by Debbie Mondale | Apr 29, 2007 | Family Time, Parent Stories, Winter Haven
At the end of each semester, we request evaluations about the program to help us understand our strengths and areas that need improvement. This semester, Tammi Haas responded with the following comments. Tammi has gone through Kindermusik in Winter Haven with both...
by Debbie Mondale | Feb 16, 2007 | All ages, Home Routines, Parent Stories, Parenting Techniques, Philosophy, Teaching techniques
“STOPPING” is FUN! Remember that we want to build the idea that stopping can be a wonderfully fun thing. Use the sign for “stop” (as shown in class), as well as the word, as part of your movement activities to indicate the time to stop moving. It is really fun to...
by Debbie Mondale | Feb 16, 2007 | All ages, Home Routines, Parent Stories, Parenting Techniques, Philosophy, Teaching techniques
As a parent, I try very hard to set my children up for success. This is especially difficult when I want them to do something that I know they might not want to do at the time. Several families have asked me about this lately, AND I have found an excellent resource...
by Debbie Mondale | Dec 5, 2006 | All ages, Home Routines, Parent Stories, Teaching techniques
In many of our classes, we are focusing on vocal play – an extremely beneficial and FUN way to help children develop better articulation and build awareness of phonemes, or rather pieces/parts of words. I just wanted to share how much fun Cora and I are having...
by Debbie Mondale | Nov 19, 2006 | Home Routines, Parent Stories
One of the mom’s attending the Village program came into class bursting with excitement. “I just gotta tell you how Kindermusik helped my daughter go potty!” Here’s her story. “I’ve been introducing Grace (19 months) to the potty for the past 3 weeks now and I have...
