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What the experts say ...
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Kindermusik ® methodology
is supported by scientific research which
reveals that exposure to music enhances the learning process in
young minds. It continually develops and enhances its music and
movement curricula by incorporating the latest early childhood development
research. A wide array of well-known experts in the field of early
childhood development inform and advise the development of Kindermusik
curricula. The perspectives of several nationally acclaimed specialists
about the developmental benefits of Kindermusik are included below. |
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Don Campbell
World renowned authority on the
transformative power of listening and music, and author of
The Mozart Effect ®
for Children |
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"Kindermusik provides the sound
nutrition to improve movement, listening, and expression in young
children. Through activities and music making, skills for parents
and children alike create inroads for the great orchestration of
a family's hearts, minds, and bodies." |
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Melissa R. Johnson, Ph.D.
Pediatric psychologist
Cary, N.C. |
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"A major task for toddlers,
that can confuse parents at first, is resolving the conflict between
their passionate desire for closeness to their parents—after
all, they are still barely out of babyhood—and their equally
fierce drive for independence. Activities such as story time in
the Kindermusik Our Time
curriculum provide toddlers this opportunity. A child can move into
the circle during Music and Movement Story Time and actively
participate if he wishes, or he can stay close to mom or dad and
listen to the story being read. Given this security, most toddlers
will naturally move to greater, and more appropriate, independence
as they approach pre-school age." |
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Anne Green Gilbert
Movement
specialist, author of Creative
Dance for All Ages, and director of Creative
Dance Center |
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"Current research has shown
that movement is the key to learning at any age. Our brains fully
develop through movement activities such as crawling, rolling turning,
walking, skipping, reaching and much more. When children and adults
participate in Kindermusik classes they are developing both sides
of their brains through structured and creative music and movement
activities. As we approach the millennium it is even more important
to keep moving and making music! Television, video games and computers
have helped to produce a generation that struggles with learning
problems, hyperactivity and obesity. Many of these problems can
be helped through systematic music and movement exercises and patterns.
Kindermusik classes have always been fun! Now I feel strongly that
they are also part of our essential learning process!" |
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Jim Powell,
Ed.D.
National director of Assessment
and Evaluation, Kaplan Companies |
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"As an early childhood advocate
I have found good music invaluable as a teaching tool. Kindermusik
has taken the art of combining music with learning to a new and
higher educational level. When children experience music in their
early years, it lasts throughout their lifetime. Recent literature
may attempt to refute the value of music as it relates to IQ, but
experts cannot deny the effect music has on the development of a
child's complete well-being. Kindermusik is pioneering a movement
that will prove valuable to children for many years into the future.
As a trainer, with more than 20 years tenure, I welcome the new
millennium and the music it brings, and I thank Kindermusik for
its contribution to holistic learning." |
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Claudia Quigg,
M.Ed.
Founder and executive director of
BabyTALK, a program dedicated to helping parents become
better parents to their children |
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"When introduced appropriately,
music and literature play an amazing role in the development of
infants and toddlers. I'm happy that Kindermusik has extended their
programs to include this time of life when brain development is
most vulnerable and parents are most in need of support and direction."
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Carla Hannaford,
Ph.D.
Biologist, educator, and author
of Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head
and The Dominance Factor |
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"Kindermusik is elegant in its
integrated approach to a child's development. Physiologically, touch,
movement, rhythm and sound are the keystones to developing a healthy
vestibular system and optimizing nervous system and brain growth.
The importance of having families working together, where everyone
benefits from the sense of belonging, gets directly at the heart
of what we, as a society, are needing at this time to raise healthy,
loving children and ensure a world of peace. All of this is provided
in the Kindermusik program." |
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Mary Sheedy
Kurcinka
International family educator and
author of Raising Your Spirited Child, Raising Your Spirited
Child Workbook, and Kids, Parents and Power Struggles:
Winning for a Lifetime |
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"Kindermusik brings parents
and children together for fun and education. The learning is active,
engaging and developmentally appropriate. Children are exposed to
diverse learning materials and are provided with rich opportunities
for hands-on experiences with developmentally appropriate instruments.
The joy is in the process of learning and the result is children
who are more attuned in reaching their full potential." |
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Patricia Campbell,
Ph.D.
Professor of Music at University
of Washington and author of Songs in Their Heads: Music
and Its Meaning in Children's Lives and Lessons from the World |
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"One of my strongest impressions
of Kindermusik's work is the variety of musical selections for children.
The selections are of high quality and of considerable diversity,
such that children can listen and respond to the music of Bach,
Mozart, contemporary composers, and cultural traditions around the
globe. Kindermusik understands that children deserve opportunities
to know a palette of musical colors, and thus through the program
provide windows to the world of people and their artistic expressions.
This rainbow of musical colors is the stuff that surrounds children
through their Kindermusik experiences, so that their listening,
movement, singing, and playing possibilities are grounded in history
and across cultures. These musical beginnings set children straight
for a lifetime of well-considered choices in their musical and cultural
valuing." |
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