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

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 )

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!

WHY KINDERMUSIK

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Did You Know?

• 13% of American children want to be musicians, according to a study by Busch Entertainment Corporation. Only 6% want to be President.
• Music has the power to relax, energize, and motivate.
• Music can improve your intelligence.
• 3 and 4 year old children who had 8 months of musical instruction, including singing and keyboard lessons, scored 43% higher on IQ tests than those who received no music lessons.
• Quality interaction with Mom or Dad builds brainpower! Researchers from University of Maryland found that the part of the brain that regulates emotion also influences a child’s ability to learn.
• Kindermusik program is so affordable that a child can take weekly classes for the price of one or several fast-food meals.
  
  
  Statistics from Statistical Abstracts, Rauscher; and Kindermusik International of Greensboro, NC, where not noted