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Kiddi Beat ED
- Busy teachers in pre-primary and nursery schools,
- Mothers at day care centres, and
- Parents doing home-schooling,
Kiddi Beat ED aims to provide all the above with with easy-to-use music lesson units accompanied by sound and media for 3-6 year olds.
'Music for Me' is formulated for use by educators and caregivers in créches, preschools, nursery schools, day care centres or homes. It may be presented as part of the school or home-schooling curriculum.
- 3-4 years
- 4-5 years
- 5-6 years
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Dr. Anet le Roux and Janice Robertson are co-developers of the 'Music for Me' programme. Since the birth of their own children, the development and stimulation of the young child through music has been their passion. They are both highly qualified music educators and they have used their knowledge and experience to formulate the instructional material and produce the sound material contained in this programme. They sincerely believe that a significant window of opportunity for learning through music presents itself during the early years and it has been their ambition to harness the educational possibilities of this stage.
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Do your lessons cover specific themes? |
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Yes. Lessons explore themes from the child's own life world, for example Fire, Animals, My body, Shopping, Transport, My birthday, Cell phones, On the mine, Seasons, Senses, Other countries, The orchestra and many more. Each programme explores a different set of themes.
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| Q. | How much music theory background do I need?
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You do not need any advanced music training to present these lessons successfully. Lessons incorporate some basic elements of music, such as tempo (fast/slow), dynamics (loud/quiet) and rhythm (long/short).
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| Q. | Are lessons activity based? | | A. | Indeed. Activities include singing, moving, listening and playing instruments. Children are motivated to be creative through pictures, symbols and concrete media.
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| Q. | What is your approach to early childhood education?
| | A. | The child is seen as a total integrated human being. We therefore address a large number skills through musical activities, such as social, perceptual, motor, emotional, literary, communication and conceptual abilities.
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| Q. | Is your approach to teaching outcomes based? | | A. | Outcomes based education requirements are fully incorporated throughout the programmes.
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| Q. | Are lessons accompanied by sound? | | A. | CDs containing sound material accompany each programme and contain songs, sound effects and rhymes. Each programme contains two CDs with up to 75 tracks per CD. Sound material has been professionally recorded in a studio and contains material in English, Afrikaans, seSotho, isiZulu, seTswana, German and French.
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| Q. | What kind of educational media can I expect to find in the programmes? | | A. | Educational media include flash cards, worksheets, pictures, stories, cards, etc. You, however, will provide your own inexpensive media, such as a bubble maker, empty paper rolls, sticks for a fire, plastic pill boxes, feathers, hoops, rubber bands, bean bags, etc.
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| Q. | Will I need to purchase a wide variety of musical instruments? | | A. | No. Instruments mainly include inexpensive and/or homemade objects such as wooden sticks, bells and shakers, drums (make your own by using an empty coffee tin). Ofcourse schools that have sophisticated musical instruments will find them useful.
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| Q. | What is the duration of the lessons in the programme? | | A. | Lesson duration differs from one age group to the next: 15-20 minutes for the 3-4 year programme, 20-30 minutes for the 4-5 year programme and 30-40 minutes for the 5-6 year programme.
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'Kiddi Beat is waarlik 'n program wat vir geen ander hoef terug te staan nie. Ek werk heerlik daaraan. Dis maklik om te gebruik en die kinders geniet dit."
"An excellent theoretical framework to complement the work of music teachers with a lot of practical teaching experience."
"Hierdie program vervang amper al my kinders se buitemuurse aktiwiteite. Kiddi Beat gaan my nog baie petrol en rondryery agter die kinders aan spaar."
"Your programmes will be especially useful to busy music teachers because of the structured approach and the fact that the groundwork has already been done."
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- Click to download the Order Form
- Print the Order Form
- Fill in the Order Form, indicating personal details and choice of programme/s
- Fax the Order Form and payment slip to 086 612 4583
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