Since 1981, Cooper Music Studio, now an integral part of Hunterdon Academy of the Arts has been offering the award-winning programs of Kindermusik, the world’s leading publisher of music and movement curricula for parents and their children, ages newborn to 7 years old.
Today Hunterdon Academy of the Arts features one of the nation’s most distinguished, privately owned Kindermusik Programs. At the 2006 and 2007 conventions of Kindermusik International in Greensboro, North Carolina, and Schaumburg, Illinois, respectively, our studio was recognized for hosting the largest Kindermusik Young Child program in the world!
More recently, Hunterdon Academy of the Arts was awarded the coveted title "Maestro" by Kindermusik International. This puts Hunterdon Academy of the Arts in the top 1% of Kindermusik studios worldwide!
Kindermusik is an early childhood music and movement program that was written in collaboration with experts in every field of child development. The curriculum is based on carefully documented research confirming that music enhances a child's language, literacy, listening, problem solving, social skills and self-esteem.
Hunterdon Academy of the Arts proudly offers the following age-appropriate Kindermusik curricula, which are further detailed by clicking on the corresponding logos:
Kindermusik's Philosophy
is founded upon rigorous research and Kindermusik's Fundamental Beliefs
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Kindermusik's Fundamental Beliefs:
Every parent is the child's most important teacher.
Every child is musical.
The home is the most important learning environment.
Music nurtures a child's cognitive, emotional, social, language, and physical development.
Every child should experience the joy, fun, and learning which music brings to life.
About Kindermusik International
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Kindermusik International is the world's leading publisher of music and movement curricula for parents and their children, ages newborn to 7 years old.
More than 5,000 licensed educators use the Kindermusik curricula in 66 countries, reaching 1 million families. Kindermusik International has more than 25 years of experience creating curricula based on new and proven research in child development. The award-winning books, CDs, games, and instruments nurture skills in the whole child: cognitive, physical, social, emotional, and language. In a Kindermusik class, educators lead a group of parents and their children through joyful activities, using music and movement. Parents learn more about their child's unique developmental process, and the shared learning experience creates a unique bond as the child associates learning with fun, musical play.
The learning process continues at home, guided by specially designed books, CDs, and games:
Movement and dance activities improve coordination and balanceOne-on-one parent and child interaction nurtures self-esteem
Music-making and music listening activities develop self-discipline, as well as critical and creative thinking skills.
