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/.