Evening Kindermusik Classes Now Enrolling

Kindermusik is an award-winning, research-based language and early literacy program built around music. 

Classes are held in four-week sessions from 6 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday evenings, beginning April 4 and running through April 25. 

Registration fees for each session are $65. As part of the class, students and parents receive state-of-the-art at-home materials for a fee of $12, which will be collected at the first class of the session. 

Ellen Singh, a licensed Kindermusik educator since 2004, teaches the classes in the Ringhausen Music Building on Lewis and Clark Community College’s Godfrey Campus. 

Singh earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology and interpersonal communications from the University of Evansville and a master’s degree in social work from the University of Illinois. 

The Kindermusik curriculum supports early childhood standards and requirements for “high quality programs” as defined by the National Institute for Early Education, and the classes align with Pre-K national and state standards. 

“Children have fun in the classes while learning important skills,” Singh said. “Music helps make children better learners while teaching them self-control, improving their coordination, enhancing creativity and inspiring a lifetime appreciation of music and movement.” 

Parents will have the opportunity to explore their child’s aptitude for piano and music during KinderKeys, a four-week group class offered through Lewis and Clark Community College’s Music Preparatory division. 

KinderKeys classes will be offered as well for children ages 5-7 and will be held from 4:30-5:30 p.m. each Thursday, April 5-26, in the Ringhausen Music Building (MB 130) on the Godfrey campus.  

Class instructor Barbara McHugh has more than 30 years of experience teaching private piano lessons as well as kindergarten through sixth grade music in public schools. She has been an instructor with L&C’s Music Preparatory division for more than 10 years.  

KinderKeys will introduce children to music through an engaging curriculum that includes songs, games, music theory and practice assignments. This class will prepare students to read music and develop rhythm skills. Parents don’t need to own a piano for their child, as practice can be done on an inexpensive keyboard at home if no piano is available.

To enroll, contact the L&C Music department at (618) 468-4731. Visit www.lc.edu/music for more information.