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Ms. Debbie LOVES music AND children, and truly loves sharing the power of music with children and families through Kindermusik.
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Location:
Lakeland, FL
Phone:
816-8835
 
Carla Parry

Carla Parry HI Debbie, Ashton turned on music tonight, grabbed his scarf and was going FAST!

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Preschoolers: practice OWN beat and EXTERNAL beats in variety of ways This week, the students in the Imagine That! class kept a beat by using their arms and bodies to “See Saw, up and down, in the air and on the ground”.
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Music Connections Music is the steady beat of your heart. Music is the varied rhythm of your actions. Music is the constant flow of the blood through your veins. Music is the cyclic phrasing of your breath. Music is the raw tempo of your emotions. Music is the complex texture of your thoughts. - Ella Jenkins (one of my heroes)

October 7 at 7:33pm
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Music Connections In addition to the ways to "catch a beat" with your babies, this blog posting focuses on additional fun ways to help your toddler and walker experience beat and develop their own. PLEASE SHARE: What is your child's favorite way to CATCH a beat?

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Toddlers continue to EXPERIENCE beat, and practice movement, and they are developing a beat of their own, but are typically not yet ready to match the beat of recorded music. It is better to match the beat of the song to the steady beat they use.
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Amy Cole Brewer
Amy Cole Brewer
thanks for sharing your students' music making!
September 27 at 1:18pm
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I just added some pictures of my students in the Thurs. class. Every one in this class chose the Fiddle first (even though they got to explore it last year as well). I think we might have some violin players in our midst.
October 5 at 9:03am
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Music Connections Once you've learned ABOUT steady beat in the first blog, this one expands on ways YOU can help your BABY experience and develop Steady Beat.

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Lap Babies and Crawlers must EXPERIENCE beat in a variety of ways.
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Music Connections Developing steady beat is an important focus of almost every Kindermusik class. I developed a blog posting a couple of years back that really consolidates the information that is helpful to know as a parent of a young child. It is one of my most popular postings, and has been used by other educators for teacher training, and parent info. Feel free to share.

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A STEADY BEAT is an unchanging continuous pulse. This is different from the Rhythm Patterns of a specific song.
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was hoppin' & boppin', singin' and swingin' at the Mega Monday for Moms at Explorations V Children's Museum today. I had my music pit out, and was giving away FREE CDs. It was fun to catch up with some Kindermusik friends, and very interesting to meet some fun new personalities. If you live in Lakeland, THIS Childre...n's Museum is a MUST HAVE membership. It's only $60 for the whole family for the whole year, and it is WORTH IT every time you go play in their 3 floors of fun. Look for the Dragon Of Toys (named DOT). I helped create her body's toy collage during the summer of 2000 - the year of the dragon!Read More

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ADMISSION Museum Members - FREE Children Under 2 - FREE Ages 2 through Adult $5.00 Seniors 65+ $2.50 HOURS Monday-Saturday 9:00am - 5:30pm
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Music Connections Sings Peace Around the World with my daughter, and children around the world. And I was inspired to write a blog posting. Check it out, and the links to hear it.

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My 5 year old daughter has been singing a beautiful song about peace that she learned at school (Lakeland Montessori). From the teacher’s weekly email, I followed a link to find all the words, and found a lot more than that. This song travelled the world in 24 hours – on the International Day of P...
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Music Connections Whoo-whoo! The Zoo Train is making it's rounds at Family FUNdamentals. I am able to offer this program to families for free through a grant. There are some FABULOUS families, and I'm so excited to be sharing with them!!!

September 25 at 9:28pm
Jennifer Sabin
Jennifer Sabin
Is this still on Friday mornings?
September 26 at 5:34am
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Yes. It is on Fri mornings at 10:30 am. We just finished week 2 of 5 of Zoo Train. Next up, Creatures in My Back Yard. The classes filled up quickly.
September 27 at 12:48pm
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Amy Cole Brewer
Amy Cole Brewer
thanks for sharing your students' music making!
September 27 at 1:18pm
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I just added some pictures of my students in the Thurs. class. Every one in this class chose the Fiddle first (even though they got to explore it last year as well). I think we might have some violin players in our midst.
October 5 at 9:03am
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Music Connections and all my little friends LOVE playing with my fish shakers ! See the JOY!
Little Fish, Little Fish, sings a song,
Swimming and Singing the whole day long.

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Jennifer Sabin
Jennifer Sabin
We miss Kindermusik!
September 22 at 6:10pm
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We miss you too, Jennifer. Charlotte was always so eager to participate and try new things. But I'm sure she is singing to the baby !!!
September 23 at 6:13pm
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Music Connections just completed 15 classes in 4 days, 8 different curriculum, including a Playdate that I developed myself. Whee-haw !!! I LOVE what I do! Now... the goal is to clean my house. I do cause a bit of a whirlwind behind me.

September 19 at 5:04pm
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Music Connections “When a child learns by experience that music forges direct links between self and world, self-expression becomes more fluent; the music helps interpret ‘who I am’.”-” Growing up Complete”, the report of the National Commission on Music Education

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Music Connections is back in swing after the first week of classes. I LOVE the parents and children in my classes. From semester to semester, it is so cool to see the growth and the fullness of the personalities blossom in the children that return. And I LOVE meeting these new personalities that are just discovering Kindermusik for the first time ! We are going to have a GREAT semester!

September 14 at 8:36am
Amy
Amy
I am glad to hear your classes are going well this semester!
September 14 at 9:10am
Holly Eskin Lesnick
Holly Eskin Lesnick
So great! I'm going into week #4 already, and I love seeing how the classes are getting closer as a group, the babies and caregivers are feeling more comfortable and just LOVING the music. Whew hew!! :)
September 14 at 9:11am