Becky A. Bailey, Ph. D.
Internationally recognized expert in childhood education and developmental psychology. Award-winning author of parenting books related to guidance and discipline including Easy to Love, Hard to Discipline and I Love You Rituals. |
“Connections on the outside build connections on the inside. “
“The types of activities that Kindermusik provides helps parents build bonds of unconditional love with their children. These activities:
- boost brain potential
- enhance self-esteem, cooperation and caring
- promote learning and literacy
- increase attention and decreases power struggles
- help children cope with change
- affirm the parent-child bond that insulates children from violence, peer pressure, drugs and much more”.
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| "Kindermusik provides the sound nutrition to improve movement, listening, and expression in young children. Through activities and music making, skills for parents and children alike create inroads for the great orchestration of a family's hearts, minds, and bodies. |
Don Campbell
World renowned authority on the transformative power of listening and music, and author of The Mozart Effect ® for Children |
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Anne Green Gilbert
Movement specialist, author of Creative Dance for All Ages, and director of Creative Dance Center |
"Current research has shown that movement is the key to learning at any age. Our brains fully develop through movement activities such as crawling, rolling turning, walking, skipping, reaching and much more. When children and adults participate in Kindermusik classes they are developing both sides of their brains through structured and creative music and movement activities. Television, video games and computers have helped to produce a generation that struggles with learning problems, hyperactivity and obesity. Many of these problems can be helped through systematic music and movement exercises and patterns. Kindermusik classes have always been fun! Now I feel strongly that they are also part of our essential learning process!" |
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I'm happy that Kindermusik has extended their programs to include this time of life when brain development is most vulnerable and parents are most in need of support and direction."
"When introduced appropriately, music and literature play an amazing role in the development of infants and toddlers. |
Claudia Quigg, M.Ed.
Founder and executive director of BabyTALK, a program dedicated to helping parents become better parents to their children |
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Carla Hannaford, Ph.D.
Biologist, educator, and author of Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head and The Dominance Factor |
"Kindermusik is elegant in its integrated approach to a child's development. Physiologically, touch, movement, rhythm and sound are the keystones to developing a healthy vestibular system and optimizing nervous system and brain growth. The importance of having families working together, where everyone benefits from the sense of belonging, gets directly at the heart of what we, as a society, are needing at this time to raise healthy, loving children and ensure a world of peace. All of this is provided in the Kindermusik program." |
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| "Kindermusik brings parents and children together for fun and education. The learning is active, engaging and developmentally appropriate. Children are exposed to diverse learning materials and are provided with rich opportunities for hands-on experiences with developmentally appropriate instruments. The joy is in the process of learning and the result is children who are more attuned in reaching their full potential." |
Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
International family educator and author of Raising Your Spirited Child, Raising Your Spirited Child Workbook, and Kids, Parents and Power Struggles: Winning for a Lifetime |
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Patricia Campbell, Ph.D.
Professor of Music at University of Washington and author of Songs in Their Heads: Music and Its Meaning in Children's Lives and Lessons from the World |
"One of my strongest impressions of Kindermusik's work is the variety of musical selections for children. The selections are of high quality and of considerable diversity, such that children can listen and respond to the music of Bach, Mozart, contemporary composers, and cultural traditions around the globe. Kindermusik understands that children deserve opportunities to know a palette of musical colors, and thus through the program provide windows to the world of people and their artistic expressions. This rainbow of musical colors is the stuff that surrounds children through their Kindermusik experiences, so that their listening, movement, singing, and playing possibilities are grounded in history and across cultures. These musical beginnings set children straight for a lifetime of well-considered choices in their musical and cultural valuing." |
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