Imagine your child swinging softly in a blanket or dancing with you around a maypole. Village provides a delightful environment unlike any other. Through a unique blend of multi-level activities that includes creative movement, vocal play, object and instrument exploration, and a colorful literature component, your baby's growth and development are stimulated and all of his senses engaged.

Kindermusik Village , for children newborn to 1 1/2 years of age, incorporates the most current research on early childhood development and provides families a special place for learning and connecting with other parents and babies through music and movement. High quality, professionally created class and At Home Materials include Kindermusik Foundations of Learning, insights based on current research that educate parents about their babies' unique development.

Start Date: January 3^rd , 2009

Fee: $135.00 plus one time Registration Fee ($21.00 per family)

Saturday 11:30-12:15pm

Total fee includes 8 weeks of classes and At Home Materials:
Baby's Literature Book, Baby's Home Journal, Home CD, and Two Art Banners

Can you sound like an elephant? Or hop like a bunny? Our Time encourages your child to uncover an engaging musical world while building confidence, self-control and communications skills. Singing, imitating sounds, rhyming and object identification foster language skills. Creative movement to various musical "moods" develops a sense of balance, timing and spatial awareness. Listening and turn-taking encourage blossoming social skills.

Kindermusik Our Time is designed for children 1 1/2 years to 3 years of age. Along with an accompanying parent or caregiver, children meet weekly for a 45-minute class and enjoy singing, moving, listening and interacting socially, and playing simple instruments. Exploration Time encourages a child's discovery of specially designed instruments, textures, sounds and movements; language skills are fostered with singing, sound imitation, and vocal play; Music & Movement Story Time encourages emergent literacy skills; and creative dancing affirms a child's urge to move.

Start Date: January 10^th , 2009

Fee: $240.00 plus one time Registration Fee ($21.00 per family)

Saturday 9:30-10:15am

Start Date: January 7^th , 2009

Fee: $240.00 plus one time Registration Fee ($21.00 per family)

Wednesday 10:00-10:45am

Total fee includes 15 weeks of classes and At Home Materials:
Two Music and Movement Books, Home Activity Book, Two Home CDs, Zig Zag Blocks, Child's Carry Bag

Imagine That! takes you and your child on a musical journey of discovery and exploration... a journey limited only by the power of imagination. Pretend play activities are integrated with music, vocal development, storytelling, movement and literature to capture your child's potential to learn and to encourage cognitive and literacy skills, creativity and individuality.

Kindermusik Imagine That! is designed for active, energetic, enthusiastic, and imaginative 3- and 4-year-olds and encourages socialization, sharing, and participating in group activities. Singing becomes a focus for enhancing the preschooler's vocal development as her expressive language is just beginning to emerge. Parents are invited to participate in the last 15 minutes for Sharing Time of the 45-minute class.

Benefits for your Child and You:

Nurtures your child's imagination and creativity. Creates a learning environment that integrates music, expressive language, peer interaction and pretend play. Challenges your child through activities that promote problem-solving, making choices and expressing ideas. Allows your child to have an active role in the development of music and movement activities.

Start Date: January 17^th , 2009

Fee: $255.00 plus one time Registration Fee ($21.00 per family)

Days & Times:

Saturday 10:30-11:15am

Total fee includes 15 weeks of classes and At Home Materials:
Two Music and Movement Books, Home Activity Book, Two Home CDs, Zig Zag Blocks, Child's Carry Bag

All classes have a two person minimum

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Through songs, toys, and loving playtime between you and your child, Kindermusik Sign & Sing shows you more than 50 signs your child can use to communicate with you. Using research-proven methods shown to speed language development in hearing children, you'll see how sign language can ease frustration and enhance long-term learning abilities for your child. Sign and Sing is designed for children 6 month to 3 years of age.

Songs and fingerplays. Already accustomed to fingerplays and rhyme-songs—such as "This Little Piggy"—you'll easily substitute American Sign Language (ASL) signs in familiar songs, improving your child's language skills, fine motor skills, and strengthen fingers for zipping zippers and using scissors.

Learn when you play. You'll never have to memorize a list of signs. This curriculum gives you the ASL signs that are most useful to you, and most interesting to your child. So playtime and everyday items around the house—ball, bubbles, mom and dad—become the objects of learning in the classroom, and sign language becomes a natural, happy part of your child's day.

Hearing children who know signs, learn language almost twice as fast. As early as 11-14 months old, hearing children exposed to sign language put little sentences together faster than non-signing children, who do not begin to combine words into short sentences, such as "Da-da car" until the average age of 20 months. Study conducted by Dr. Michelle Anthony and Dr. Reyna Lindert, Signing Smart program founders.

Benefits for your Child and You:

Communicate with your child even before she can form the words. Ease a child's frustration by helping her communicate what she needs, speed language development, and enhance long-term learning abilities. Know when your child is most ready to interact and learn. Learn sign language teaching methods, such as making the sign on a child's body, on the floor, or hand over hand.

Start Date: January 26^th , 2009

Fee: $95.00 plus one time Registration Fee ($21.00 per family)

Days & Times:

Monday 9:45-10:30am

Total fee includes 5 weeks of classes and At Home Materials:
Family Activity Guide, DVD glossary showing 60 signs, Clip-on flashcards that feature photos of both children and adults using family-friendly American Sign Language signs

All classes have a two person minimum