FIRST Observe – Start where the child IS

“I See YOU!”  “Look what you are doing…”  “Wow, that looks fun, I want to try it.”  These phrases are TREASURES in a parent’s tool box.  Every child LOVES to be noticed.  How many times do you hear “Watch ME!”  Every child LOVES to be recognized for what they CAN do, or what they HAVE DONE already.  [...]

Share the Love WEEK Gifts and Events

Share the Love Week at InTune Studios:    February 13 – 18:   Gifts, Playdates, Free Play in the open studio ! Here at InTune Studios, we LOVE what we do, sharing the joy of making music and art with children and families.  We LOVE watching the process of fine arts as it helps children blossom musically [...]

Top 5 Gifts of Music

“I LOVE Music !” your child says, whether with words, or with their body when music is playing and when enjoying an instrument,  or with their facial expressions when you are singing with them.  If they could, they might tell you their top 5 gifts of music like this. I love to listen in the car, and [...]

Developmental progression of Steady Beat

Help your child develop a Steady Beat Learning to keep a steady beat is more about ability than age, because you can improve this ability at any age.  And it always starts with experiencing it fully FIRST.  But during the earliest years, there are developmental milestones that must be met in order to progress to [...]

Fall Semester Programs and Themes

Music & Learning FALL  naturally together in Kindermusik, especially with Ms. Debbie ! Lakeland Fall Semester starts first week of September 2011 Host:  InTune Studios in Dixieland Village at 1037 S. Florida Ave. Suite 125  Most programs are held once a week, Monday through Thursday Monday eve. and Tues morning classes are taught by Ms. Tiffany All the rest are taught [...]

The Gift of Relaxation for Families

Motherhood is many things:  inspiring, frustrating, humorous, gross, heartwarming,  heart wrenching… honestly, our families FILL our lives with emotional and physical extremes and everything in between. After many years of marriage, I craved having a child because I knew my life would never be as full without at least one (no, husbands don’t count, no [...]

Motherhood Relaxation with Sounds of Nature

Relaxation Activity 2 – Sounds of Nature                   (link to intro.)                 For yourself:    This exercise proceeds much the same as the Sound of Silence one, yet occurs outside, in a place where the sounds are limited to those of nature.  It could be as close as your backyard – but if there is too much noise [...]

Healthy and Happy in spite of H1N1

Nobody wants to be sick.  Parents are legitimately concerned for the health of their children as they start school, and participate in group class activities.  There are a lot of germs out there, and H1N1 is making us ALL take a look at what we can do to stay healthy. Kindermusik International (as always) has done extensive [...]

Sanitizing instrument, toys, props with UV-C light

In my efforts to minimize the exposure to germs for both my family and the families I teach, I have been researching a cleaning product called the Verilux Cleanwave Sanitizing Light Wand. It caught my eye in a SkyMall catalog while in flight to the Southern Regional Kindermusik Conference, and seemed to have many benefits. I [...]

Can’t decide whether to enroll in Kindermusik?

  Watch this Video !    It’s TRUE, everyone participates in their OWN way in Kindermusik.    Amazingly, the process of music helps to bring out the best in all of us.  As the weeks progress, both children and parents feel more comfortable and familiar with the songs and the routines, providing for a perfect learning [...]