Do-Si-Do will be a fun way for Baby and you to explore rhythm and movement. Why is rhythm and movement important to your baby? When Baby emerges from the womb and the familiar, steady sound of mother’s heartbeat, his brain begins scanning the disorganized world for patterns, elements of consistency to help him make order out of the chaos. Rhythmic activity provides the recognizable, predictable and patterned information Baby wants to latch on to. Baby begins to apply his developing sense of timing in his every coordinated move—from clapping to crawling to waving bye-bye to cruising to walking. Through the movement in Do-Si-Do, Baby is gaining an awareness of where his body begins and ends, what it is capable of doing, and how to negotiate gravity—no small feats! Baby has much to gain from the rhythm and dance play in this unit.

Baby’s Book, entitled This is My Dance is a colorful “move-to-it” book with rhythmically driven bears who serve as playful models for us as we explore movement with Baby. You and Baby will also enjoy dancing the Charleston to “Maple Leaf Rag” by Scott Joplin, waltzing to Brahms’ “Waltz in A Flat” and doing the tango and the cha-cha-cha to “Tango, Cha-Cha!”

Enjoy exercising Baby to familiar rhymes such as “1-2, Tie My Shoe”, “This Little Pig Danced a Merry, Merry Jig”. Enjoy singing the African song, “Abiyoyo” and the Texas song, “Toodala” and rocking to the Spanish song, “Rurru”. Baby will explore with humongous scarves, paper plates, chime balls, drums, egg shakers and baby bells. Our goodbye song is even a song and dance.

Welcome to a world full of Feathers! Experience a wide range of songs, movement activities, object play, and vocal play relating to our feathered friends. The Australian Kookaburra, the African Ostrich, and many more birds from across the world are featured in songs, dances and poems. Both Jazz and Classical selections, a Yiddish Folk Song, a Muskogean melody and Mother Goose rhymes set to music are just a few of the colorful and exciting pieces in this curriculum. Also included is Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, Woody Guthrie’s poem, “Grassey Grass Grass”.

See your baby’s face sparkle as we sing “Hello-Lah” with his name in the song each week. Baby will then benefit from intentional touch to “Grassey Grass Grass” and we will exercise his limbs to “Once I Saw a Little Bird.” Your baby will learn to socialize while dancing with you to “Gee, But It’s Great to Meet a Friend” and enjoy rocking to “In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree” and “Sleep, My Little Bird.” Babies will explore various child-safe instruments such as egg shakers while singing “Kookaburra” and drums will listening to “Duck Dance”. Babies get a head-start on learning to relax while listening to beautiful quiet time music. Babies learn language and the art of conversation from interaction with you. “Who’s Making All That Noise?” is a fun way of exploring bird sounds with baby. Babies love dancing to “Duck Dance” and “Alouette” and love anticipating the movements. Baby will handle humongous scarves, drums, egg shakers, chime balls, rainsticks, resonator bars, mirrors and baby bells as he explores his fun world.

Discover the joy of interacting with your baby and the support and nurture you will receive from being with other parents and babies at this unique stage in your lives!

Each semester you will receive two sets of At Home Materials.

Each set of Kindermusik Village At Home Materials includes:

• Baby’s Literature Book with specially commissioned art will aid in visual tracking, shape and color recognition and language development.
• Two Instruments, a bird shaker and a yellow wooden clacker.
• Home CD of the highest quality.
• Art Banners with pictures for baby’s vocal exploration.
• Clear Vinyl Carry Bag in which to store everything!

Fall Schedule & Fees 2007