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“Hi Cath,
I keep promising to email you about Daniel. I am so thrilled
with his progress. He is only 21 months and considering that
he was 2 months premature, I am constantly surprised at his
progress.
I think starting Kindermusik at such an early age really
helped. I remember bringing him to class for the first time
at 4 months, he was reacting like a 2 month old, couldn’t
sit up like all the other babies in class, hardly responded
to anything we did in class but now, he reacts immediately
when the "Our time Hello song" plays! Just the other day,
driving in the car, as the song started playing; Daniel
started doing the hand sign for "time" as we do in class
(and when we play at home).
He can finish the words of Hickory Dickory Dock - he says
clock, one, mouse, dock etc - considering we only speak
Afrikaans at home, I was quite impressed! He clearly does
understand the meaning of the words as he now points to a
clock or a mouse and says the word in both languages. He
sings "bow wow wow" for the dog song as well. He responds so
well to music and loves reading the books too. I caught him
the other day sitting in his room "reading" the book from
the Village programme- the rhythm of my day. When he got to
the bath picture he said "poof a poof"- the first line on
the page.
I can’t praise Kindermusik enough. We have so much fun with
the home materials. The main difference for me between this
and other programmes is just that - the home materials. I
have some CD's in the car and some in his room - we have
built up quite a stock by now. He has clear favourites and
responds immediately when the play.
Thanks for all your love and support over the past 18 months
with my little boy. It has been worth every minute.
Lots of love
Karin”
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Here is a wonderful story of just how beneficial the home
materials are in a child’s development.
One of the moms in my studio has a little boy who has just
turned 13 months old. She has used the home materials
diligently with him since he was 2 months old, as well as
attending classes. She told me recently that her little boy
is able to predict what comes next in a tune and sing
accordingly (audiation). This is very exciting to me as I
have been told that Audiation starts to develop in a child
around the age of two, so he is way ahead. She also
mentioned that when they move to the songs that he remembers
those songs much more easily than those where no movement
was used. This is absolutely in keeping with research which
shows that movement stimulates the cognitive processes in
the brain such as auditory memory. I also believe there is a
correlation between audiation and auditory memory
development. Well done little D!
This simply goes to show that “a good beginning never ends”.
Warm regards,
Catherine |
