kindermusic *opinions wanted*

**Rach75** · January 3rd, 2009, 07:47 PM

so our tiny little town will finally have something for toddlers to do besides playgroup as kindermusic is coming to town *woot*

so what I want to know as the lady running it is away for another few weeks

anyone know tuition costs
would you recomend it
and does your child enjoy it

**Trillian** · January 3rd, 2009, 07:54 PM

I looked into it a few years ago when it first came to our town and it was going to be $300 per term (running with the school terms) and I decided that it was too exxie for the age they were at the time (toddlers) and TBH I don't know one single person who has been happy with it actually (around here anyway, but I think it might have more to do with the teacher than the program itself) and it's all defunct now because the women I know who were doing it were unhappy that it was just nothing, one of those vague things that they don't really learn anything at kwim?

**Rach75** · January 3rd, 2009, 08:10 PM

that expensive hey *eek* if she comes back with figures like that I doubt we will be doign it

oh well I will be going toplaygroup this year and doing a thing called kinder gym which is a 64km drive to get to but thats ok

**Trillian** · January 3rd, 2009, 08:16 PM

I don't know if that's a standard price or not - that's just what was being charged out here. I think the teacher might have been trying to capitalise on it being new and having it become the *in* thing, cause that's all she did for a living was teach music.

mum3girls · January 4th, 2009, 04:20 AM

Rach - Miss A's been doing Kindermusik since she was 7 weeks old and loves it!!! We're on holidays from it until February, and she's constantly asking on Fridays (lesson day) to go to see Eunice (her teacher).

For the next semester (2 terms - 16 lessons) we have to pay $225. That's the lessons and the At Home Pack which includes 2 books, 2 CD's of the songs that are sung during the semester, and At Home Book which has all the music plus lots of extra activities you can do at home and a carry case and an instrument that goes with the semester's curricula. I know at the studio we go to, they can organise payment plans, etc so it's not a big upfront cost - but you have to pay the deposit so you get the At Home stuff in time for the start of semester.

I would absolutely 100% recommend it - our experience has been really positive and we'll continue going until she's at least at school (they run programs up to 7 years old). HTH.

**Visitor8** · January 4th, 2009, 07:42 AM

The way I see it is there is SO many free things, or really cheap things for littlies, that is is rediculous to charge that much for something like music!

We go to kinda gym which is $3 for 1.5 hours. We go to 2 playgroups both free. We go to rock and rhyme at the local library which is 1 hour of songs and music and they can even play these little shakers and bells. We go to story time which is also at the library and it's 45 minutes of story books.

I would prefer to save my money and send them to proper music lessons if they like when they are at school.

JMO of course

**Rach75** · January 4th, 2009, 07:42 AM

thanks shar

the cost isn't a big deal its more like *woah what if he hates it IYKWIM!!!!!!!!!!!

mel the only thing we have is playgroup which is run by a bunch of mine snob wives

very clicky group...we are going to do kindergym this year but it is a 64km drive one way...seriously we dont even have a childcare centre