Sometimes it’s just nice to hear it from someone else isn’t it?

Posted on Oct 3, 2011 | 0 comments “These classes are great! Steven and I have been joining in with Kindermusik since he was just 7 weeks old, he’s now the ripe old age of 8 months, and we still love Kindermusik just as much. Both my partner and I are GP’s and we can see how the activities encourage and develop his hand/eye co-ordination, increase brain/eye messages but most of all we have such a laugh, which is...
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If you’ve ever wondered just why music is so important in our lives, and most especially our children’s lives then take a look at this;

Posted on Sep 25, 2011 | 0 comments If you’ve ever wondered just why music is so important in our lives, and most especially our children’s lives then take a look at this; “Music and Emotional Development Music is associated with our earliest memories, and experiences throughout our lives. It definitely has an emotional impact. Think of a song or piece of music that stirs up strong emotions every time you hear...
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“The child who has hated singing since birth is now happily singing his own tunes…..we think its because of Kindermusik”

Posted on Sep 20, 2011 | 2 comments “The child who has hated singing since birth is now happily singing his own tunes… so we’ve spent the morning making a song bag. We think it’s because of Kindermusik” – this was emailed to me earlier this week by one of our lovely Kindermusik families. When Charlie first joined us, a couple of terms ago, he was as most little boys are full of energy (certainly not shy)...
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“Rhymers will be readers: Its that simple.”

Posted on Sep 12, 2011 | 0 comments Nursery Rhymes Best-selling author Mem Fox says “The importance of getting rhymes and songs into children’s heads can’t be over estimated”. “Rhymers will be readers: It’s that simple. Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know 8 nursery rhymes by heart by the time they are 4 years old, they are usually amongst the best readers by the time they are...
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Let’s blow raspberries! Okay, so not at dinner time…

Posted on Sep 1, 2011 | 0 comments Let’s blow raspberries! Okay, so not at dinner time… But did you know that by blowing raspberries you are assisting development of your baby’s lips, cheeks and mouth, co-ordinated with breathing, these are all helpful in forming the basis for saying words? Okay, so when Grandad teaches little one to blow raspberries just as a mouthful of something you’ve slaved over, pureed, mushed up and...
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When is the right age to start attending a class with your child?

Posted on Aug 1, 2011 | 0 comments When is the right age to start attending a class with your child? The correct answer to this question is when you both feel ready to, so in fact there is no RIGHT time to join us. But whenever you do will be absolutely fine. Babies who join a Kindermusik Village class (0-18 months) are in a ‘receptive’ mode of development, in preparation for movement towards a more expressive stage of...
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