5 - 7 year olds

Kindermusik for the Young Child is a four-semester sequential curriculum of music instruction for children 5 through 7 years of age. It is the final program in the Kindermusik series. After completing this two-year program your child will be ready to take private music lessons, sing in a choir, join an ensemble, or pursue other interests. Parents register their child for a full year (30 lessons) of classes. Occasionally a new student can be added in the second or fourth semester if there is room.

There will be a limit of 7 children per class. The program features singing and vocal development, creative movement and dance, focused listening, beat and rhythmic development, creativity, playing simple percussion instruments, exploring musical concepts, rudiments of reading and writing music, and ensemble development. In addition the children learn to play a glockenspiel (mallet instrument), a dulcimer (string instrument), and a recorder (wind instrument).

Children in this program are encouraged to do the assigned activities at home during the week. It is not the intent of Kindermusik that the student should be forced to practice or do homework. The child can still learn from the program even if he/she does not practice every day!

Sharing Time: Parents and siblings join us for the last 10-15 minutes of every class. Typically we will dance, play musical games, explain the home assignments and share what we're learning while parents are in class.

Materials: The following materials for the child and family are included in the course fee: child's folder and games bag, family songbook, home CD, attendance stickers, music at home pages, activity pages, a tote bag and an instrument (glockenspiel, recorder, dulcimer are introduced over the 2 year period).