Getting ready for preschool is child's play
In a Kindermusik class, miming and singing “Wheels on the Bus” may seem like child’s
play, but it's actually helping a child develop better coordination and language
skills.
In a Kindermusik class, parents and their children—ages newborn to 7 years old—sing,
dance and make music together to develop better learning skills for the child. Parents
also learn more about the developmental process and benefits by activities in class.
Studies continue to show that music has a positive impact on a child’s ability to
learn. Not only in terms of preschool readiness, but making and responding to music
can help a child use scissors, kick a ball, as well as have a positive impact on
a child’s sense of self-esteem and self-expression.
“For a child, being ready for preschool is about feeling comfortable with yourself,”
says Carol Penney, Kindermusik International's Director of Education . “Then they
have the confidence to leave mom and dad at home and get involved with what's going
on in preschool.”
Kindermusik classes are designed by music and early childhood educators. Activities
are based on new and proven research that music making music can stimulate every
area in the child’s development:
- Stimulate a love of diverse styles of music—varied musical exposure leads to language
proficiency and spatial-temporal reasoning, which is the foundation for engineering
and science.
- Foster creativity using music, dance, drama—children use creative thinking skills
in pretend play, enhancing their ability to think in different ways.
- Teaches parents about child development—parents are the child's first teacher. Kindermusik
classes help parents understand the child development process by explaining developmental
benefits of each class activity and offering activities they can do together at
home.
For more information on getting children ready for preschool, or to learn more about
Kindermusik classes enrolling year round, visit the class locator.