Kindermusik... anyone do this?

dunvilles · October 2010

I took Liam to try Kindermusik today and he really liked it. It is a 15 week program (45 min every saturday). It is $200 for the classes plus a bag with instruments/cd/2 books...

This is the ONLY "mom and me" type of thing in my town... it was in a church basembet in a classroom. I think $200 is way over priced for what we would be doing... Plus, I wanted to do something like this not once but continue doing it... $400-$600/year on that seems like a lot.

Thoughts?

cole'swishes · October 2010

We signed up for the session starting in Feb. But yes, ours is that expensive as well. I am thinking twice about it but my friends all have kids in it and they are learning so much. The older ones can read music and they are five. So I don't know what to do.

piccolina09 · October 2010

We don't do kindermusik, we do Music Together here, but it is 185 a child for 10 weeks, you get a CD, but not any instruments. So, to compare 200 for 5 more weeks plus instruments doesn't sound too bad at all. IMHO, try it once for the 15 week session see how it goes, it's not like you have to continue going to it and spend that 400-600 per year. One benefit I didn't expect was the friendships my babies have made and the moms I have met. GL!!

darlawoods · October 2010

We are going to do it and I think it is $175. It is expensive but compared to everything else it is in the same ball park range. Our my gym is $64 a month, swimming $72 a session, etc...

12bailey18 · October 2010

We do Kindermusik and we love it. Like you, we don't have a lot in our town to do so this was perfect for us. It is a little pricey but I like the class and we use all of the materials. I think it's worth the price for a nice activitiy for us to do together.

Mereou12 · October 2010

We're in the exact same boat -- we live in a po-dunk litte town that has nothing for moms/babies. I saw a sign for Kindermusik a couple of months ago, so I decided to give it a shot. We LOVE it.

It's expensive, yes, but IMO is very well worth it. The curriculum that we're currently doing ("Zoom Buggy") involves a lot of learning, and has given me tons of ideas of how to incorporate music and learning into our everyday play. Our instructor has been doing Kindermusik for years and is very, very good. From what I've heard, that's what makes or breaks the classes.

I recommend it to everyone I know!

cooperme2871 · October 2010

I also thought Kindermusik was way overpriced, but gave it a shot anyways because I am a SAHM and I wanted DD to be around other LO's. She loves it and I look forward to going every week. Ours is a 16 week session and was around $185 I think. She has learned so much already, I am looking into signing her up next semester as well. I think it's also something to do when it;s cold outside and you can't really get out and play. We do this and storyhour every week.

diana.filipi · October 2010

Just finished an 8 week Kindermusik Village class. We paid $120 for it. I had tried out a class a couple of months ago but didn't like the teacher or the space it was held in. I LOVED this teacher and this space.

Ophelia and I both really enjoyed the class. What I found most engaging was that the class has a very specific structure. You get there and have about 10 min f a gathering activity (there's a musical instrument out and plenty for each baby to play with them: bell cuffs, ball bells, drums, shakers). Then we sing the hello song where we sing hello to each baby by name and to the mommies and everyone. After that there's usually another instrument brought out and we do a song to it and they play with it. It goes away and something else comes out or we may do a get up and dance song or a quiet time on the floor while the babies look at books or a baby massage song...etc (we do all those things). At the end we sing the goodbye song to each baby, mommies, everyone.

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