Music and the Brain

Young Musicians Emerge!

Our 5 to 8 year-olds completed their Kindermusik Young Child semester 2 last December. It had been a great semester as children started to play melodies on their glockenspiels. Some of them told me that they even tried it on their piano, which made them excited. I could see the children were enjoying their fruit of labour – having to learn all the theories and took some time to build up their musical foundation in Semester 1. They are now more confident to play on melodic barred instrument and also with the strong foundation in music, they seem to be able to make music everywhere they go! (To see more of this blog, click here)

The Young Child in Kindermusik Sem 1

The 1st semester of the Kindermusik Young Child for the 5-8 year-olds ended last Saturday. The children were learning a lot of musical theories through focused listening, instrument play, moving with music pieces in the correct number of beats (Ta as crotchet, ti-ti as quavers, sh as rest). (To see more of this blog, CLICK HERE)

Kindermusik Young Child (5 to 8 yrs old) Increases a Child's IQ!

Kindermusik Young Child program (5 to 8 year-olds)

helps to increase your childs Abstract Reasoning Abilities (part of IQ test) !

Research done in 1999 - CLICK HERE to see research report

What is Abstract Reasoning? The ability to analyze information and solve problems on a thought based level. It requires the ability to apply what you know in problem solving. It requires various skills and Individuals possess different strengths and weaknesses in those skills. When there is a significant weakness it is identified as a learning disability and various therapies are used to improve the weak areas. Read more

What is Kindermusik Young Child Program? A music program helping children to build the foundation in learning to sing, play keyboard instrument, string instrument, woodwind instrument and compose own music. To find out more

Pre-Holiday Kindermusik Program for 1.5 to 3 Year-Olds

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Kindermusik Class for 0 to 18 months old!

ENROLL NOW for 18 Sep Intake

to avoid any disappointment!

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The musical poems of Woody Gurthrie, bird songs and the naturally occurring sounds in nature help babies develop an early appreciation -- and accelerated aptitude -- for language, movement, and music in the class.

Your Home Materials (Imported from U.S.A.)

1. CD featuring songs from class.


2. Kindermusik Chime Ball






3. A picture board book (non-toxic) featuring the birds and their vocal sounds for vocal play.


4. A set of Art banners for the nursery wall that strengthens vision and promotes early literacy.




Lesson Start Date: 18 Sep 2010 (Saturday)

Lesson End Date: 20 Nov 2010 (Saturday)

Lesson Days: Once a week on Saturday (8 lessons)

Lesson Time: 10.15 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. (45 minutes lesson)



LAST ENROLLMENT DATE: 4 Sep 2010 (Saturday)

For further enquiries and details, please email us at cloverlearningcentre@gmail.com.

HURRY!

Annual Kindermusician Workshop- Orff Shulwerk

I have always looked forward to the Annual Kindermusik workshop. Although this means we have to put aside our work and family for 3 whole days, and going back to the reality right after the training, it is always refreshing despite the tiredness.

Trying to remember it as long as I can what we have been taught in the 3 days is something that is very hard for me too. Especially when I am expecting now. However, this year is the best year that I think the workshop has suited me. Very, very well-written notes by Ginette really helps me to concentrate more on the practical of the workshop than requires me to jot down the notes by myself. Thank you Ginette, you are the best!

This workshop has opened my eyes to the work of Orff Shulwerk, and how PROCESS always matters more than results. The pedagogy is so step-by-step that I feel it is easy for the young children to perform a complicated work in a simple way!

Shirin, our other Kindermusik@Clover educator, has also enjoyed it very much!

Our group project -- coming up with a performance on instruments and entertainment within 2 hours, is never a tough task for great Kindermusician!

This is our dear Ginette. Being a friend, colleague and trainer, she has shown her patience and competencies to help us reach to another level. Love you Ginette!

1 New Class for Kindermusik "Milk & Cookies" (18 months to 3 years old)!

Due to over-whelming response, we are opening up 1 more class for this semester!

Enrol now to avoid any disappointment!

"Milk & Cookies" empowers the parent to lead the child through familiar everyday home activities such as cooking, dusting and washing clothes. Baking cookies, eating cupcakes, blowing on hot cross buns, wiggling like jelly, going grocery shopping and making teas are all represented in familiar songs and activities!

Your Home Materials:

1. Double CD features 50 songs, sounds, and recordings of favourite activities from class.

2. Two story books - "At My House" and "Cookies", to develop early literacy skills.

3. Home Activity Book

4. Stir Xylophone (FUN!!)

Lessons are conducted on Saturdays, once a week. There are 15 lessons for this theme (1 semester).

Semester Start Date: 19 June 2010 (Saturday)
Semester End Date: 9 Oct 2010 (Saturday)

Lesson Start Time:

(Group A): 10 a.m. - 10.45 a.m.
(Group B): 11.15 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Last Enrollment Date: 12 June 2010 (Saturday)

Please email us at cloverlearningcentre@gmail.com for:

1. All lesson dates for this theme/ semester.

2. Lesson Fees and Home Materials price.

3. Any other registration enquiries.

Kindermusik@Clover

Kindermusik for 0 to 18 months old!

This class is almost full! Enrol now to avoid any disappoinment!

Pick up your baby and dance! Dance the Charleston, the Tango, the Cha-Cha and learn why dancing with your baby helps develop vital learning skills - from head-to-toe. In this class, play a variety of baby appropriate instruments, a dance with fun props.

Your Home Materials (imported from U.S.A.)

- CD featuring songs from class

- 1 yellow egg shaker & 1 Kindermusik scarf

- A picture board book (non-toxic) Do-Si-Do with lithing move-to-it rhyming text.

- A set of Art banners for the nursery wall that strengthens vision and promotes early literacy.

Lessons are conducted on Saturdays, once a week. There are 8 lessons for this theme (1 semester).

Semester Start Date: 26 June 2010 (Saturday)

Semester End Date: 21 Aug 2010 (Saturday)

Last Enrollment Date: 12 June 2010 (Saturday)

Please email us at cloverlearningcentre@gmail.com for:

1. All lesson dates for this theme/ semester.

2. Lesson Fees & Home Materials price.

3. Any other registration enquiries.

Kindermusik @ Clover

The lil' musicians at Parents Morning 2009

The children at our centre performed at the Parents Morning 2009 (November). They showcased what they had learned throughout the year in their ABC Music & Me (created by Kindermusik) lessons.

The 2 to 4 year-olds were much easier to manage than the 4 to 6 year-olds. The younger ones followed instructions and developed great listening skills throughout the course and ta-da! They were perfect during their performance of pretending to be little Robins searching for food by following the musical cues. This was a great achievement for the children! I was so proud of them. Some parents feedbacked it was a great success!

Also thanks to the teachers who took great pain in sewing all the sequins for the wings and bibs!

The little Robins woke up as they heard the cues for the Sun to come out.

They started flying high upon hearing the ascending sounds of the bells and gradually flying low upon hearing the descending sounds of the bells.

The little Robins started to hop on the ground to look for food when they heard the staccato notes.

The 4 to 6-year olds were usually over-excited during their ABC Music & Me classes that they were harder to manage. They told me they loved the lessons so much that they started dancing non-stop even though I asked them to stop. I did not know whether to laugh or cry when I heard this. I wanted them to develop listening skill, so it really took me about 6 to 8 months to really know how to manage them.

Nevertheless, they were a lovely bunch. During the practice sessions for the Parents Morning, they cooperated. No one made any fuss when they were asked to be fixed to just one type of instrument being assigned to them. They were able to do the call-and-response rhthym using the drum and the sticks and play their little instruments in an ensemble. Bravo! I was also thanking god that I could take the role of the conductor due to my school-day experience of being a student conductor in the Chinese Orchestra! So what I did when I was young really came into handy.

Oscar playing the drum to the rhythm of tas and ti-tis. The other children responded to his drum rhythm by playing their sticks. Hence, the results were the sticks being the echoes of the drum.

During an ensemble to the Twinkle Dance, they really exercised their steady beats with their instruments. Zhi Hui, Oscar, Uma and Kareena played the major part of the music, Jia Jun, Jeslyn and Royce played the minor part. They all played in unison at the last part of the music.

They were not nervous at all with the spotlights on them! I love them all.

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