Leap Year Trivia

Leap Year Day Babies born in 1884 had no birthday during their entire teen-age years. Why Because 1900 was not a Leap Year. In 1888 they were 4 at 1. In 1892 they were 8 at 2. In 1896 they were 12 at 3. Since 1900 was nota Leap Year, there were 8 years before they could celebrate again on February 29. So, in 1904 they were 20 at 5. Not one single teenage year was celebrated ON their birth date.

Leap Year Day Babies will never have a "Golden Birthday." A Golden Birthday is when your age matches the number of the day of the month you were born on. Leap Year Day Babies will have to be 116 before they turn 29 on the 29th!

Once every four years we have the opportunity to wish the great Italian opera composer Gioacchino Rossini a happy birthday -- he was born on February 29th in 1792.

The American Bicentennial Year of 1976, was also a Leap Year.

Calling all Lobes . . .

How well do you observe things around you? We think we are paying attention to little details, but are we really? Click here to take a test and see how you do.

I Love It!

Is it an igloo? A drum? A swing? A tunnel? A turtle shell? A pie maker? A boat? Absolutely! The possibilities are endless. Bilibos are now a part of our classroom tools and the families can't get enough of them. If you'd like to take a Bilibo home, contact us (musik4kids_kzo@sbcglobal.net) to place your order.

No classes - snow day

There will be no classes today due to the weather.

Is Early Childhood Education Really Necessary?

YES! Here are some highlights of an article in today's Kalamazoo Gazette - click here to read the whole thing.

"I believe that early-childhood education is so important that I'd be willing to fund it by ending public education at age 16," and shift the savings to educating 3- and 4-year-olds, said Ron Fuller, superintendent of the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency. "That's pretty controversial. But I feel early education is so critical."


"The only question is when you're going to deal with kids. You can deal with their needs in a profound way when they're 3, 4 and 5. Or you can wait until they're 16 or 17, or 25 and 26, and they need to be incarcerated at an extraordinary cost," Rice said. "You have to view preschool not as a cost, but as an investment."

Give yourselves a pat on the back for enrolling your child in Kindermusik - an wonderful start to early-childhood education and a significant investment in your child's future.

It seems so easy . . .

From Love to Hate

By changing one letter at a time - how many steps does it take you to change the word HATE into the word LOVE?

HATE MATE MOLE MOVE LOVE

Or:

HATE HAVE HIVE LIVE LOVE

Can you do it in less steps?

It's interesting that we use the color red to signify anger as well as love. Two very strong feelings and one strong color. Thanks to Troy at Simple Songs who mentions this post from E.W. Spider.

Snow Day - Again

There will be no classes today.

Snow Day

All classes for Wednesday, January 30 are cancelled due to weather. You are welcome to schedule a make-up class by calling Debbie at 269.808.7002

Merry Christmas!

Ever Feel Like This?

12 Days

Thanks Jessi.

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Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

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Count me as one of the 55. How about you?

Thanks Troy

Feed and Learn

Click here to watch CBS newsclip - and then let us know how many grains you donated.

Thanks for the tip Helen!

Christmas Pipes

Celtic Women

Happy Thanksgiving

Meet Rex . . .

Click here to learn more.

The Land of Honalee Returns

Peter Yarrow and Lenny Lipton have not allowed a picture book adaptation of Puff, the Magic Dragon until now. Click on the image to learn more about this beautiful picture book.

Slumber Party Kindermusik Style

Here are the Kindermusik University Mentors during our "sleepover" at the Kindermusik International Convention in Schaumburg, Illinois this past week. The best part was walking through the lobby of the convention center in our "pj's" and receiving our very own purple Crocs with the eighth note Jibbitz. Thanks Jessi & Carol!

Magic Week!

It's finally here - Magic Week! Week 5 of our studio classes is a special time. This is when we notice amazing steps our children have taken. Here are a few I've noticed:

• Rolling over
• 1st words
• sharing
• Cleaning up - willingly
• Singing for the first time
• Giving ideas
• Learning new songs
• Playing new songs
• Trying new things
• Class participation
• Meeting new friends

What have you noticed? I'd love to hear about it . . .

Another way to say "I Love You"

William Tell Mom