Kindermusik by Catherine: 2008

Friday, October 31, 2008

Here are some photos of recent Village Classes at Hong Kong Parkview. Enjoy!

Traditional Play Dough Recipe.
We will be playing with play dough in our Milk & Cookies classes soon. For you to enjoy the same experience at home of "/measuring/pouring-stirring/mixing-making a ball/rolling flat & making a shape & cutting just like that"!- here is the recipe which will be using for the play dough in class. I hope you & your child will have as much fun making & playing with it as we do!!

Traditional Play Dough Recipe

1 cup of flour
1 cup warm water
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon oil
1/4 cup salt
food colouring

Mix all ingredients, adding food colouring last. Stir over medium heat until smooth. Remove from pan and knead until blended smooth. Place in plastic bag or airtight container when cooled. This will last for a long time.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Milk & Cookies Home Activities for September to December 2008

Welcome to Milk & Cookies, the "home away from home" where children help out with the daily chores from cooking & cleaning to washing the floors & digging in the garden!
Please find below the schedule of activities; the activities relate to the class & each lesson focus.

Dear Parents & Caregivers,

Welcome to the “Ourtime” Autumn term here at Kindermusik by Catherine. For the next 3 months we will be having fun with our new curriculum “Milk & Cookies” during which you and your child will have fun building a house, doing the washing, dust, dust, dusting, planting in the garden, making cookies and much more. We hope you have lots of fun with us and to help you get the most out of the course please take a look at the chart below for ideas of what you can do together at home each week and what you can bring to class to make your Kindermusik class as enjoyable as possible!

WEEK #, FOCUS FOR THE WEEK, TO BRING TO CLASS & YOUR HOME ACTIVITY

1 High & Low
“At My House” Book
p2 Sing our new Hello Song together

2 High & Low
“At My House” Book
p8 Have fun building your house & doing the washing

3 High & Low
“At My House” Book
p9 “scrub, scrub, scrub” Do the washing
together or scrub in the tub

4 High & Low
“At My House”
Book & Sponge for scrubbing
p10/11: Plant a flower together in a pot

5 High & Low
“At My House”
Book & Sponge for scrubbing
p14/5 Knives, forks & spoons game.
Choose a recipe & make some cookies

6 Long & Short
“Cookies” Book
Your homemade cookies
p18 Sing hot cross buns together & enjoy
listening to the 2 versions on your CDs

7 Long & Short
“Cookies” Book
p20 Stir it up! Explore your stir xylophone & play along to Pease Porridge

8 Long & Short
“Cookies” Book
p17 Cut toast in different shapes with cookie cutters & have fun popping like toast!

9 Long & Short
“Cookies” Book
Take a photo of your child to bring to your next class

10 Long & Short
“Cookies” Book &
A photo of your child
Make a shaker: bottles, pots, beans, rice ...

11 Loud & Quiet
Your homemade shaker
p26 Play, play, play

12 Loud & Quiet
p28 Shake Hands & make friends. Ding! ding! Knock! Knock!

13 Loud & Quiet
Can you find a wooden instrument?
p22 Cupcakes, cut-out

14 Loud & Quiet
A wooden instrument
Choose a recipe & make some cookies for class

15 Loud & Quiet
Homemade Cookies

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

VILLAGE "Zoom Buggy" Lyrics & Home Activities

Here is the URL address for the Zoom Buggy Home Activity Book;

http:www.kindermusikeducators.com/new/ZoomBuggyJournal.pdf

We hope you are enjoying this terms Zoom Buggy!

Please find the link to the Lyrics, Home Activities, Foundations of Learning & Ways to Hold Baby posters in the rectangle above, under "VILLAGE Zoom Buggy."

Don't forget to bring in your Zoom Buggy book & toy car to use class.

To beat the rush for the next curricula of Village, (November/December 2008)
"DreamPillow",

pick up your Home Materials from our Central Studio today!
The Home Materials will be in stock from September 24th.

To give you a sneak peak at what we have in store for you this coming November click on the URL below to see the Baby's Home Activity Journal for Dream Pillow.

http://www.kindermusikeducators.com/new/DreamPillowJournal.pdf