Kindermusik klasse in die Moot en Waverley

19/03/2016

Kindermusik is die mees bekostigbaarste brein stimulasie program in die wêreld. Juis vir baba's ook. Wat die program so uniek maak

28/02/2016

Theresa Case interviews Christa Beck, a Maestro Educator and live changer. She loves her work and the families she serves.

22/02/2016

What do kids want? Research tells us it's quality time with us - and so does this moving ad from Australia

04/02/2016

Creating a Parenting Playlist - music to focus a child for mealtime, bedtime, playtime, getting in the car...anything!

16/12/2015

New research once again shows that an intentional partnership between parents and teachers positively supports children’s educational outcomes. Without a doubt, parents are a child’s first and best teacher. We know that intuitively and we hear that from early childhood experts and teachers. But, let…

15/12/2015

We love music around here. Surprised? We didn’t think so. During the holiday season, you can often find us listening to favorite songs we first heard as children. (Muppets Christmas, anyone?) Just listening to certain songs revives memories of twinkling lights, candlelight, laughter, the smell of yu…

15/12/2015

Our speech is made up of sounds, patterns, and rhythms, so it makes sense that being in a environment of sounds and developing a strong sense of rhythm and steady beat in the earliest years of childhood can positively impact language development. Some researchers even go so far as to make the bold…

15/10/2015

10/10/2015

Fare thee well, my dear, my own turtle dove, I must leave thee for a while. For though I go I will come back again, if I go ten thousand mile my dear, if I go the thousand mile. When this song comes back through my rotation, every two years, I am slammed with overwhelming [...]Continue Reading

09/09/2015

The Electric Slide, The Cha-Cha Slide, and The Macarena can impact kids’ brains in a powerful way…and probably not in the way you may think. Music and movement “brain breaks” can actually improve attentiveness, concentration, and focus. (Yes! Even The Macarena.) Brain breaks can also help kids disco…

04/09/2015

I’m clapping to the beat as we begin music time. Soon Nyra, Mason, and Aditya are clapping, too. Sophia pats the floor to the beat. While Sophia responds to the music differently from the other children, she too is engaged, involved, and focused. And she isn’t alone—Jezarra is bouncing her elbows up…