Kindermusik training offer

Enrol for training by December 31st and you will receive a $50 voucher to spend in our online store.

Kindermusik at the Baby Fair Guildford

Kindermusik appeared at the Bump, Birth and Baby Fair in Guildford on November 22nd.

Educators Liz Fowler (Guildford), Ali Wynne ( Haselmere) and Vanessa Webb ( Camberely/Chobham) had a great time talking to families about the importance of early childhood music education and signing them up for classes.

Do you have the Kindermusik gene?

Have you ever considered teaching Kindermusik? An increasing number of people are choosing to teach this quality music programme across the UK and Ireland because it provides a flexible, rewarding career with low investment upfront.

See www.kindermusik.co.uk/teach for more info

Kindermusik Ireland seminar

Educators from all over Ireland met on September 6th in Dublin for their first ever seminar. Thanks to all who travelled from some distance and braved the match traffic.

Kindermusik is rapidly becoming known as a quality music programme for children in Ireland.

Classes recommence this week so check out our class locator on http://www.kindermusik.co.uk/ for your nearest class.

(Finola Ryan Licensed educator from Ennis, photo Y Vaughan)

Why choose Kindermusik?

Research shows that children who attend Kindermusik classes are more successful at school!

Enroll now for Kindermusik classes starting in September

Kindermusik educators across the UK and Ireland will be starting new Kindermusik courses shortly so be sure to get your place.

Check out http://www.kindermusik.co.uk/ for your nearest class and remember all Kindermusik educators offer a free trial session.

Not sure what to expect in a class? Take a look at this clip:

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What do Kindermusik educators in the UK like best about Kindermusik?

On Saturday 25th July Kindermusik educators from the UK met for their annual seminar.

Hear what they like best about Kindermusik?

Kindermusik partners with Daily Mail to offer free activities for kids

We have teamed up with the Daily Mail to offer free Kindermusik sessions during the summer holidays.All you have to do is collect four differently dated tokens from those printed in the Daily Mail. Tokens are being printed every day in the Dail Mail until mid July and the Kindermusik educator should be called in advance to make a booking.

Music 'nurtures' premature babies

An increasing amount of evidence shows that hospitals that play music to premature babies help them grow and thrive.The benefits are said to be calmer infants and parents as well as faster weight gain and shorter hospital stays.
A Canadian team reviewed nine studies and found music reduced pain and encouraged better oral feeding.

More on http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8068749.stm

A Kindermusik class can help children's social and emotional skills

Research demonstrates that involvement in music and movement activities like Kindermusik from an early age helps children develop good social and emotional skills. Research also links social and emotional development with school-readiness and even with higher academic testing scores. It's no surprise. After all, the same skills that foster emotional security and social success - skills like confidence, curiosity, cooperation, self-regulation, and good listening - predict cognitive achievement and academic success as well.
http://www.kindermusik.com/Classes/ClassesBenefits.aspx

Kindermusik supports Change 4 Life

Change 4 Life is the government initiative to encourage children to be more healthy by eating properly and doing more exercise.
Kindermusik programmes contain and music and movement. We realise children learn and develop better when they are able to move their bodies to music. It improves their sense of balance, their spatial awareness, burns up energy and its lots of fun. Each 45 minute class can be a significant contributor to the daily exercise recommended by the government, with dancing, instrument play along, fine and gross motor movement time, rocking, object play and more.
If you are yet to experience a Kindermusik class, call your local educator for a free trial.
www.kindermusik.co.uk/Classes/classesfind.asp

Enrol now for Kindermusik training and be a licensed educator by the summer!

Yes, its true - our flexible, online training allows you to study in your own time using a combination of learning methods - reading, listening and watching training material then interacting via a web classroom.

A highly experienced mentor will guide you and your fellow students every step of the training. After successful completion of the programme (around week 8 ) you could be applying for your license.

So by joining a learning group in May, you could be licensed by July or sooner, advertising your classes in the summer, ready to start teaching Kindermusik next term. All for just £330 ( at current exchange) plus VAT.

For more info see http://www.kindermusik.co.uk/Teach/teach.html

The experts on how music enhances child development

Kindermusik is the recognised expert in understanding music's benefits on child development. With over 30 years of experience in the field we have worked with childhood experts to create music programmes that are not only fun but help your children develop.

More recently Kindermusik have collated the latest research findings in these wonderful colourful e books for parents and teachers to enjoy.

Just click on these links that talk about the link between Music and maths, literacy and social skills and how Kindermusik classes can really make a difference. They are full of great tips to follow at home in your music making aswell as explaining how your child's development can really benefit! Whether a toddler or pre-schooler.

Music and Maths:

http://www.kindermusik.com/Classes/Downloads/MusicAndMathOTFinal.pdf

http://www.kindermusik.com/Classes/Downloads/MusicAndMathITFinal.pdf

Music and Social skills:
http://www.kindermusik.com/Classes/Downloads/SocialEmotionalPaper_4th.pdf

Music and literacy:
http://www.kindermusik.com/Classes/Downloads/Music&Literacy-OurTime-Research%20Highlights.pdf
http://www.kindermusik.com/Classes/Downloads/Music&Literacy-ImagineThat-Research%20Highlights.pdf

Congratulations Kindermusik Maestro Educators

Well done to the following Kindermusik educators who have been awarded Maestro Producer status for 2009/10 in the UK and Ireland:

Katrina Claydon (Lancashire)

Vanessa Webb (Surrey)

Jan Holt (West Sussex)

Cynthia O'Mahony (Dublin)

Lynn Swain (Milton Keynes)

Cath Smithson (York).



This award is given to those educators who have programmes in the top 1 to 5% of the Kindermusik programmes worldwide, due to the numbers of families they are reaching.

Kindermusik latest research

See www.kindermusik.com/benefits for more info.

Kindermusik partners with Sainsbury's Active Kids

From today Kindermusik will partner with Sainbury's as part of the Active Kids promotion. This runs from February 11th to June 3rd 2009.

Every time a customer spends £10 or more at their nearest store or online, Sainsbury's will give the customer an Active Kids voucher. This will enable the customer to claim a free activity like Kindermusik by looking at the Sainsbury's website and finding details of their nearest venue. Customers will need to contact their nearest educator ahead to book a class.

We are very excited by this partnership as we believe it will give more children the opportunity to try a quality music and movement programme like Kindermusik but also to increase their level of acitvity and consequently lead a healthier lifestyle.

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/ActiveKids/Draw/Default.aspx

New term, new classes, new educators

After February half term ( w/c 23rd Feb) educators in the UK and Ireland will be offering new curricula for all age groups, so parents should ensure they enrol quickly to get a place. We have an increasing number of educators now teaching Kindermusik with new teachers starting up in Burgess Hill, Guildford, Glasgow, Cork city, Limerick and Leicester.

Remember you can try a class for free by calling your local educator. For more details see http://www.kindermusik.co.uk/

Kindermusik programme ABC music and me to be offered at Busy Bees/Leapfrog nurseries

The award winning ABC music and me programme by Kindermusik will shortly be offered Busy Bees/Leapfrog nurseries, the leading provider of nursery childcare. Kindermusik UK Ltd Director Vanessa Webb said ' we are very excited by this partnership as it means more children will get access to the quality music education provided by Kindermusik'. The programme supports the government EYFS frameworkby teaching children in a comfortable environment, adopting a whole child approach to learning and practising proactive learning through play. Each month a different theme is followed and families receive an ABC music and me homekit including a CD, family activity guide and instrument every other month. Says Vanessa, 'these quality home materials not only ensure learning can continue at home but importantly they keep parents informed of the fun and learning experienced in the music class.We look forward to further developing our partnership with Busy Bees in the future.'

A dad's perspective on Kindermusik

Here's some glowing words from a Dad who recently attended Mich Mazzocco's (pictured right) Kindermusik Village class in Egham with son Harrison. Thank you for sharing!

The Long Road to Wembley - A father’s tale of music lessons with my son

With visions of double platinum albums, stadium gigs and early retirement as my motivation we looked at the options to help develop Harrison's musical ability. We found that we had two possible routes we could follow to start our son on this journey, Monkeymusic or Kindermusik. Now neither of these were going to teach Harrison the chord progression to smoke on the water, but would provide him an opportunity to learn some basic things about music, but also spend some time with his dad. We decided to enrol with Kindermusik for a five week course every Saturday morning (in Egham with Mich). Now, Kindermusik was not what I expected, but it didn't matter as this was quality time with my son that I just never got during the working week. The lessons combine music, movement and help develop a number of skills it even teaches relaxation techniques (which Harrison seemed to enjoy nearly as much as I did!). Of course like any toddler his particular favourite activity was playing with the instruments especially the drums and generally anything that made lots of noise! It was great to watch I just don't get to spend much time with Harrison and seeing him as a confident little toddler made me very very proud indeed.I would really recommend Kindermusik, especially for dads that are looking for something a little different to do with their children. It’s a lot more that just another group session for signing nursery rhymes, and Harrison has really enjoyed the approach that the lessons take. So a great thing to do on Saturday mornings, and as its just Harrison and Daddy we get a chance to play AC/DC

Kindermusik comes to the Guildford Family Festival

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Kindermusik is coming to Guildford Family Festival on February 16th. Kindermusik educators Liz Fowler ( Guildford) and Alison Wynne ( Haselmere) will be offering sessions for all age groups from newborn up to 7 years, for what promises to be a fun packed day. For more info see http://www.kindermusik.co.uk/ or contact Liz on LizDFowler@aol.com.

Kindermusik by Jan celebrates 10 year birthday!

Kindermusik by Jan has recently celebrated its 10 year birthday. The programme is the largest in the UK reaching over 250 families a week and is offered in Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath, Sussex. Jan Holt, Maestro Kindermusik educator, started teaching in 1998 with around 60 children and later was joined by her husband Scott Holt, who also became the administrator for the company. Demand for classes meant the programme had to offer additional locations and classes and now had a teaching team of 5. Kindermusik by Jan recently featured on Southern Counties radio and in the local Argus newspaper. For more info see http://www.kindermusikbyjan.co.uk/

Kindermusik is nominated for Whats on for Little ones awards

Kindermusik has been nominated in the Most Outstanding Baby and Toddler Group and Best National Toddler Development Activity award category . Also our educators Suzanne Dunn (North East) and Angela Peden ( Scotland) have received nominations for Most Outstanding Activity or Class Leader award categories.These awards are voted from 1st February 2009 on-line at http://www.whatson4littleones.co.uk/.