at the start of the term?

Full payment is collected before the start of the the first lesson. If this is not possible a minimum of $50 deposit is necessary to confirm your childs placement in the class, and also for ensuring you obtain your At Home Materials in your first class. The rest of the payment will be collected on the morning of your first lesson.

What if my child is sick for a lesson?

At the end of each term a make up class is run for any children who missed a lesson. Also, if able, your child can attend a make up class on another day (Monday or Friday) anytime during the rest of the term.

What if i know i will be away for a number of weeks?

If you are aware of any dates you will not be able to attend, the first option is to attend the other classes on another day. If this is not possible, for an extenuating circumstance full term payment will be adjusted accordingly.

Do you do private classes for groups of friends?

Some people have preferred the course to be run in the comfort of their own home with a group of friends. Upon negotiation of my availability, this may be an option. The class needs to be held in a room no smaller than 15 square meters, with no furniture or other objects which may pose risk for a child freely moving in the area. A minimum of 6 required for these private classes.

For the classes held at Run-A-Muk, do i have to pay entry for my child to do the kindermusik class?

No. An entry payment is only paid if your child is going to play in the center. If your child is going to play, Run-A-Muk is charging only $4.00 for the entry fee (thats $3.00 off!)

Course Costs

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Village: $130 Theme for term1 'Hickory, Dickory, Tickle and Bounce'
Price includes:

8 Lessons: $80 ($10.00 per lesson)
At Home Materials : $50 (CD, Literature Book, Journal or Instrument, Wall poster art, carry case)

Our Time: $165 Theme for term1 & term 2 'Milk and Cookies'
Price Includes:

8 Lessons: $80 ($10.00 per lesson)
At Home Materials: $85 - materials used for term 1 & term 2 (Double CD, 2 Literature story books, Activity book, percussion instrument, carry case)

Imagine That: $180 Theme for term 1 & term 2 'Hello Weather, Lets Play Together'
Price Includes:

8 Lessons: $80.00 ($10.00 per lesson)
At Home Materials: $100 - materials used for term 1 & term 2 (Double CD, 2 Literature story books, Activity book, Instrument, Pretend-play set, backpack)

Class Dates & Times

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Class Dates & Times

Classes will begin Monday 3rd May 2010

Course Consists of 8 lessons
40minute lessons

Mondays
2-2:45pm Imagine That (3-5years)
2:45-3:30pm Our Time (1.5- 3years)
3:30-4:15pm Village (0-1.5years)

Thursday
2-2:45pm Sign & Sing (6months- 3 years)
2:45-3:45pm Little Steps Musik (walkers to 5 years)
3:45-4:30pm Young Child (5-7years)
10:00-10:30 Imagine That

Class Location

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Class Location

Caringbah:
Caringbah Anglican Church
402 Port Hacking Road South, Caringbah

Sign & Sing 6 months to 3 years

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New! Kindermusik Sign & Sing
Sign language curriculum for parents with hearing children

A different approach from other sign language programs. Through songs, toys, and loving playtime between you and your child, Kindermusik Sign & Sing shows you more than 50 signs your child can use to communicate with you. Using research-proven methods shown to speed language development in hearing children, you'll see how sign language can ease frustration and enhance long-term learning abilities for your child.

Songs and fingerplays. Already accustomed to fingerplays and rhyme-songs—such as "This Little Piggy"—you'll easily substitute American Sign Language (ASL) signs in familiar songs, improving your child's language skills, fine motor skills, and strengthen fingers for zipping zippers and using scissors.

Learn when you play. You'll never have to memorize a list of signs. This curriculum gives you the ASL signs that are most useful to you, and most interesting to your child. So playtime and everyday items around the house—ball, bubbles, mom and dad—become the objects of learning in the classroom, and sign language becomes a natural, happy part of your child's day.

Hearing children who know signs, learn language almost twice as fast. As early as 11-14 months old, hearing children exposed to sign language put little sentences together faster than non-signing children, who do not begin to combine words into short sentences, such as "Da-da car" until the average age of 20 months.
Study conducted by Dr. Michelle Anthony and Dr. Reyna Lindert, Signing Smart program founders.

Benefits for Your Child and You

Communicate with your child even before she can form the words.
Ease a child's frustration by helping her communicate what she needs, speed language development, and enhance long-term learning abilities.
Know when your child is most ready to interact and learn.
Learn sign language teaching methods, such as making the sign on a child's body, on the floor, or hand over hand.
Recognize and respond to your child's version of signs.

Enjoy the Journey All Week Long
Sign & Sing is much more than a weekly class. The At Home Materials you receive from your Educator help you to continue that one-of-a-kind experience at home. Family involvement in your child's learning is a fundamental cornerstone of the Kindermusik philosophy because we believe the parent is the child's most important teacher and the home is the most important place for a child's learning to take root and grow.

Imagine That 3 to 5 years

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Imagine That! takes you and your child on a musical journey of discovery and exploration…a journey limited only by the power of imagination. Pretend play activities are integrated with music, vocal development, storytelling, movement and literature to capture your child’s potential to learn and to encourage cognitive and literacy skills, creativity and individuality.

Kindermusik Imagine That! is designed for active, energetic, enthusiastic, and imaginative 3- and 4-year-olds and encourages socialization, sharing, and participating in group activities. Singing becomes a focus for enhancing the preschooler's vocal development as her expressive language is just beginning to emerge..

Benefits for Your Child and You

Nurtures your child's imagination and creativity.
Creates a learning environment that integrates music, expressive language, peer interaction and pretend play.
Challenges your child through activities that promote problem-solving, making choices and expressing ideas.
Allows your child to have an active role in the development of music and movement activities.

Enjoy the Journey All Week Long
Kindermusik is much more than a weekly class. And your At Home materials you receive from your educator are just the tools you need to continue that one-of-a-kind experience together as a family. While we plant the seeds of learning through music in the classroom, you will use the At Home materials at home to cultivate lifelong learning.

Family involvement in your child’s learning is a fundamental cornerstone of the Kindermusik philosophy because we believe the parent is the child’s most important teacher and the home is the most important place for a child’s learning to take root and grow. After all, there’s no better way to nurture your child’s development – and you’ll love doing it together – every day!

Our Time 18 months to 3 years

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Can you sound like an elephant? Or hop like a bunny? Our Time encourages your child to uncover an engaging musical world while building confidence, self-control and communications skills. Singing, imitating sounds, rhyming and object identification foster language skills. Creative movement to various musical “moods” develops a sense of balance, timing and spatial awareness. Listening and turn-taking encourage blossoming social skills.

Kindermusik Our Time is designed for children 1½ years to 3 years of age. Along with an accompanying parent or caregiver, children meet weekly for a 30-minute class and enjoy singing, moving, listening and interacting socially, and playing simple instruments. Exploration Time encourages a child's discovery of specially designed instruments, textures, sounds and movements; language skills are fostered with singing, sound imitation, and vocal play; Music & Movement Story Time encourages emergent literacy skills; and creative dancing affirms a child's urge to move.

Benefits for Your Child and You

Recognizes your child's need for both freedom to try and the assurance of your support.
Educates you about the interactive nature of the total development of your child through music, movement and literacy.
Promotes joyful music making as a community.
Encourages the building of characteristics related to successful learning in school: self-confidence, curiosity, self-expression, social skills and cooperation.

Family involvement in your child's learning is a fundamental cornerstone of the Kindermusik philosophy because we believe the parent is the child’s most important teacher and the home is the most important place for a child’s learning to take root and grow. Afterall, there’s no better way to nurture your child’s development – and you’ll love doing it together – every day!

Village newborn to 18 months

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Imagine your child swinging softly in a blanket or dancing with you around a maypole. Village provides a delightful environment unlike any other. Through a unique blend of multi-level activities that includes creative movement, vocal play, object and instrument exploration, and a colorful literature component, your baby’s growth and development are stimulated and all of his senses engaged.

Kindermusik Village, for children newborn to 1½ years of age, incorporates the most current research on early childhood development and provides families a special place for learning and connecting with other parents and babies through music and movement. High quality, professionally created class and At Home materials include Kindermusik Foundations of Learning, insights based on current research that educate parents about their babies' unique development.

Benefits for Your Child and You

Educates you about your baby's total development through Kindermusik Foundations of Learning - statements based on the most recent research.
Encourages joyful participation in a music making community.
Nurtures bonding between you and your child through intentional touch warm-ups, exercises, interactive dances and musical play.
Provides natural connections between singing and reading out loud, listening and communicating through literature books.

Little Steps Musik

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Little Steps Musik presents Kindermusik

About Kindermusik

Kindermusik is the community of families and teachers passionately committed to bringing music to children's lives through developmentally appropriate curricula, CDs, books, instruments, and activities for our classes and for family time at home.

Kindermusik's philosophy is founded upon rigorous research and our fundamental beliefs:

Every parent is the child's most important teacher.
Every child is musical.
The home is the most important learning environment.
Music nurtures a child's cognitive, emotional, social, language, and physical development.
Every child should experience the joy, fun, and learning which music brings to life

Each Kindermusik class is a world of discovery and adventure. In every class, you'll witness your child's developmental evolution in language skills, literacy, listening, problem solving, social skills, self-esteem, and musicality. And it happens within a nurturing environment-full of energy, imagination, music, dancing, and playful delight.

Kindermusik provides the time and tools to help bring the power of music into your home and your child's life forever. An integral part of every Kindermusik program, your Kindermusik At-Home Materials include the highest-quality music CDs, creative activities, beautifully illustrated children's books, and specially designed instruments-created to complement the music and Kindermusik classroom experience.

By adding new concepts and challenges along the way, each age-appropriate program acts as a stepping stone to the next-paving the way to a musical journey that can last seven magnificent, musical years.