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Kindermusik® International is the world’s leading publisher of music and movement curricula for teachers and caregivers of children aged newborn to seven. Taught in private studios, early childhood centers, and public schools. Since 1978, our research-proven classroom enrichment program has united the lives of millions in over 70 countries through the universal language of music, advancing whole-child development and future school success. Our award-winning curricula blends the research and music education philosophies of Orff and Suzuki with the developmental research and pedagogical philosophies of Vygotsky, Piaget, and Montessori. From these scholars, we created a unique approach to early childhood education that empowers children to learn how they learn best. In fact, independent research proved preschoolers using our curriculum for just 30 minutes per week saw a 32% gain in early language and literacy skills. Founded as traditional mommy and me classes, our private Kindermusik studios have grown to more than 5,000 worldwide. Our music-and-movement activities are creatively designed to enhance cognitive, language, literacy, physical, creative, and social-emotional development in young learners. Plus, introduce musical concepts, genres, and styles building a lifelong appreciation for music. Kindermusik@School is our research-proven classroom enrichment program designed exclusively for Pre-K and Kindergarten programs in public and private schools, childcare centers, Head Start and Early Head Start, Parents as Teachers, and after school programs. Our multisensory and multi-cultural learning experience aligns with standards for high-quality early childhood education including: Common Core State Standards, Head Start Standards and Frameworks, and the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) Pillars. Develop your children's highest potential and strongest foundation for learning. Music now. Skills for life.

Music Together® is an internationally recognized early childhood music and movement program for children birth through grade two and the grownups who love them. The Music Together curriculum, coauthored in 1987 by Kenneth K. Guilmartin (Founder/Director) and Rowan University Professor of Music Education Dr. Lili M. Levinowitz (Director of Research), is based on the recognition that all children are musical. All children can learn to sing in tune, move with accurate rhythm, and participate with confidence in the music of their culture, provided that their early environment supports such learning. Music Together offers programs for families, schools, at-risk populations, and children with special needs in over 2500 communities in forty countries around the world. The company is passionately committed to bringing children and their caregivers closer through shared music-making and helping people discover the joy---and the educational value---of early music experiences. More at www.musictogether.com and www.facebook.com/MusicTogether.

Musikgarten is the leader in early childhood music education – for children and teachers. We offer a complete multi-year educational program that helps infants, toddlers, and children develop a deep love of music and the ability to express it. We believe that: • All children are musical. • Music meets the needs of children. • Music benefits the whole child, must be introduced early and must involve the family. • By using only the highest-quality educational resources and instruments, we can help deepen a child's appreciation for music and the natural world around him, building a foundation for life-long music making. • Providing an appropriate musical experience and following a carefully sequenced approach to music reading allows a child to participate fully in musical experiences of all kinds. Our approach to music education is fun for children, parents, and teachers. As a result of our sequential pathway to music education, children can become independent, thinking musicians. To foster music literacy, Musikgarten offers a comprehensive early childhood program that spans the first nine years of a child's musical development. Children love the progression from semester to semester, as patterns and songs are repeated and built upon, addressing students' needs at each level. The Musikgarten experience culminates in group piano lessons. Musikgarten teachers are the key to bringing our curricula to children and parents. Teachers experience the joy and satisfaction of helping children become expressive musicians. Excellent teachers are important partners for parents in nurturing a child's development in every sense and merit the fullest and best support we can offer them. We believe that the Musikgarten teacher: • Deserves in-person training provided by world-class educators. • Should have freedom and flexibility to use the lesson plans provided. • Is entitled to comprehensive support from Musikgarten's administrative team.