Take Time

"Bearing and raising children is not some pesky, peripheral activity we engage in, but the whole point."
Ann Crittendon
The Price of Motherhood

Keep that one on your fridge.

Take time. Look into their eyes. Come sing and dance like it's heaven on earth.

Asking: WHY KINDERMUSIK?

While other popular activities like dance, gymnastics and soccer do provide certain benefits, only participation in Kindermusik promises more life-impacting growth in all areas of your child’s development – including cognitive, physical, emotional, language and social development – for now and for life!

Activity Benefits	Kindermusik	Dance / Gymnastics	Organized Sports
Helps develop social skills through group interaction	√	√	√
Provides for physical development	√	√	√
Gives parents a chance to socialize	√	√	√
Builds self-esteem	√	√	√
Prepares Child for possible future as an athlete	√	√	√
Prepares Child for a future dance career	√	√
Leads a child toward a lifetime of joyful music-making	√
Provides a flexible, but structured routine	√
Enhances brain development for other skills like spatial and complex reasoning, listening, and reading	√
Allows a child to creatively express and explore individual strengths with art, vocal, dance, and instrumental activities	√
Improves memory and the ability to learn new information	√
Develops a child’s language and auditory skills	√
Is process, not performance, based	√
Supports the home as the most important environment for learning	√
At Home Materials make the weekly experience live at home again and again	√

Compiled by Theresa Case, M.Ed.

Thanks Theresa!

Have you reserved your SPOT???

Spotted this car around town? If you do then you have permission to take a SPOT for your own car!
Classes will start the week of Sept. 10! Have your reserved your spot? Please do!
Click here for to register online.

If you are still not sure and have questions then at least email your question to me: singandtwirl@sbcglobal.net
If you'd like to copy and paste one of these questions or add your own:
How can I afford it?
What do I do with the baby while I'm in class with my 2 year old?
Would dance class be a better option for my daughter?
Would gymnastics be a better option for my child?
Would Kindermusik and preschool overwhelm my 3 year old?
Do you have any classes where I could take my baby and two year old and 4 year old and 7 year old?
What is your Sign Language class like?
Can Dads come?
Can Grandma's come?
Can the babysitter come?
What if I'm due in Oct. with the new baby and have to miss classes?
What if I sign up and it doesn't work out?
What if my child is VERY active?
Can I come and try a class for free?
What do you do with Babies???
Would this be better for my preschooler than preschool?
Can you bring a class to our location?
Do you do birthday parties?
Do I have to buy the materials?
Are you still offering the deal for babies under 5 months receive 5 weeks Tuition FREE?
Can I bring twins to class?
Do you have a sibling discount?
What if my 3 1/2 year old has separation anxiety?
Do I have to drop off my child?
Will you come and speak to our mother's group about music?
Will you come and speak to our mother's group about child development?
I know there are other questions on your mind....please ask.
Love,
Yvette

Shadow PuppetsBegin your day with a prayer of gratitude!

This song, by Louis Armstrong,is one that I often use as a prayer. Beautiful lyrics and a wonderful tune that can stay with you all day keeping spirits up when stress can be high. "One who sings prays twice"..... Teach that to your children. I'll teach them lots of songs...come on in!
http://holland.kindermusik.net
Love,
Yvette
ps Anne says "I had that song stuck in my head all day". It's a good thing.
Thanks Molly!

Imagination is more important than knowledge....

Isn't it a treat to sit back and have a good laugh at these two actors sharing their imagination with us!
I laughed out loud!

I am looking forward to the laughs we get in the Kindermusik Imagine That! class. We nurture your child's imagination because like Einstein said: Imaginagion is MORE important than knowledge. All the knowledge in the world won't do anyone one any good with out a healthy dose of imagination.

I'm counting the days!
Yvette


Thanks Lori for sharing!

Classical Parenting:

Didn't we hear lyrics like this when we were growing up?

Pachelbel Bedtime

Parenting is HARD work and we all feel like this from time to time.