Hands On Play with Pumpkins

At the beginning of October, I set out to find just the right real Pumpkins for my annual Pumpkin Party !   This year, I had a new goal, to find a variety of sizes, from very small to very large.  I was led, in part by a desire to demonstrate a growing pumpkin in the [...]

Kindermusik and Gingerbread Art FUN

Bake, Build, Sing & Decorate ! Our Kindermusik & Gingerbread Art Event, at the Bay Street Bistro in downtown Lakeland, was Fantabulous.   An hour of fun interactive Kindermusik activities based on the music set “Bake, Build, Sing, & Scrub” was perfect preparation for the Gingerbread Art to follow.  Families came away with lots of new playful [...]

Sleigh Rides and Bell Horses

There are TWO fabulous classic folk songs about jingle bell horses and their fun sleigh rides.  While singing or listening to these fun songs, have some fun with different ways to make this song come alive for your child. “Over the River and Through the Woods”  is a Thanksgiving classic.  My FAVORITE book featuring this song [...]

Follow me to Kindermusik

I LOVE watching happy children enjoying the act of making music with others -  in this video, as well as in my Kindermusik classes each week.   And your heart will truly melt when YOU see YOUR child so happy to learn and explore, and show you what NEW things they can do, or songs they can sing.   Your [...]

Fathers find music great for child bonding

It is absolutely awesome when fathers are able to come with their children and participate in the music activities at Kindermusik.  Each time, the child is SOOO proud to have their dad by their side, playing, sharing, and singing.  I LOVE to hear those male voices in my classes, and to watch these heartfelt interactions, [...]

Hello Weather, Let’s Make Rain Hats and Rain Shakers

We’re singing, and dancing, and making rain music in our Imagine That! class!  Playing in the rain has never been so fun (and so dry), as with our imaginary musical rain excursions.  To enhance our rain play, students designed and created their own Rain Shakers to use for sound effects in our rain story.  AND they designed, created, [...]

Reflections of Spring: Family Time in Winter Haven

The Kindermusik Family Time semester, Make Way for Music, is the fourth installment in the Family Time series, and completes the set of puppet characters from the Jelly Bean band with Rex, the Lion.  More importantly, it has been an excellent introduction, and vehicle for families to explore the many aspects of music with their children.  Mrs. Bernadette [...]

Reflections of Spring: Village – Dewdrops

The soft touch of flower petals, the sweet smell of roses, the dampness of a dewdrop, the clear high tone of the bells, these are a few of our favorite things in the Village Dewdrops program.  We truly explored the theme of the Irish Gardens, including the bouncy trotting of horses.  The babies delighted in the many sounds, smells, [...]

Reflections of Spring: Our Time – Away We Go !

“GO!” is the first word of many children, they love to go, and they love things that go.  As you can see from the following slide shows, our students really enjoyed the opportunity to GO, GO, GO during the Spring Semester of Kindermusik Our Time.  Giddy-UP horsie        Giddy DOWN horsie       Giddy OOoops, horsie      Go, Go, [...]

Reflections of Spring: Kindermusik for the Young Child 4

Congratulations to the 2008 Graduating Students of my Kindermusik for the Young Child program.  They have completed two years of music theory, and are ready to take on more formal instrument instruction, or seek to express their musicality in their own way.  Enjoy some of my favorite pictures of the fun we had studying music, [...]