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Materials Fee: $ 25 Cost per semester: $140 Includes Non- refundable deposit: $50 ($40 per month) Payment Plan available Max/Min Students: 12/6 Grades: 4-12   Signing Choir   Center for Home Education is excited to announce the beginning of a Signing Choir for grades 4th grade and up. In this class, students will learn basic American Sign Language while exploring many styles of music (including patriotic, folk, pop and Christian).   They will also strengthen their sense of rhythm and conceptual language while practicing and learning good vocal and performance skills. The class will perform at the Cottage Theatre Recital and will pursue other opportunities to perform around the community.  Class Time: 1 hour. This is a one semester class totaling  14 weeks. Classes are offered for Grades 4th grade and up   Biography:  Lara has a B.M. in Music Therapy and has used her expertise and gifts to impact children and adults in public schools, nursing homes and hospitals for over 7 years. After becoming a wife, and mother of two wonderful children, now 10 and 7, Lara moved her focus to raising her family yet still finds time to teach flute, piano, guitar lessons and Kindermusik to babies through 5 year olds. Over the last 5 years Lara has used music with the babies and nursery teachers at Gateway Church in Southlake. Lara is very excited to extend her passion for music, teaching and sign language to your precious children.

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Kindermusik     Materials Fee: $ 75 Cost per semester: $140 Includes Non- refundable deposit: $50 Payment Plan available Max/Min Students: 12/6       Newborn - 18 months Enrollment Includes: Developmentally appropriate curriculum for parents and babies, ages newborn to 18 months Class of no more than 12 babies with parents 14-week semester with two different, seven week themes Weekly 45-minute class that includes new and unique parent and baby activities ·         Two sets of At Home Materials—one for each mini-theme— 1st 7 weeks:  Colorful board book of different vehicles—Zoom Buggy, Home CD of the songs heard in class, a set of Art Banners for the nursery wall that strengthens visions and promotes early literacy, and a Zoom Car baby instrument for music-making at home.  2nd 7 weeks - A board book that calms and relaxes—Dream Pillow Lullaby, Home CD of the songs heard in class, a set of Art Banners for the nursery wall that strengthens vision and promotes early literacy, and a Star baby instrument for music-making at Learn over 30 songs, lullabies, and nursery rhymes and play over 200 activities together by the semester’s end What a Parent and Child Will Experience in Class: Variety of Music -- Musical diversity builds strong neural in a baby’s forming mind, which is why each Kindermusik semester contains an array of styles, sounds, and genres. Instrument Play -- Age-appropriate experiences with child-safe instruments enhance a sense of rhythm and steady beat, develops a keen awareness of the distinguishing qualities of sound, and encourages spontaneity and creativity. Dance -- A classroom full of baby and adult pairs dancing together helps a little body develop the muscle strength needed to crawl and walk and helps a little heart to fall in love with the sheer joy of responding to music. Together Time -- A Kindermusik class is truly the essence of “quality time,” offering the parent a place to create special memories with their child, gain new insights into their child’s development, and nurture their child’s natural love of music. Expert Advice -- A Kindermusik Educator explains “what-to-watch-for” every step of the way and how each activity enhances a child’s complete development. Learning Continues at Home -- With the home materials, the learning continues at home with the child’s best teacher—the parent!   Zoom  Buggy!—Swoosh, vroom, and clickety-clack your way through this delightful unit. Babies and adults will dance, sing, and play instruments to the theme of being on the go. Chug around the room to the song “Little Red Caboose,” hold on tightly while “Riding in the Buggy,” and dance your way to “Zoom-e-oh!”  Engage in rituals and playful activities such as infant massage, lap bounces, exercise, and quiet time. ·          Dream Pillow — This title alone brings images of rocking, cuddling, singing, and lulling to sleep.  But leading up to sleepy time are many upbeat and playful activities.  Babies and Adults will swirl to a dreamy cloud dance “Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland.” They’ll also play baby appropriate instruments to “Aiken Drum,” and “Sarasponda.” Favorite nursery rhymes like “Wee Willie Winkie,” and “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling,” are sprinkled throughout the classes. It’s easy to weave many of the class songs and activities into your families’ daily routines.   Materials Fee: $ 75 Cost per semester: $140 Includes Non- refundable deposit: $50 Payment Plan available Max/Min Students: 12/6 18 months - 3 1/2  years   Enrollment includes: Developmentally appropriate curriculum for parents and toddlers, ages 18 months to 3 years 14-week semester Weekly 45-minute class Home Materials including Family Activity Guide, two literature books, instrument, and two CDs of music from class For the toddler, every day brings new discoveries and opportunities to explore the world.  Despite a display of independence, the 1.5 to 3 year old child still longs for the safety and security of parental closeness. During this time, toddlers still relishes the comfort of the familiar while also seeking the challenge of something new. Kindermusik Our Time encourages children to be creative, to initiate their own ideas and to respond in their own ways, while the parents’ active participation gives the toddlers the security they need. Playing instruments, singing, moving, and exploring uncover an engaging musical world while building the toddlers’ confidence, self-control, and communications skills.     What a Parent and Child Will Experience in Class: Instrument exploration and ensemble skill development -- Children will explore the physical characteristics and sounds of age-appropriate instruments which will eventually lead them to discover their potential for beat, rhythm, melody, and ensemble playing. Vocal play -- Through vocal play, toddlers learn to form vowels and consonants, say words and phrases, and imitate rhythm and vocal inflection. In Kindermusik Our Time, vocal play is presented within the context of songs, chants, and activities done in class. Exploration Time -- Children will love discovering specially designed instruments, textures, sounds, and movements. Story time and early literacy -- Listening to stories enhances language and speech development and fosters awareness of sounds, teaches use of language, and sends the message that words and symbols have meaning. The same experiences that help toddlers learn to read a book also help them learn to read music. Movement Activities -- Each class provides various opportunities for movement such as synchronized movement, group dances and circle games, and even expressive movement. Together Time -- Kindermusik is the essence of quality time, allowing parents to make the most of the fleeting toddler years, giving them the time and the tools to make music and memories together in class and at home. Expert advice -- A Kindermusik educator explains how the musically based activities enhance a toddler’s complete development. Milk & Cookies -- Make everyday home activities and chores easier and more fun with music! Cook and sing to “The Muffin Man”; dust and clean to the original song “In My House”; get ready to wash clothes to the delightful poem “Washing Machine”. Baking cookies, eating cupcakes, blowing on hot cross buns, wiggling like jelly, going grocery shopping and making tea are all represented in familiar as well as new songs. Move, play, and sing together in developmentally appropriate activities created just for 1 ½ to 3-year-olds. Capture the familiar and new moments of the day and learn how music can impact your toddler. Home Materials: Double CD featuring songs from class; two books—At My House and Cookies, two Home CDs, stir xylophone instrument, and a Home Activity Book—all arriving in a durable lunch bag.   Materials Fee: $ 75 Cost per semester: $140 Includes Non- refundable deposit: $50 Payment Plan available Max/Min Students: 12/6 Ages 3 - 5 Enrollment includes: Developmentally appropriate curriculum for parents and preschoolers, ages 3 to 5  years 14-week semester   Weekly 45-minute class includes a variety of activities, with the last several activities in class shared with parents One set of At Home Materials—40-page activity book, two literature books, play set or game, instrument, and two CDs of music from class His blanket becomes a superhero’s cape. A cardboard box doubles as her princess castle. Pots and pans become a drum set.  And she sings all the time.  Sound like someone you know? Every day brings a new discovery for the preschooler—slowly opening the doors of individuality and independence. Using the power of music, Kindermusik’s  Imagine That!  taps into the preschooler’s creative spirit and boundless energy and focuses on developing learning strengths and self-confidence so he’ll be ready for school, prepared for future music lessons…or able to leap tall buildings. What a Parent and Child Will Experience in Class: Pretend Play -- Pretend play activities are integrated with music, vocal development, storytelling, listening, movement, and literacy aspects of each class. When based upon a child’s real life experiences, pretend play helps develop language, sensory, motor, and cognitive skills. Musical Variety and Singing -- Activities include a mixture of musical genres and styles and provide a setting for children to explore their many voices and to use a “singing voice.” Singing helps with memory and recall, physical development, creativity, and socialization. Storytelling and Literacy -- Each class is built on the development of a story, so you’ll hear preschoolers search for the word to say what they mean and try to keep up with their busy minds, emerging wants, needs, likes, and dislikes. Parent Involvement -- Preschoolers are learning to be self-sufficient in a group setting of peers, while many times still needing the emotional security provided by a parent. The preschooler experiences both in Imagine That! Caregivers participate in the last 10-15 minutes of class. Plus the At Home Materials ensures the learning continues at home with each child’s best teacher—the parent! Hello Weather! Let’s Play Together! -- Sunshine, rain, snow, thunderstorms, and more in this imaginative and delightful weather-related musical adventure. Preschoolers create storm sounds with a drum to “Wild Storms,” jump in pretend puddles to “Mud Puddle Jump,” throw pretend snow-balls to “Snowballs,” and sing along to “Colors of the Rainbow.” With weather as our learning theme, preschoolers will explore musical styles that range from Opera to American folk, and become more self-sufficient in a creative musical environment that integrates music, pretend play, storytelling, movement, and more. Home Materials: Two books—Michael Finnigan and Hurry Home, Little Kittens, Hello Weather Play Set, Two Home CD with over 63 recordings of the stories, games, and weather sound effects played in class, 46-page Family Activity Book, and two instruments—ankle bells and rain shaker with scraper. Kindermusik for the Young Child: Build a Musical Foundation Using a small-group approach to music education, Kindermusik for the Young Child provides a pressure-free class where your child can develop a strong musical foundation by learning the concepts, language, notation, and vocabulary of music and its greatest composers. The program is designed to prepare the young child who is eager for first experiences with musical symbols and instrument discovery but is not yet ready for formal lessons and traditional music reading with an instrument. Parents or caregivers are encouraged to attend the last 10-15 minutes of class.   Materials Fee: $ 90 Cost per semester: $140 Includes Non- refundable deposit: $50 Payment Plan available Max/Min Students: 12/6   Ages 5 - 7   Enrollment includes: Developmentally appropriate curriculum for children ages 5 to 7 years; caregivers attend the last 10-15 minutes 14-week semester Weekly 60 minute class One set of Home Materials—Children’s folder with stickers and Music At Home cards, Family Songbook, instrument (wind, string, or pre-keyboard instrument depending on the semester), CD of music from class, canvas bag (during first semester) and games bag What A Parent And Child Will Experience In Class Singing and vocal development -- It may sound like a foreign language when a child sings “ta” and “ti-ti,” but this is the language of professional musicians and composers and getting young children ready to read and write simple rhythm patterns. Movement -- See children dance expressively to music, giving them the practice they needs to coordinate their body movements to the sound of music. This kind of musical play not only improves musicianship, but physical coordination as well. Reading and writing -- Young children will learn melodic notation and identify pitches such as the C, A, and D notes on the treble clef, plus rhythmic notation. Eventually even composing their own music. Focused listening -- Children will learn to identify a range of orchestra instruments and their sound qualities, while also gaining an early awareness and knowledge of composers and masterworks in Western arts tradition. Exploring and playing musical instruments -- Authentic percussion, string, pre-keyboard, and woodwind instruments expose children to the many choices for future musical study, and at the same time provide them with the opportunity to musically succeed before taking on more formal instruction. Semester One -- Everything your child learns later in semesters 2, 3, and 4 begins with this early introduction to singing, reading, and writing music and rhythm. Through dances and games that focus on rhythmic development, we'll learn a keyboard instrument—the glockenspiel—which will be used throughout all the Young Child classes. Your At Home Materials provide the music, instruments, stickers, and activities for a home version of the same playful activities you'll hear about from class, so your child—and you!—can learn where you're most comfortable: at home. Home Materials: Children’s Folder with stickers, games bag, and Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, Home CD of music from class, glockenspiel, and canvas bag (during first semester).   Kindermusik Summer Camps - TBA SUMMER CAMP(ages newborn - 7years) Kindermusik is a classroom learning experience. We teach children music so they can become better learners. It's not about making little Mozarts. It's about developing skills in the whole child - ages newborn to 7 years - cognitive, physical, social, emotional, language and musical. For more than 25 years, we have believed music is the best conductor for learning. What a Parent and Child Will Experience in Class: In just five lessons experience a summer’s worth of music, stories, and activities created to inspire a lifetime of learning. In a Kindermusik summer camp, parents and children will play, learn, sing, dance, create, and share in the fun of making music together. A trusted Kindermusik educator guides the class through each research-proven and giggle-approved activity. Inspire children’s love of learning in our delightfully engaging summer sessions. Best of all, every one of our summer camp activities—the music, stories, and crafts—is specially designed to nurture every child's natural curiosity, eventually drawing each child toward learning new words, new concepts, and new big ideas. Enrollment includes: Developmentally appropriate class for parents and children 5 sessions, 45 minute session each week One set of Home Materials including variations of the following: literature component, home activities, CD of music from class, instrument or prop, and other special materials The Adventures series, for children newborn to seven, is designed for use by licensed Kindermusik educators as a supplement to other traditional Kindermusik curricula. Unit Descriptions Peek-A-Boo! I Love You!—newborn to 1.5 years -- More than just a curious story, Mother Goose games like peek-a-boo help babies understand language. In this special camp, uncover more ways to say "I love you" using American Sign Language, soap bubbles, and parent-baby dances. Plus, parents can meet with other newborns and families in the community and learn how music improves the child development process. Home Materials: Peek-A-Boo! I Love You! board book, Home CD, duck wash mitt, baby duck Gertie ball, and poster. ___________________________________________________________ Busy Days—newborn to 1.5 years -- Set your baby's day to classical music. With a little more Tchaikovsky in your "Twinkle, Twinkle" repertoire discover new ways baby benefits from the classics as you develop an appreciation for the world's most respected music. Each lesson features new activities and songs that the parent can sing for all the places baby and mom go together—the store, the playground, the doctor, and more. Home Materials: Busy Day board book, Home CD, Village cage bell instrument, and poster. ___________________________________________________________ Zoo Train!—1.5 years to 3 years old -- Toddlers and trains make a natural match—always on the move. Tag along this summer with a traveling zoo train. Bring your own stuffed animals for the petting zoo. Wear long white socks on your hands for polar bear paws and learn about real animals in the zoo. Sing songs for clapping time, and use music to help toddlers regulate emotions. Home Materials: Zoo Train book, Home CD, animal shaker instrument, and poster. ___________________________________________________________ Creatures in My Backyard—1.5 years to 3 years Give children something to sing about in their own backyards. Be the flower from the "seed's" perspective. Run and jump in rain puddles made from hula hoops. Snack on whole wheat mini-waffles dipped in honey, just like a real honeycomb. Shoo real flies and sing "Shoo Fly." Home Materials: Home CD, Bunny hand puppet, and a set of 5 picture folders. ___________________________________________________________ Creatures at the Ocean—1.5 years to 3 years -- Sing sailor songs and make the ocean count. "Five little seashells lying on the shore: Swish! Went the waves and then there were four." Make homemade kites and fish sandwiches using fish-shaped bread and P.B. and J. Home Materials: Home CD, pair of seashell castanet instrument, a set of 10 story cards and 5 picture folders. ___________________________________________________________ On the Road—3 years to 5 years -- Re-live your childhood, with your child. Every song is likely to revive a memory from your summers’ past. Play “Eye Spy” and find shapes in the clouds to pass the time. Take imaginary trips in a bus named “Van Go” to fun-filled vacation destinations such as the carnival, a summer cottage, and the beach. Home Materials: On the Road book, Home CD, frog guiro instrument, and poster. ___________________________________________________________ Confetti Days!—3 years to 5 years -- Throw a new party every day. Ride a carousel inside the classroom. Play a balancing game and walk on the web of ropes. Do a musical move and freeze. Learn colors and sing the Spanish song "De Colures," "Pop, Goes the Weasel," and "Looby Loo." Home Materials: Home CD, pair of confetti bell instruments, story kit, and a set of 5 picture folders

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Materials Fee: $ 35 Cost for 2 semesters: $280 Includes Non- refundable deposit: $50 ($40 per month) Payment Plan available Max/Min Students: 12/6 Grades: 1-4   Elementary Music   Elementary Music Classes (1st-4th) This class will teach the basics of music including, playing with a beat, singing on pitch, note and rhythmic reading, theory, and music appreciation of a variety of styles and eras of music.  Students will learn about famous composers and hear their music.  Students will have an opportunity to practice both vocal and instrumental participation in class.  Students will also explore compositions of their own and improvisational music.  Homework will consist of research and writing of a short paper on a composer, writing out rhythms and notes, and memorization of musical terms and theory and exploring the use of sound and imagination to write a short composition in several easy forms.   Class Time: 1 hour. This is a 2 semester class totaling 14 weeks per semester.