What should a baby’s first music class really offer?
More than lullabies and swaying. Kindermusik in-person or virtual Foundations classes include those things, but Educators also teach families how sound exploration, listening activities, and dances help babies communicate, stimulate eye-tracking skills, and learn to move and coordinate new muscles.
What you'll learn...
Movement Control
Different movement activities help babies strengthen their core muscles, which increases their sense of balance and control over movements.
Social Adaptability
Group activities allow babies to experience familiar and unfamiliar social experiences in a safe and secure way.
Listening and Communication Skills
Listening to music and doing vocal play exercises helps develop a baby’s back-and-forth communication skills.
Language and Literacy Development
Introducing spoken sounds and rhythms through songs and rhymes helps support language and literacy development.
Self-Regulation
Associating music with tricky transitions like nap time helps establish calm and encourages self-soothing.
What to expect...
Listening
Sing it again...babies will experience a variety of songs and rhymes in different ways. Bonus: a parent’s singing voice is their favorite!
Vocal Plays
Your turn! Babies will participate in back-and-forth vocal plays and other parent-child interactions, helping them with early language development.
Object Exploration
From scarves to shakers, little ones will use all of their senses to explore a variety of safe, engaging props and instruments.
Bonding Exercises
The best part...parents and caregivers learn bonding techniques through intentional touch, baby massage, and relaxation activities.
What should a music class for young toddlers look like?
More than singing and playing instruments. Kindermusik Level 1 in-person or virtual classes include those things, along with opportunities for toddlers to explore new movement and language skills through dance, creative movement, echo songs, and more.
What to expect...
Object Exploration
From hoops to mirrors to harmonicas, you and your toddler will explore new objects together to help boost fine motor skills and other key milestones.
Basic Music Concepts
Tap, tap, tap...Level 1 students will learn how to keep a steady beat and experience opposites in music, such as high/low and fast/slow.
More Complex Songs
You’ll take it up a notch and enjoy singing songs with your little one that include motions, repeated words, and different meters and modes.
Movement
Ready, set, move! Toddlers begin to develop control over small and large body muscles through fingerplays, circle dances, and creative movement.
What you'll learn...
Body Awareness
As toddlers move in different ways, they begin to understand their own bodies and develop self-control of movement.
Gross and Fine Motor Skills
Toddlers begin to develop basic gross-motor skills and coordination, as well as better control over fine-motor movement.
Math and Language Fundamentals
Toddlers begin to recognize patterns in music and have an increased sense of steady beat, both skills linked to math and language.
