What is Kindermusik?

Kindermusik is a world-wide children's music and movement program. We use music as a tool to help prepare kids for future school success. Research shows that participation in music-making helps kids become better learners and excel in school. To learn more, visit Kindermusik International's website: www.kindermusik.com

The Gateway Foundation for Theatre and Dance

The Gateway Foundation for Theatre and Dance is a non-profit performing arts center in Pocatello, Idaho. Our mission is to help children cultivate and showcase their talents in the Performing Arts in a safe, excellent, wholesome environment. We strive to make Performing Arts training available to every child who desires it. Classes include: ballet, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, creative, ballroom for adults and children, children's musical theatre, teen musical theatre, tumbling, cheer, voice, piano, and of course Kindermusik! See our website at www.gatewayfoundationfortheatreanddance.com

Monday, November 1, 2010

Young Child 1

The children were certainly inventive today! To create a musical interpretation of “A Weather Story,” the children decided which percussion instruments should represent specific weather sounds. We tried several possibilities before settling upon the class favorite. Activities such as this provide an opportunity for flexibility, change, or rearrangement, thus encouraging creativity. The creative process itself enhances the child’s ability to think in different ways and extends the thought process.

Enjoy your child’s creative impulses as she invents her own percussion instrument at home this week. Read Music at Home 7 for ideas; then create and bring her creation to class next week!

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