Founded in the United States in 1978, Kindermusik is an
early childhood education music and movement
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program for
children
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from
infants
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to 7 years of age (2nd grade in
elementary school
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). It is based on a
kindergarten
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music and movement program developed by educational experts in Germany in the 1960s. When developing Kindermusik's
curriculum
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, the original creative team drew on the works of esteemed musicians and educators from Europe and Asia, including
Shinichi Suzuki
was a Japanese musician, philosopher, and educator and the founder of the international Suzuki method of music education and developed a philosophy for educating people of all ages and abilities. An influential pedagogue in music education of ...
,
Maria Montessori,
Zoltán Kodály,
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
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and
Carl Orff.
Within a few years, Kindermusik programs had expanded into Canada, and, from there, around the world. More than 1 million families in at least 60 countries have attended Kindermusik classes in programs worldwide.
The Kindermusik curriculum is based on the research of the original creators, but has been revised as the curriculum development team examines emerging research in child development, music and education. The program uses high-quality recordings, instruments, and award-winning literature books along with traditional nursery rhymes, fingerplays and songs to build a strong foundation of not only music education, but other areas of development, including cognitive, emotional, social, physical, and language development.
The phrase is German for ''children's music''.
is a company based in the
United States
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that develops the curricula and materials used by Licensed Kindermusik Programs around the world.
"
Kindermusik (Demo)" is the name of a five-song demo tape independently released by New York City based industrial metal band
Hanzel und Gretyl
Hanzel und Gretyl are an American industrial metal band founded in New York City by Kaizer von Loopy and Vas Kallas in February 1993.
History ''Machines Good People Bad'' (1995–1999)
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in 1994.
See also
*
Music education for young children
Music education for young children is an educational program introducing children in a playful manner to singing, speech, music, motion and organology. It is a subarea of music education.
Benefits
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*
Baby music
References
External links
Kindermusik
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Early childhood education in the United States
Youth organizations established in 1978
Music education organizations
Children's arts organizations