Zoom! Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes...here it is! There it goes, there it goes, it's going...it's gone. Explore the sights, sounds, and sensations of cars, trains, and planes. Experience the steady beat of their clickity-clacks and vroom-vroom-vrooms, the fast-and-slow of their comings and goings, the stopping-and-starting, and the jingling of keys! Off we Zoom! Dates*: 1/26- 3/9, no 2/2 & 2/9; 5 weeks    Time: Thu. 10- 10:45am Place: San Gabriel Recreation 250 S. Mission Dr.  San Gabriel, CA 91776 Cost: $70** (cash, check or credit card) to Recreation + $25 (cash, check or bank online transfer) home materials fee to me Sibling: $70** to Recreation+ $6 sibling instrument fee to me Learn more/ register! (spaces limited) Click here for other class info. * Contact me about what you can do if you won't be able to come to one or some of those Thursdays! ** San Gabriel Recreation charges a $5 non-resident fee.  Cost for non-residents: $75 to Recreation+ $25 to me Sibling (non-resident): $75 to Recreation+ $6 to me

Go, Go, Go! Ready? Set? Go, Go, Go! You can chug-a-lug, beep-beep, and swish your oars while you explore vehicle sounds and the stop-and-go, this-way and that-a-way movements of trains, cars, and boats. Buckle up, here we go!   Dates*: 1/9- 1/30, 4 weeks    Time: Mon. 4:45- 5:30pm Place: Arcadia Recreation 365 Campus Dr.  Arcadia, CA 91007 Cost: $54 (cash, check or credit card) to Recreation + $22 (cash, check or bank online transfer) home materials fee to me Sibling: $54 to Recreation+ $6 sibling instrument fee to me Learn more/ register! (Spaces limited!) Click here for other class info. * Contact me about what you can do if you won't be able to come to one or some of those Mondays!

Zoom! Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes...here it is! There it goes, there it goes, it's going...it's gone. Explore the sights, sounds, and sensations of cars, trains, and planes. Experience the steady beat of their clickity-clacks and vroom-vroom-vrooms, the fast-and-slow of their comings and goings, the stopping-and-starting, and the jingling of keys! Off we Zoom!

Dates*: 1/9- 1/30

  

Time: Mon. 10- 10:45am Place: War Memorial Building 435 Fair Oaks Ave. South Pasadena, CA 91030 Cost: $76 total= $54 (cash, check or credit card) to Recreation + $22 (cash, check or bank online transfer) to me  Sibling: $60 total= $54 to Recreation+ $6 to me  Register/ Learn More! (spaces limited) Click here for other class info. * Contact me about what you can do if you won't be able to come to one or more of those days!

Go, Go, Go! Ready? Set? Go, Go, Go! You can chug-a-lug, beep-beep, and swish your oars while you explore vehicle sounds and the stop-and-go, this-way and that-a-way movements of trains, cars, and boats. Buckle up, here we go! Dates*: 1/7- 1/28 Time: Sat. 9- 9:45am Place: Pasadena Victory Park Recreation 2575 Paloma St. Pasadena, CA 91107 Cost: $54** to the Recreation+ $22 home materials to me sibling: $54** to the Recreation+ $6 home instrument to me Learn more or register! (Spaces limited) Click here for other class info. * Contact me about what you can do if you won't be able to come to one or some of those Saturdays! **Pasadena Recreation charges a $15  non-resident fee, but I'd be happy to give $5 off of the home materials for families who'd have to pay that.  Cost for non-residents: $69 to Recreation+ $17 to me Sibling (non-resident): $69 to Recreation+ $4 to me

Join us for 1 or 2 Playdates!

Ages: 0- 7 years

Time: 10- 10:45am

Cost per Playdate: $19 (includes an instrument and an E-Music card to download 10 songs from play.kindermusik.com)

Sibling: $17/ Playdate/ child (includes an instrument)

Monday 12/26

Place: 1315 Fair Oaks Ave. #205

South Pasadena, CA 91030

or

Wednesday 1/4

Place: Fortanasce & Associates Fitness & Wellness Center

671 W. Naomi Ave.
Arcadia, CA 91007

Register or find out more! (Spaces limited!)

Click here for other class info.

Rumble, grumble...listen to those hungry bellies. It must be Time for Lunch! This delicious unit uses fun songs, rhymes, stories, vocal play, instrument play, and focused listening activities to explore the theme of food, food, food. So get your musical appetite ready! Dates: starts 1/4 and ongoing Time: Wed. 10- 10:45am Place: Fortanasce & Associates Fitness & Wellness Center 671 W. Naomi Ave. Arcadia, CA 91007 Cost every 4 weeks: $76, includes home materials Sibling: $66, includes sibling instrument Register! (Spaces limited!) Click here for other class info.

Listen to songs from our upcoming unit:

All Around the Kitchen

All Fall Down

All By Myself

Dates*: 12/19- 1/16, no class 1/2 Time: Mon. 10- 10:45am Place: 1315 Fair Oaks Ave. #205 South Pasadena, CA 91030 Cost every 4 weeks: $76, includes home materials Sibling: $66, includes sibling instrument Register! (Spaces limited!) Click here for other class info. * Contact me about what you can do if you won't be able to come to one or more of those days!

RSVP* via text (626-374-1800) or email (KindermusikWithMsEmily@gmail.com) by Sat. 12/10 to preview one of the classes below for free! 

* New-to-Kindermusik families only.  (Spaces limited!)

Time: Mon. 12/12 from 10- 10:45am Place: 1315 Fair Oaks Ave. #205 South Pasadena, CA 91030 or Time: Mon. 12/12 from 4:45- 5:30pm Place: Arcadia Recreation 365 Campus Dr. Arcadia, CA 91007 or Time: Wed. 12/14 from 10- 10:45am Place: Fortanasce & Associates Fitness & Wellness Center 671 W. Naomi Ave. Arcadia, CA 91007 Click here for other class info.

Free Album: A Quiet Christmas

LISTEN NOW to share some holiday Zen with your little ones!

RSVP* via text (626-374-1800) or email (KindermusikWithMsEmily@gmail.com) by Sat. 12/3 to preview one of the classes below for free! 

* New-to-Kindermusik families only.  (Spaces limited!)

Time: Mon. 12/5 from 10- 10:45am Place: 1315 Fair Oaks Ave. #205 South Pasadena, CA 91030 or Time: Mon. 12/5 from 4:45- 5:30pm Place: Arcadia Recreation 365 Campus Dr. Arcadia, CA 91007 or Time: Wed. 12/7 from 10- 10:45am Place: Fortanasce & Associates Fitness & Wellness Center 671 W. Naomi Ave. Arcadia, CA 91007 Click here for other class info.

Click here to see our upcoming winter session, some starting in December!

Looking for the perfect present this holiday season?  As you know, the benefits of Kindermusik not only last a few months or a few years- they last a lifetime! 

This year, grandma, grandpa, aunts, uncles,friends, or anyone, can give your little ones the gift of Kindermusik. I have Kindermusik gift certificates 

available in any denomination. Gift givers can text 626-374-1800 or email me at KindermusikWithMsEmily@gmail.com, and I will provide simple instructions for purchasing a gift certificate to be applied toward classes through Kindermusik With Ms Emily. 

Gift certificates purchased before Friday 12/16 are sure to arrive in the mail 

in plenty of time to find their way under the Christmas tree, into stockings, or get hand-delivered with a hug!

Click on the picture below for our free album and accompanying activities of Please & Thank You playlist, to help your little ones master their manners this Thanksgiving!

RSVP* via text (626-374-1800) or email (KindermusikWithMsEmily@gmail.com) by Fri. 11/18 to preview one of the classes below for free! 

* New-to-Kindermusik families only.  (Spaces limited!)

Time: Mon. 11/21 from 10- 10:45am Place: War Memorial Building 435 Fair Oaks Ave. South Pasadena, CA 91030 or Time: Mon. 11/21 from 4:45- 5:30pm Place: Arcadia Recreation 365 Campus Dr. Arcadia, CA 91007 Click here for other class info.

TEDxYouth Talk at Caltech on music and the brain by Dr. Beatriz Ilari, a music education professor at USC.

Yum! All we can say is...Yum! You'll "gobble up" this unit's strawberries and pancakes, apples, raisins, and other yummy treats. Then you'll move, move, move! Little bodies learn movement, coordination, and body awareness through contrasts-so get ready to move your body in high-and-low, large-and-small, and even energetic-and-calm ways.   Dates*: 11/14- 12/12, no 11/28    Time: Mon. 4:45- 5:30pm Place: Arcadia Recreation 365 Campus Dr.  Arcadia, CA 91007 Cost: $54 (cash, check or credit card) to Recreation + $22 (cash, check or bank online transfer) home materials fee to me Sibling: $54 to Recreation+ $6 sibling instrument fee to me Learn more/ register! (Spaces limited!) Click here for other class info. * Contact me about what you can do if you won't be able to come to one or some of those Mondays!

from http://blog.betterpracticeapp.com/understanding-your-role-as-a-music-parent


Understanding Your Role As A Music Parent

NOVEMBER 11TH AT 5:14PM

This is a guest post by Ben: parent to two young music students and someone who works closely with music teachers (but is not one himself). We hope to provide a unique perspective that hasn't been provided before, and that it can help all of you music parents out there!

When parents are actively involved in their child’s development, studies have shown that the benefits are enormous. To name a few examples, involved parents lead to:
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Rumble, grumble...listen to those hungry bellies. It must be Time for Lunch! This delicious unit uses fun songs, rhymes, stories, vocal play, instrument play, and focused listening activities to explore the theme of food, food, food. So get your musical appetite ready! Dates*: 11/14- 12/12, no 11/28    Time: Mon. 10- 10:45am Place: War Memorial Building 435 Fair Oaks Ave. South Pasadena, CA 91030 Cost: $76 total= $54 (cash, check or credit card) to Recreation + $22 (cash, check or bank online transfer) to me  Sibling: $60 total= $54 to Recreation+ $6 to me  Register/ Learn More! (spaces limited) Click here for other class info. * Contact me about what you can do if you won't be able to come to one or more of those days!

Lace up your sneakers, we're going out on the town! We'll visit the city and see what there is to see, then head out into the country to check that out, too. Bear will, of course, go over the mountain and go a-yodeling, too. Come along! You never know what adventures you'll have when you're On the Town with Bear.

Dates: starts 11/16 and ongoing Time: Wed. 10- 10:45am Place: Fortanasce Associates Fitness & Wellness Center 671 W. Naomi Ave. Arcadia, CA 91007 Cost every 4 weeks: $76, includes home materials Sibling: $66, includes sibling instrument Register! (Spaces limited!) Click here for other class info.

RSVP* via text (626-374-1800) or email(KindermusikWithMsEmily@gmail.com) by Sat. 11/5 to preview one of the classes below for free! 

* New-to-Kindermusik families only.  (Spaces limited!)

Time: Mon. 11/7 from 10- 10:45am Place: War Memorial Building 435 Fair Oaks Ave. South Pasadena, CA 91030 or Time: Mon. 11/7 from 4:45- 5:30pm Place: Arcadia Recreation 365 Campus Dr. Arcadia, CA 91007 or Time: Wed. 11/9 from 10- 10:45am Place: Fortanasce & Associates Fitness & Wellness Center 671 W. Naomi Ave. Arcadia, CA 91007 Click here for other class info.

http://simplymusic.com/the-relationship-conversation-for-parents/?utm_source=NEWSLETTER&utm_campaign=7e08faff51-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7fb3d1b13a-7e08faff51-273185545

The Relationship Conversation for Parents

WRITTEN BY NEIL MOORE ON OCTOBER 21, 2016 IN NEIL MOORE.

Simply Music Founder and Executive Director Neil Moore has devoted decades to the possibility of music as a lifelong companion. He has spoken to countless parents who share this vision but are still echoing outdated mindsets that don’t encourage that wonderful relationship with musical self-expression. In this far-reaching conversation, the first in an ongoing series, he outlines a whole different viewpoint that could redesign the musical future for parents and students alike.

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Listen to songs from this unit:

The Bear Went Over the Mountain

Aiken Drum

Alpine Song

Dates: starts 11/9 and ongoing Time: Wed. 10- 10:45am Place: Fortanasce & Associates Fitness & Wellness Center 671 W. Naomi Ave. Arcadia, CA 91007 Cost every 4 weeks: $76, includes home materials Sibling: $66, includes sibling instrument Register! (Spaces limited!) Click here for other class info.

Click on the picture below for 7 kid-friendly halloween activities inspired by music!

RSVP* via text (626-374-1800) or email (KindermusikWithMsEmily@gmail.com) by Thu. 10/20 to preview one of the classes below for free! 

* New-to-Kindermusik families only.  (Spaces limited!)

Time: Mon. 10/24 from 10- 10:45am Place: War Memorial Building 435 Fair Oaks Ave. South Pasadena, CA 91030 or Time: Mon. 10/24 from 4:45- 5:30pm Place: Arcadia Recreation 365 Campus Dr. Arcadia, CA 91007 Click here for other class info.

RSVP* via text (626-374-1800) or email (KindermusikWithMsEmily@gmail.com) by Sat. 10/8 to preview one of the classes below for free! 

* New-to-Kindermusik families only.  (Spaces limited!)

Time: Sat. 10/15 from 9- 9:45am Place: Pasadena Victory Park Recreation 2575 Paloma St. Pasadena, CA 91107 or Time: Mon. 10/17 from 10- 10:45am Place: War Memorial Building 435 Fair Oaks Ave. South Pasadena, CA 91030 or Time: Mon. 10/17 from 4:45- 5:30pm Place: Arcadia Recreation 365 Campus Dr. Arcadia, CA 91007 Click here for other class info.

On the Town with Bear: Lace up your sneakers, we’re going out on the town! We’ll visit the city and see what there is to see, then head out into the country to check that out, too. Bear will, of course, go over the mountain and go a-yodeling, too. Come along! You never know what adventures you’ll have when you’re On the Town with Bear. Dates*: 10/3- 10/31, no 10/10    Time: Mon. 10- 10:45am Place: War Memorial Building 435 Fair Oaks Ave. South Pasadena, CA 91030 Cost: $76 total= $54 (cash, check or credit card) to Recreation + $22 (cash, check or bank online transfer) to me  Sibling: $60 total= $54 to Recreation+ $6 to me  Register/ Learn More! (spaces limited) Click here for other class info. * Contact me about what you can do if you won't be able to come to one or more of those days!

Zoom! Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes...here it is! There it goes, there it goes, it's going...it's gone. Explore the sights, sounds, and sensations of cars, trains, and planes. Experience the steady beat of their clickity-clacks and vroom-vroom-vrooms, the fast-and-slow of their comings and goings, the stopping-and-starting, and the jingling of keys! Off we Zoom! Dates*: 10/27- 11/17    Time: Thu. 10- 10:45am Place: San Gabriel Recreation 250 S. Mission Dr.  San Gabriel, CA 91776 Cost: $54** (cash, check or credit card) to Recreation + $22 (cash, check or bank online transfer) home materials fee to me Sibling: $54** to Recreation+ $6 sibling instrument fee to me Learn more/ register! (spaces limited) Click here for other class info. * Contact me about what you can do if you won't be able to come to one or some of those Thursdays! ** San Gabriel Recreation charges a $5 non-resident fee.  Cost for non-residents: $59 to Recreation+ $22 to me Sibling (non-resident): $59 to Recreation+ $6 to me

RSVP* via text (626-374-1800) or email (KindermusikWithMsEmily@gmail.com) by Thu. 9/29 to preview one of the classes below for free! 

* New-to-Kindermusik families only.  (Spaces limited!)

Time: Sat. 9/24 from 9- 9:45am Place: Pasadena Victory Park Recreation Room 3 2575 Paloma St. Pasadena, CA 91107 or Time: Mon. 10/3 from 10- 10:45am Place: War Memorial Building 435 Fair Oaks Ave. South Pasadena, CA 91030 or Time: Mon. 10/3 from 4:45- 5:30pm Place: Arcadia Recreation 365 Campus Dr. Arcadia, CA 91007 Click here for other class info.