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Kindermusik in Asheville

Thank you Aunt Em for this fun collage of our Monday Kindermusik Village Class (newborn to 18mo) at the Asheville Arts Center. What a great class! Moms, dads, grandparents! Always 3 classes for the price of one: Music for the babies, aerobics for the grown ups and a special this term is ballroom dancing! Well, remember, it's only a dance and it's really the fun that counts.

One of the musical elements of this day's focus is the meter of the music. That means the organization of beats (ie groups of 3 beats or 4 beats). In the song that we are moving to and I am counting there are at least 4 different organization patterns including measures of 7 beats. If babies hear this in their environment then playing Stravinsky's Rite of Spring won't be such a counting challenge when they are in their college orchestra!

Kindermusik Kids Now

What do Kindermusik kids look like when they grow up? What kind of things do they do for fun? How's this for a bunch of Kindermusik kids grown to TEENAGERS!!!!

A Child's Emerging "Self"

I can do so many things all by myself!
I can do so many things all by myself!
Can you wiggle your eyebrows, just like this?
I can wiggle my eyebrows, just like this!

Can you show your teeth just like this?
Mirror play helps toddlers work on finding out about their bodies; naming body parts like eyes and nose, figuring out that you can move your own eyebrows, understanding emotions, and working on the concept of being a separate person from their primary caregiver. That's a big job!

Can you blink your eyes?


Their emerging "self" includes a quality of self esteem as well. Being told you are beautiful by someone you love and trust early in life will affect their self esteem in a positive way. And, I believe, be something we want them to know deep down inside before that 16 year old knocks them off their feet with the words "You're so beautiful!" Wouldn't you rather they already know it.

Let mirrors be your reminder to look at yourself and affirm that you are a beautiful person and then look at your amazing children and tell them how beautiful they are!



Hello Beautiful!!!

Yes, that's you!

You are precious.

Peace,
Yvette

Our Time Kindermusik with guitar!

Here he is, the guitar guy Noah, in Kindermusik Our Time at the Asheville Arts Center! There's talent!

Carnival of the Animals - Aviary

We listened today with my Kindermusik Young Child 1 class to the Aviary from Camile Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals. I mentioned that when you are listening with intent to this piece you might hear the flute and maybe the piano at first. When we listened again we heard more and more layers of sound. This complex listening gets kids ready for paying attention at school and for being extra observant to auditory input.

So here you can listen again and see for yourself! Do you hear the pizzicato cellos? And do you hear the wispy sound of the violins? I mentioned that there were 2 pianos and of course the star of the Aviary is the flute! (My favorite!)

the Aviary by Camile Saint-Saens

We listened today with my Kindermusik Young Child 1 class to the Aviary from Camile Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals. I mentioned that when you are listening with intent to this piece you might hear the flute and maybe the piano at first. When we listened again we heard more and more layers of sound. This complex listening gets kids ready for paying attention at school and for being extra observant to auditory input.

So here you can listen again and see for yourself! Do you hear the pizzicato cellos? And do you hear the wispy sound of the violins? I mentioned that there were 2 pianos and of course the star of the Aviary is the flute! (My favorite!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFFt_kFq_eQ