Kindermusik for your child

Bettina Ferraro earned her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Montana State University, and her Master of Arts in teaching at Grand Canyon University in Pheonix, Arizona. She also studied under the Royal Conservatory of Music system in Canada, until her move back to the states in 1997. She has enjoyed working in church music ministries, working with both adult and children’s choirs, as well as participating on worship teams. She is a music director of Christian Youth Theater, and currently sings in a dance band. Bettina feels called to teach because she believes in striving for excellence, while making music fun and accessible to all ages and abilities.
Her hobbies include training for triathlons, writing and gardening. She loves spending time with her family, biking with her husband and 3 children, and traveling.
Although Bettina’s main focus is teaching music, I also like to take opportunities to perform whenever I can. I was involved for two seasons of singing in Bellingham Festival of Music under the direction of Michael Palmer, and have performed at local community events.

Imagine your child swinging softly in a blanket or dancing with you around a maypole.  Village provides a delightful environment unlike any other.  Through a unique blend of mulit-level activities that includes creative movement, vocal play, object and instrument exploration, and a colorful literature component, your baby’s growth and development are stimulated and all of his senses engaged. 

 

Kindermusik Village, for children newborn to 1½ years of age, incorporates the most current research on early childhood development and provides families a special place for learning and connecting with other parents and babies through music and movement. High quality, professionally created class and At Home materials include Kindermusik Foundations of Learning, insights based on current research that educate parents about their babies' unique development.

 

Benefits for Your Child and You

• Educates you about your baby's total development through Kindermusik Foundations of Learning - statements based on the most recent research.
• Encourages joyful participation in a music making community.
• Nurtures bonding between you and your child through intentional touch warm-ups, exercises, interactive dances and musical play.
• Provides natural connections between singing and reading out loud, listening and communicating through literature books

Can you sound like an elephant? Or hop like a bunny? Our Time encourages your child to uncover an engaging musical world while building confidence, self-control and communications skills. Singing, imitating sounds, rhyming and object identification foster language skills. Creative movement to various musical “moods” develops a sense of balance, timing and spatial awareness. Listening and turn-taking encourage blossoming social skills.

 

Kindermusik Our Time is designed for children 1½ years to 3 years of age. Along with an accompanying parent or caregiver, children meet weekly for a 45-minute class and enjoy singing, moving, listening and interacting socially, and playing simple instruments. Exploration Time encourages a child's discovery of specially designed instruments, textures, sounds and movements; language skills are fostered with singing, sound imitation, and vocal play; Music & Movement Story Time encourages emergent literacy skills; and creative dancing affirms a child's urge to move.

 

Benefits for Your Child and You

• Recognizes your child's need for both freedom to try and the assurance of your support.
• Educates you about the interactive nature of the total development of your child through music, movement and literacy.
• Promotes joyful music making as a community.
• Encourages the building of characteristics related to successful learning in school: self-confidence, curiosity, self-expression, social skills and cooperation.

Imagine That! takes you and your child on a musical journey of discovery and exploration…a journey limited only by the power of imagination. Pretend play activities are integrated with music, vocal development, storytelling, movement and literature to capture your child’s potential to learn and to encourage cognitive and literacy skills, creativity and individuality.

 

Kindermusik Imagine That! is designed for active, energetic, enthusiastic, and imaginative 3- and 4-year-olds and encourages socialization, sharing, and participating in group activities. Singing becomes a focus for enhancing the preschooler's vocal development as her expressive language is just beginning to emerge. Parents are invited to participate in the last 15 minutes for Sharing Time of the 45-minute class.

 

Benefits for Your Child and You

• Nurtures your child's imagination and creativity.
• Creates a learning environment that integrates music, expressive language, peer interaction and pretend play.
• Challenges your child through activities that promote problem-solving, making choices and expressing ideas.
• Allows your child to have an active role in the development of music and movement activities.

Kindermusik Philosophy

Kindermusik is the community of families and teachers passionately committed to bringing music to children's lives through developmentally appropriate curricula, CDs, books, instruments, and activities for our classes and for family time at home.

 

Kindermusik's philosophy is founded upon rigorous research and our fundamental beliefs:

• Every parent is the child's most important teacher.
• Every child is musical.
  
• The home is the most important learning environment.
  
• Music nurtures a child's cognitive, emotional, social, language, and physical development.
  
• very child should experience the joy, fun, and learning which music brings to life.