Gather your friends with children in the same general age category as yours and sign up today for a Kindermusik Playdate during the month of June!  These are one time classes–45 minutes in length.  The cost includes home materials.

We also have summer Kindermusik Adventures “camps” which consist of one class per week for five weeks during the month of July.  So, if you and your friends want a longer time period to enjoy music and movement activities that aid in the development of the whole child, we would love to have you!

Go to www.glendasmusic.yourvirtuoso.com, click on the summer icon, then “classes” for our total summer schedule.  And…you can register online, as well.  Pay by credit card, check, or cash.  If you have questions, contact us at 253-752-1415 or via email at rgalley65@comcast.net.

This is a cute video, posted on YouTube by Mayo Clinic.  This couple is having a great time!  Enjoy!

During June, we are offering several Playdates–a single class, with materials, for a reasonable price!  This means a commitment for just one day and time, with the opportunity to repeat that class if you like for a reduced price.  Encourage your friends to join you.  We need a minimum of 4 students to hold the class.    The schedule is as follows:

“This Little Piggy”, for ages birth to 18 months, includes a board book & CD, scheduled for:

June 9, 9:30 to 10:15 am; or June 10, 11:30am to 12:15  pm; or June 15, 11:00 to 11:45 am

“Frog Went A-Dancing”, for ages 1.5 to 3 or 3.5, includes a picture book and CD, scheduled for:

June 9, 10:30 to 11:15 am; or June 11, 9:30 to 10:15 am; or June 15, 10:00 to 10:45 am

“Noodles from Scratch”, for ages 3 to 5 years, includes picture book, CD, & “cooking utensils”, scheduled for:

June 11, 10:30 to 11:15 am

Cost for any of the playdates is $10 and includes the materials.  If you take one class and want to repeat, then the cost is $5 for the second class.  Contact us at 253-752-1415 to register.

Our regular “Summer Adventures” classes begin June 30.  You can register online at www.glendasmusic.yourvirtuoso.com, or feel free to call us!

Looking for Kindermusik® classes for your child for Fall 2009?  We would love to have you join us!  The schedule is up for your information and planning!  Go to www.glendasmusic.kindermusik.net.

If your child is 7 years of age or older and interested in private piano lessons, contact us soon.  Current students will be making their commitment by July 1 and then we’ll know how many openings we have for sure.  Contact Glenda via email at rgalley65@comcast.net

Registration is now open for Summer Kindermusik classes in my studio.  You can see the schedule and register by going to www.glendasmusic.kindermusik.net.  Join us for 5 weeks of music fun!  We have classes for children birth to age 7.  Most classes are in the morning, but there is also an evening class for 5-7 year olds.

Imagine That! students each made their own building, then in class we arranged the buildings into a city.  Here are pictures of the children with their buildings.

Listening to your favorite music may be good for your cardiovascular system. Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore have shown for the first time that the emotions aroused by joyful music have a healthy effect on blood vessel function. 

Music, selected by study participants because it made them feel good and brought them a sense of joy, caused tissue in the inner lining of blood vessels to dilate (or expand) in order to increase blood flow. This healthy response matches what the same researchers found in a 2005 study of laughter. On the other hand, when study volunteers listened to music they perceived as stressful, their blood vessels narrowed, producing a potentially unhealthy response that reduces blood flow. 

The results of the study, conducted at the University of Maryland Medical Center, were presented at the Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, on November 11, 2008, in New Orleans. 

“We had previously demonstrated that positive emotions, such as laughter, were good for vascular health. So, a logical question was whether other emotions, such as those evoked by music, have a similar effect,” says principal investigator Michael Miller, M.D., director of preventive cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center and associate professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. “We knew that individual people would react differently to different types of music, so in this study, we enabled participants to select music based upon their likes and dislikes.”

Finish this article by going to www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/129106.php

The Spring Semester of Kindermusik classes at Glenda’s Music Studio have begun.  However, there is still room in some of the classes, so if you are interested, let us know.  Go to www.glendasmusic.kindermusik.net to see which classes still have room.

This is wonderful.  Enjoy!