Wednesday, April 30, 2008

We're going to the Puck's Farm!

Our Time class from Thornhill is going to the Puck's Farm on Victoria Day, May 19. That's where we'll have our last Fiddle-Dee-Dee class in the nature, if the weather coperates.

Can't wait!

Until then, check out www.pucksfarm.com

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Why Your Child Needs Music

Music helps children become better learners. It develops skills in the whole child-cognitive, physical, social, emotional, language and musical. Research proves that music is the best conductor for learning in early childhood.

Musical activities stimulate development in every area of the brain. Education takes place right in the classroom with the inclusion of Kindermusik Foundations of Learning™. Kindermusik Foundations of Learning are scientific explanations of how Kindermusik enhances the natural growth systems of the young mind and body, contributing to enhanced language development, preparation for reading, inhibitory control, attention, phonological awareness, and more. (For current research at McMaster University on music and childhood development, copy this link into your browser: http://www.psychology.mcmaster.ca/ljt/research.htm )

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

What is Kindermusik?

Kindermusik is an early childhood music and movement program based on the beliefs that: Every child is musical. Every parent is the child's most important teacher. The home is the most important learning environment. And based on research, music nurtures a child's cognitive, emotional, social, language and physical development.

From birth through seven years of age, your child can grow with Kindermusik without pressure to perform, only encouragement to explore, express and discover. You'll see a developmental evolution in language skills, emerging literacy, listening, problem solving, social skills, self-esteem and musicality!

"The fact that children can make beautiful music, is less significant than the fact that music can make beautiful children."

C. Lavendar