Who are we?

Kiddi Beat is a unique South African Music Educational Program through which musical education of a high quality can be provided to babies and infants up to the end of their pre-school phase (grade R).

The lesson material is specifically composed to expose the learners to a wide variety of music, singing styles, cultures and languages reflecting the diversity in South Africa.

Kiddi Beat Music Specialists is composed for music educationalists as a business opportunity, and may be utilised in music studios, day care centres and nurseries. Facilitators are selected and accredited in order to be in a position to present the Kiddi Beat MSP progam.

"I can sing, move and play"

The motto 'I can sing, move and play' suggest the active involvement of learners and their parents in the learning activities of a Kiddi Beat lesson.

Children learn to understand and to appreciate music through purposeful involvement in the selected musical activities and discover, form and develop music concepts through:

singing
instrumental play
dancing
musical movement
reading and notating music
listening to music

Whole-brain development

Music stimulates development in the following non-musical areas in the brain:

active playing
storytelling
language and reading skills
life skills
social interaction
numeracy
sensory discrimination
auditive discrimination
visual discrimination
lateral movement
muscle development
gross motor skills
fine motor skills
coordination

The focus is on the total development while a love for music is spontaneously fostered at the same time.

The learning process thus becomes an enjoyable interactive learning experience through which

whole-brain development

is stimulated.

Why is Kiddi Beat Music Specialists unique?

Designed by authoritative musical educators.
Contents and presentation Afrikaans/English
Focus on the South African child
Affordable
Large number and variety of programmes

Curriculum development

The structure of the program for the different age groups is based on the spiral curriculum design:

The spiral is a symbol, which indicates that learning is not merely a once-off experience, but a process in which varied repetitions, with increasing levels of complexity, take place. Children learn through singing, moving and playing.

The lesson material of all the age groups is based on an overarching theme, stretching over a period of 10 weeks (one school quarter).
Within each age group there is a smaller and more detailed spiral, adapted for the development skills and milestones for the specific age group.
The material of Kiddi Beat Music Specialists has been tested and adapted in practice for both the studio and nursery school before final publication.

Advantages for the child

The aims of Kiddi Beat Music specialists are:

To develop the child holistically by means of active participation in singing, instrumental playing, movement, listening and the reading and writing of music in a creative way.
To facilitate the forming of musical concepts. This improves the potential period of a child’s ability to concentrate and add to the child’s skills of problem solving and social skills whilst a love for music is also nurtured.
To prepare the young child for experiences during the foundation phase i.e. numeracy, literacy and life skills.
To nurture a natural love for music through introduction to a variety of musical styles and traditions.
To create a foundation which will motivate the child to lifelong involvement in music and the arts.
To develop and improve musical potential.

Ages

The age groups for the Kiddi Beat Music Specialist program, correlate with the elephant logos. Each logo represents a specific age group:

Babies, 3 months to ±1 year (until they can walk independently)

±1 to 2 years (as soon as they walk independently)

2 to 3 years

3 to 4 years

4 to 5+ years

Administration and Orientation package