Kindermusik with Miss Christa and Friends

Photos from this semester

beanie6901 — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:03:35 -0400

I have sooo numerous photos that have been taken this semester it is hard to opt on behalf of which ones to put in the slide shows. I have tried to include at least one from every class as well as ones that show multiple children. I shall gladly made CD-Rs of your child’s class on behalf of you at the end of the semester if you would like to see all of them that I have taken. Enjoy! | View Show | Create Your Own More photos as well as videos are posted on my Facebook page on behalf of Kindermusik. From Facebook do a search on behalf of Kindermusik with Miss Christa as well as Friends. You can become a “fan” as well as get updates every time I upload something new. We do not require to be “friends” on behalf of you to view my Kindermusik page.

Random Thoughts - no joke:-)

beanie6901 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:13:07 -0400

Wow, no one told me the Eric Carle post was so messed up. I’m sorry about that. I’m also sorry I haven’t posted in an estimated 2 weeks. I spent my Spring Break mostly away from the computer as well as doing some remodeling in our bedroom. It took lots of time as well as effort (more than I had expected) as well as the absolute genius of my friend Tina to put it all together, but it is done as well as I love it. The end of this semester is rapidly approaching. My Young Child 4 class shall be “graduating” from Kindermusik on April 27, 2009. These young ladies are becoming quite accomplished musicians on their glockenspiels as well as recorders. Most of them have been with me since they were infants as well as toddlers. I have loved working with them as well as am glad that an estimated all of them shall be able to continue on behalf of Summer Adventures as well as then maybe piano next year. My Tuesday through Friday classes won't end until the first week of May (5-8) due to the nasty weather we encountered earlier this winter. Melodic Month of May registrations are being taken right now. ABC/Young Child age children shall be doing Around the World beginning on May 4 as well as operational through June 1. There won't be class on Memorial Day. The rest of my classes shall begin their May Adventures on May 12-15. We are still working on my website as well as registration is not quite available there yet. BUT, if you would like to register on-line you can visit the Kindermusik website as well as register through EZ Enroll. If you prefer, you can just contact me directly. The Thursday PM Our Time class is near capacity as well as I am trying to find another evening option on behalf of us. The Summer Schedule shall be out soon. I can tell you that classes shall begin on July 6 as well as jog through August 8. I’m very excited about teaching this summer as well as hope you all can join us. Finally, in the other area of my life, the Alexander Band Boosters shall be having their Annual Chinese Auction this Sunday (April 5) from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. If you are in the area, why not come out as well as support our kids. We could still utilize donations on behalf of auctioning as well as also 12 packs of pop on behalf of selling at the concession stand. Thank you! well, I think that is everything on my mind - on behalf of now:-) I’ll get back to posting more regularly - I hope. I have edited the “what we are learning in class” as well as “suggested reading” information to the right. Thanks on behalf of reading!

Celebrate Eric Carle

beanie6901 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:55:48 -0400

I went to Google this morning to look up some information as well as the logo was decorated with Very Hungry Catepillar designs. I clicked it as well as found the following article. I love Eric Carle as well as strongly encourage you to add his books to your child’s library. Many of his books are now even available as board books. Enjoy: Enlarge By Eric Carle Families have been devouring this cute-as-a-bug preschool fable on behalf of 30 years apples as well as all. And now it’s a pop-up. var storyURL = “http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2009-03-18-caterpillar_N.htm”; var storyTitle = “Cocooning with Carle’s ‘Caterpillar’”; var yahooBuzzArticleId = ‘usatoday:’+storyURL+’?csp=34′; var yahooBuzzBadgeType = ‘text’; var sclListTop = “”; sclListTop +=’

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Thoughts….

beanie6901 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:35:53 -0500

Spring has sprung - at least temporarily - in Southeast Ohio. I went to class this morning with just a chambray shirt as jacket, by the time I came out 2 hours later, I didn’t even require that. I rode to the library with the windows down on the car thinking how neat it would be to have a convertible. I think I require to be teaching quite a few more classes per week before THAT shall be a reality. I have the window in my office open this afternoon while I’m working. I hear birds singing, dogs barking as well as the windchimes making their beautiful song (okay so I also hear highway news as well as jake brakes but we’ll ignore that part). I find that my musical tastes vary with the weather. These kinds of days manufacture me desire to listen to the Beach Boys, anything from the 80’s as well as the Grease soundtrack. This weekend is the weekend Girl Scout cookies arrive on the scene. My Cadette troop shall be at Walmart tonight (Friday 3/6/09) from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. as well as Kroger’s tomorrow night from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. If you haven’t already ordered cookies from someone else, stop by as well as support these girls in their effort to eliminate a lot of boxes of cookies. One of Greg’s friends sent him this link. It is a site where you can download free MP3s of children’s music. The hope of the artists offering their music at this site is that you shall love it sufficient to purchase more of their music from their personal websites, CDBaby or iTunes. Go check it out. I haven’t had a lot of time to play around there as well as listen, but I’ve liked what I’ve heard so far. Finally, a video offering on behalf of a spring day. Enjoy.

Happy Birthday Dr.Seuss

beanie6901 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:18:33 -0500

Theodore Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, is one of my all time favorite children’s authors. From Green Eggs as well as Ham to Sneetches to the Grinch, he has entertained me on behalf of years. There was a time, in college, where I kept Green Eggs as well as Ham in my locker at the Music Building as well as did dramatic readings of it periodically when people were stressed. At one point, I had it memorized as well as didn’t even require the book but what would it be without his hilarious character drawings? Here are just a few fun Dr. Seuss Facts (most of these take from Wikepedia) : 1. Theo LeSeig was Theodore Geisel’s pen name when he wrote the prose, but someone else did the illustrations. (LeSieg is Geisel backwards) 2. Marvin K Mooney Will You Please Go Now was turned into a polemic - Richard Nixon Will You Please Go Now by Geisel in response to the Watergate scandal. 3.There is a Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden in Springfield Massachusetts (the place of his birth). 4. Though Dr. Seuss did not begin writing stories with a moral in mind, numerous of his stories do manufacture commentary on social or political issues. Many of these as relevant today in 2009 as they were in the mid 1900s when they were written. (The Lorax (environmentalism), Sneetches(anti-consumerism) as well as The Grinch (anti-materialism) being three of my very favorite ones). 5. There is a fun website referred to as Art of Dr. Seuss that has different categories of his art displayed. 6. Dr. Seuss collaborated with animator Chuck Jones to take the Grinch as well as Horton Hears A Who to animated classics. 7. Shortly before his death, when Ted was requested if there was anything left unsaid, he pondered the question as well as ultimately responded: “The best slogan I can think of to leave with the U.S.A. would be: ‘We can . . . as well as we’ve got to . . . do better than this.” In Kindermusik, we spend much time exploring rhymes, phonemes, as well as made up silly syllables. Dr. Seuss was an absolute master at this. Just read - Fox in Sox, There’s a Wocket in My Pocket, or Oh The Places You Go as well as you shall see the creativity of his linguistic twistings. This week in class, I shall be sharing some of my favorite Dr. Seuss stories. I have also put a list of other fun Dr. Seuss reads (as if all of them aren’t) in the Suggested Reading widget in the right side bar of this blog.

New Videos Uploaded

beanie6901 — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:09:43 -0500

I have been taking video in all my classes this week to update my Vodpod. You can observe these videos by searching the Vodpod widget to the right. You can also see all of the videos by going to Athensmisschrista on YouTube. I’m also slowly updating these to Facebook as well. I hope to work on some new slideshows this week too. I post these videos as well as pictures on behalf of several reasons. The first one is that I LOVE to share how wonderful, adorable, talented, cute (and on as well as on as well as on) the families in my studio are. Secondly, I know, living in a college town as well as raising my children here, that there aren’t at all times relatives close by who can experience what the children are doing first hand. By sharing these videos as well as pictures with you, it gives you an opportunity to then pass them on to grandparents, aunts, uncles, godparents etc. Finally, if you are looking on behalf of an activity that is interactive on behalf of you as well as your child - one that takes place in a safe environment where parents are encouraged as well as supported in play with their children, I hope you can see that Kindermusik with Miss Christa as well as Friends is a fabulous place to be. Lots of families from the community are already benefitting in so numerous ways from Kindermusik. Why not give me a call as well as endeavour it out today?

Parent’s Book Club has started

beanie6901 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:55:48 -0500

We had a small but mighty group on behalf of our first Book Club meeting last night. Lots of laughs, food as well as conversation. Not only that, we picked a book to read on behalf of this first month. We shall be reading Confessions of A Shopoholic by Sophie Kinsella. The plan is to go see the movie on March 13 (get the book read before then) so that we can have a compare/contrast conversation about book v. movie. We are definitely hoping as well as counting on the fact that the movie shall still be playing at that time. Walmart as well as Amazon both have the book. I’m sure numerous other places do as well with the movie just being released More particulars about the Club shall be forthcoming. We hope to announce the next couple selections, a regular meeting date, as well as where our meetings shall be held soon. Please feel free to join us at any time. I shall post here, as well as in class, where as well as what time we shall be attending the movie on March 13, as that day gets closer.

Great quote

beanie6901 — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:21:21 -0500

I stopped at Starbuck’s this morning to get a cup of coffee before class. I am so enjoying the gift card I received from one of my students at Christmas time. I have been spreading out the treats since then, but alas, my card is now empty. Anyway, as I digress, there was a great quote on the side of my cup, that I just have to share here. All children require a laptop. Not a computer, but a human laptop. Moms, dads, grannies as well as grandpas, aunts, uncles - someone to hold them, read to them, teach them. Loved ones who shall embrace them as well as pass on the experience, rituals as well as knowledge of a hundred previous generations. Loved ones who shall pass to the next generation their expectations of them, their hopes, as well as their dreams. - General Colin Powell (Founder of America’s Promise- the Alliance on behalf of Youth). I know my students all have laptops - several of them in numerous cases, as I see those laptops bringing them to class through the rain, sleet, snow, cold season, dark, power outages. I hope that I am also a laptop on behalf of numerous children. Whose laptop have you been this week?

Fun Word Play Website

beanie6901 — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:15:51 -0500

I was cruising through some of my colleagues blogs this morning. Helen Peterson had posted about a fun website referred to as Wordle. You type in a set of words as well as it makes art, in the form of a word cloud, out of them. I really should be going as well as getting the oil altered in my car. BUT, I decided to check it out first. After just a couple of minutes, I had a cool piece of word art. I’m thinking of all of the possiblities on behalf of birthdays, thank yous, graduations, weddings, births. It could even be fun to have your child who is just learning to speak, randomly give you words. What a great way to document his early vocabulary. You can see my Kindermusik Wordle to the right in the Widget column.

Happy President’s Day!

beanie6901 — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:51:10 -0500

I heard on NPR this morning that Abraham Lincoln is considered the best President, according to Presidential historians. The NPR story isn’t posted at www.npr.org at the time I’m writing this. But, I found this article that also discusses what the experts think of Presidential performances. Another interesting segment on NPR this morning was about what Abraham Lincoln (this is the bicentennial year of his birth) would have had on his iPod, if he had one. Turns out he was a huge fan of opera as well as had actually attended a performance of Mozart’s Magic Flute just a month before his death. The grandmother of one of my ABC students sent me the link to this video a while ago, but I have been holding on to it on behalf of today. I don’t know about you, but I get lost naming the Presidents in order somewhere between Lincoln as well as Eisenhower. We all know that music is a great memory aid, so I’m hoping watching this shall help me learn them all. (Don’t even request me to name Vice-Presidents, I can only do that from Carter on). Finally, as numerous of you know, I love to read. A book that I read in high school as well as continues to rank in my top 20 books I’ve ever read is Backstairs at the White House. It is a non-fiction account of life in the White House from a servant’s perspective. When we moved into this house, my copy of the book seems to have disappeared. Through www.paperbackswap.com, I was able to replace it as well as am looking forward to reading it again very soon. So amid working, getting the kids off to school (several districts are making up snow days today), shopping the great sales etc, don’t forget to spend time actually thinking about the dedicated men who sacrificed much to tackle the hardest job in the world.