We’re Moving!

Julie’s Music Brioso is very excited to announce our new location! Effective January 2012, our Kindermusik classes will be held at First Baptist Church of Olathe, near 151st & Mur-Len in Olathe. Stay tuned for more details, including pictures of our new room!

Halloween Week 2010

It’s time for Halloween Week 2010 with Julie’s Music Brioso!  During this week’s Kindermusik classes, feel free to come to class in costume.  Miss Julie will be dressed up, too!  We’ll take some pictures and do some fun Halloween-related activities during class.  Please note:  For those families attending class at Leigh’s School of Dance, we [...]

What’s in the National Toy Hall of Fame?

Lori Burkhardt, a fellow Kindermusik educator (read her blog here), recently put me on to the Strong National Museum of Play, located in Rochester, New York.  They have a terrific website, including their National Toy Hall of Fame.  There are currently 44 toys listed, with information about each toy and why it is included.  In [...]

Announcing…Itsy Bitsy Spider Video Contest

Calling all amateur directors and singers! Kindermusik International is making a music video of The Itsy-Bitsy Spider, and is asking for your help.  Make a video of someone in your life singing this favorite song, and submit it to Kindermusik International.  You don’t have to be currently enrolled in a Kindermusik class to enter.  Everyone [...]

Kindermusik and the Path to Reading

I often talk in Kindermusik classes about the link between music and literacy.  Now, Kindermusik International has published a study that describes how Kindermusik classes help your child on the road to learning to read.  Check out On the Path to Reading: Toddler to learn how Kindermusik Our Time classes lay the foundation for reading [...]

Announcing…Summer 2009 Camp Schedule

Julie is pleased to announce her Summer 2009 camp schedule.  All camps meet once a week for 5 weeks.  All classes last for 45 minutes, except Tell Me a Tale, which lasts for 60 minutes. Peek-A-Boo!  I Love You! ~ Parents and babies newborn to 18 months Games like “peek-a-boo” help babies understand language. In [...]

Announcing…Spring 2009 Kindermusik Class Schedule

Julie is pleased to announce her Spring 2009 schedule: Village ~ Newborn to 18 mos. with parent ~ Hickory, Dickory, Tickle, & Bounce Research shows that exposing your baby to nursery rhymes and songs strengthens emerging language-learning skills. That’s why these Mother Goose-like songs and rhymes are the focus of this class. We will also [...]