Acorn Kindermusik

took your child from birthday to birthday, milestone to milestone? And what if you shared in that journey, year by year, as your child's natural gifts unfolded?

Kindermusik is an early childhood music and movement program based on the beliefs that every child is musical, every parent is the child's most important teacher, the home is the most importance place for learning to take root and grow, and that based on research, music nurtures a child's cognitive, emotional, social, language and physical development.

Acorn Kindermusik is a certified Kindermusik program in Santa Cruz County. Taught by Celia Meehan for the last four years, numerous children have undergone the program and have been enriched by it.

From birth through seven years of age, your child can grow with Kindermusik without pressure to perform, only encouragement to explore, express, and discover. You'll see a developmental evolution in language skills, literacy, listening, problem solving, social skills, self-esteem, and musicality!

With every Kindermusik program, your Kindermusik At Home materials include the highest quality music recordings on CD - a diversity of vocal and instrumental arrangements your whole family will enjoy. While materials vary with each program, many include creative activities, children's literature from the Kindermusik Library, along with specially designed instruments to complement the music and extend your child's learning into your home.

Five different programs are offered by Acorn Kindermusik: Kindermusik Village (Birth - 18 months), Kindermusik Our Time (18 months - 3 years), Growing with Kindermusik (3 - 5 years), Kindermusik for the Young Child (5 - 7 years), and Kindermusik Adventures, a summer program for ages 0 to 7.5 years.


		Kindermusik Village provides the natural learning your child is ready for from the first days of life. With you at the center of his discovery, Village engages all his senses and rewards his curiosity with object and instrument exploration, vocal play, singing, creative movement and a colorful literature component.

Our Time focuses on your child's healthy emotional development as her confidence, curiosity, self-control, and communication begin to take shape. Our Time recognizes her need for both the freedom to try and the assurance of your support.

		Encouraging the storyteller inside your child, Growing continues his creative musical development while building on his pre-school learning. In a small group setting, instrument play is introduced to foster fine motor skills as well as familiary with basic concepts like rhythm, pitch, and timbre.

For your budding musician, Young Child provides a pressure-free, developmentally appropriate transition where she can musically succeed before taking on more formal instruction. In small, movement-oriented classes, your child develops her greatest instrument - her voice - while she learns the symbols and vocabulary of music making.

		Acorn Kindermusik offers three different summer camps under the Kindermusik Adventures program: Confetti Days Camp! for 3 to 5 year olds, Near and Far camp for 5 to 7 year olds, and Music and Art Camp for 4.5 to 7 year olds.

Kindermusik is one thoughtful choice for seven magnificent, musical years. It introduces your child to the adventure of music and then moves at his pace, pausing to engage his interests, nurture his gifts and celebrate his discoveries. Kindermusik gives you and your child the time and tools to bring the power of music into your life at home and into his life forever.