Kindermusik at Liberty United Methodist Church
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| Ages: 4 1/2 years, 5years & 6 year olds. |
| Spring 2009 Curriculum -15 week long semester -Starts January 19th runs through May 19th. -60 minute class length once a week -$65 deposit due with enrollment -Remaining tuition $180 due first day of class |
| Benefits for Your Child and You -Balances activities that integrate listening, vocal development, movement and performing in instrumental ensemble. -Introduces your child to the written language of music while cultivating music creativity. -Provides age-appropriate musical experiences that lead your child toward a lifetime of joyful music making. -Helps you and your child recognize special interests or skills for future formal music instruction. |
Young Child is composed of 4 sections taught for 15 weeks each. The program lasts 2 years. For Spring 2008 we are offering semesters 1, 2 & 4. |
| -Listen as your child astonishes you with their newfound ability to create musical compositions. Kindermusik for the Young Child provides a pressure- free, developmentally appropriate transition to musically succeed before taking on more formal instruction. Kindermusik provides the opportunity to explore voice development, rhythm, notation, musical symbols and authentic pre-keyboard, string and woodwind instruments. ------------------------------------------------------- Semester One Everything your child learns later in semesters 2, 3, and 4 begins with this early introduction to singing, reading, and writing music and rhythm. Through dances and games that focus on rhythmic development, we'll learn a keyboard instrument—the glockenspiel—which will be used throughout all the Young Child classes. Your At Home Materials provide the music, instruments, stickers, and activities for a home version of the same playful activities you'll hear about from class, so your child—and you!—can learn where you're most comfortable: at home. Home Materials: Children’s Folder with stickers, games bag, and Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, Home CD of music from class, glockenspiel, and canvas bag (during first semester). Semester Two Playing simple musical patterns and songs on the featured instrument from the first session—the glockenspiel—is a central focus this semester. While learning to sing a melody, and then play the pattern on the glockenspiel, we'll delve deeper into the understanding of musical concepts such as piano and forte through orchestra-style music such as the William Tell Overture and Peter and the Wolf. Music appreciation and understanding continues with a complete introduction to the instruments—and the families in which they're grouped—of the orchestra. Home Materials: Children’s Folder with stickers, games bag, and Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, and Home CD of music from class. Semester Three Appalachian music is a featured musical style this semester. First, you and your child will build a two-stringed dulcimer instrument with materials that we'll provide. Then in class we'll learn to play chords and simple melodies on the instrument you built together. We'll also explore rhythm concepts through dance with an introduction to the basic steps in jazz, ballet, and tap dances. Your Home Materials include dulcimer-making materials, activity cards, and music that features recordings from Appalachia, African- America, and Native American music, as well as the Western Art music of the Nutcracker Suite. Home Materials: Children’s Folder with stickers, games bag, and Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, Home CD of music from class, and dulcimer. Semester Four In this final semester, we'll introduce the recorder instrument. As your child is introduced to basic methods of playing simple melodic patterns and songs on this wind instrument, we'll also incorporate the instruments, concepts, and songs from previous semesters. With a special emphasis on multicultural music, your child will learn to improvise and write music, as well as experience the musical styles of the Pacific Islands, Europe, and Africa; plus play special dances and children's games from around the world, including Alpine dances, Mexico, and Ecuador. Home Materials: Children’s Folder with stickers, games bag, and Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, Home CD of music from class, and soprano recorder. |
Year 1- semester 1 Year 1- semester 2
Year 2- semester 4
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-January 19th - first week of Classes
-March - 16-27, two Week Break, No Classes
-May 11th - last week for everyone except Village.
-May 18th - last week of Village & Family time classes
-March - 16-27, two Week Break, No Classes
-May 11th - last week for everyone except Village.
-May 18th - last week of Village & Family time classes
