For example, every day at dinner this week we spent about 5 minutes making happy vs sad faces and identifying the emotions. After class, we spend the rest of the week "practicing" and discussing what we worked on in class. I did not expect how much meaningful learning the kids would be exposed to in all different disciplines. I thought the kids would sing some songs and bang on a few instruments. "When we first joined Take Note Studio, I had expectations that this would be a fun weekly activity to make friends and get out of the house. When asked what her favorite part of the studio is, Christina said November''s Musical Family of the Month is the Clark Family□.Ĭhristina, Caleb, Lazarus(2), and Viviana(1) have been a TNS family for 1 years at our Manitowoc studio in the Kindermusik program. □Each month we feature a Take Note Studio Musical Family of the Month□. It has truly been a fun way to learn, teach, and enjoy music together!! In the 1.5 years we have been involved with Take Note Studio, they have begun to learn how to read music notes, play beginning instruments, and most amazing is how they hear parts in the music and create their own instruments to accompany at home. We love music here! Take Note Studio has wonderful teachers, and the Kindermusik curriculum is amazing!! They have met both our boys where they are at in development, and encourage each of them individually to keep learning. We never thought we would be in such stressful situation. So thank you for all your efforts and donations from the bottom of my heart. It was such a relief to know the kids could continue with their classes and see their classmates, and most importantly have music be part of their lives. That is when we found out about the financial assistance at Take Note Studio. It was either class or pay the bills and put food on the table. The end of August we hit some financial hard times where we were looking at dropping out completely. My goal was to get the kids with kids their own age and develop their social skills. It was the best choice I made and it help fill a void after my mother passed in February. We have been with Take note Studio for almost a year now in December. Here are a couple testimonials from recent scholarship recipients: We hope you'll join us in supporting this incredible program that makes such a difference in the lives of so many children! You can find out more or donate directly to Take Note Studio at their website Educators share tips and ideas for using music throughout the week to help make parenting easier.Ī portion of sales, and any additional donations will go to TNS's outreach fund, which provides scholarships to families who would otherwise be unable to attend Kindermusik. Families establish new friends and practice a wide variety of abilities such as gross and fine motor skills, turn-taking, social skills, and active listening. This music-filled class celebrates the unique joys of the growing child. NEW Menu is up! Mara is turning 10 this month, and she asked if we could donate 10% of sales for the month of August to the outreach fund for Kinermusik's Take Note Studio! Why Kindermusik? There was a time when Mara wouldn't have been able to attend Kindermusik without a generous scholarship, and we're both thrilled to be able to pay that forward!įor those who aren't familiar with Kindermusik, it is a world-renowned music and movement program designed for children 0-7 which connects children and caregivers through music, learning, and play.įamilies sing, dance, socialize, and explore new instruments with interactive play and storytelling of an expert in music and child development.
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