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Summer school program

Kidzcorner is launching a special summer program for children aged 2 to 5 this July and August.

The program has been developed by our educational staff as a part of a UNESCO affiliated multicultural project and is focused on content related to the diversity of word cultures. Through different activities (including art classes, cooking workshops, music and dance as well as multimedia presentations) children will experience colorful cultures of southeast Asia and southern Europe.

The program's attractions include challenging and creative games, professional educational staff, catering, field trips.For more information, please contact Kidzcorner at 22 493 1354.

Message added on 2010-06-16

Open Day on May 29th

Dear Parents, we would like to invite you to our Open Day at Kidzcorner Marina Mokotów on Saturday, the 29th of May between 10:00 and 15:00. Parents will have an opportunity to explore the school, get to know our teachers and ask questions regarding the curriculum. Kids will be able to take part in different games and different activities. Snacks will also be provided.

Message added on 2010-05-24

Native Speaker at Kidzcorner

Dear Parents, we are pleased to inform you that in April a new English and music teacher joined our team at Kidzcorner. John is native Irish and has enormous experience in teaching children. He organizes activities for our kids in English and will also participate in the design of the tailor made Kidzcorner bilingual educational program.

Message added on 2010-04-27

New addition to Kidzcorner's network

We take pleasure in informing you that on 1 April 2010 Kidzcorner acquired two bilingual preschool and kindergarten facilities "W Stumilowym Lesie" situated in Warsaw's Białołęka district. These locations have a long standing tradition with a history dating to 2004. The billingual curriculum will be applied consistently across the Kidzcorner network thus allowing for the exchange of ideas, experience and educational know how.

We would also like to wish you Happy Easter Holidays!

KIDZCORNER

www.wstumilowymlesie.pl

Message added on 2010-04-01

Suzuki method violin lessons

Dear Parents, we are pleased to inform you that there has been an amazing growth in popularity of the Suzuki method violin lessons held at Kidzcorner.  We, therefore urge parents to take advantage of our free-of-charge lesson offer.  In case of questions please contact the Preschool Director at 0501 050 622.

Message added on 2010-02-08

Piano lessons children

Preschool and kindergarten Kidzcorner offers piano lessons children aged between 2 and 12. The individual lessons are open to kids attending other educational facilities and take place in the afternoons. 


Reference: day care warsaw, kindergarten warsaw, preschools warsaw 

Message added on 2010-02-08

Bilingual curriculum at Kidzcorner

Dear Parents, please note that starting from 1 February a new bilingual educational program will be implemented at Preschool & Kindergarten Kidzcorner. The English language program is synchronized with the base curriculum. The English speaking teacher will participate in all educational activities, during playtime and meals. In case of questions relating to the program and curriculum, please contact the Preschool Director.

Message added on 2010-01-29

Kidzcorner on film

Right before the Christmas Holidays TV editors from JESTEM.PL paid us a visit at Kidzcorner. We talked about child musicality and the Suzuki method violin lessons offered at our Preschool.

 

Message added on 2010-01-29

Suzuki method violin lessons for kids

The Kidzcorner Preschool and Kindergarten offers Suzuki method violin lessons for kids aged two and above. The individual lessons are held weekly, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the late afternoon, and last for 30 minutes. Our young students and their parents are taught by a certified Suzuki instructor who is also fluent in English. For more detailed information and to schedule an appointment please contact us on (022) 493 1354 or mob. 501 050 622.

 

http://www.rp.pl/artykul/404462.html?print=tak

 

Message added on 2009-12-11

Kidzcorner in the media

You can read about Preschool Kidzcorner in an article published on November 20th in one of the leading Polish portals www.dlarodzinki.pl under the following link:

Message added on 2009-11-20

Partnership with LUX MED

We are pleased to inform you that in November Kidzcorner signed a partnership agreement with LUX MED Group – Poland’s leading private medical services provider. At present, LUX MED has 67 outpatient clinics operating under the brand LUX MED, Medycyna Rodzinna, PROMEDIS as well as medical facilities such as LIM Medical Center, AVI Diagnostic Imaging and FADO S.A.

 

All LUX MED and CM LIM patients are entitled to the following discounts:

 

  • 10% off the one-off registration fee

 

  • 10% off the price of all extra-curricular group and individual activities, including adaptation classes

 

  • One free piano lesson (for kids) during the year

 

Message added on 2009-11-19

Absolute pitch and language learning

Excerpt from the bestselling "Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain" by Oliver Sacks

People with absolute pitch can immediately, unthinkingly tell the pitch of any note, without either reflection or comparison with an external standard. They can do this not only with any note they hear, but with any note they imagine or hear in their heads.

One of the most intriguing correlations occurs between absolute pitch and linguistic background. For the past few years, Dina Deutsch and her colleagues have studied such correlations in greater detail, and they observed in a 2006 paper that "native speakers of Vietnamese and Mandarin show very precise absolute pitch in reading lists of words"; most of these subjects showed variation of a quarter tone or less. Deutsch et al. have also showed very dramatic differences in the incidence of absolute pitch in tow populations of first-year music students: one at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and the other at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. "For students who had begun musical training between ages 4 and 5, " they wrote, "approximately 60% of the Chinese students met the criterion for absolute pitch, while only about 14% of the US nontone language speakers met the criterion."

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For those who had began musical training at age six or seven, the numbers in both groups were correspondingly lower, about 55% and 6%. And for students who had begun musical training later still, at age eight or nine, "roughly 42% of the Chinese students me the criterion while none of the US nontone language speakers did.

This striking discrepancy led Deutsch et al. to conjecture that "if given the opportunity, infants can acquire absolute pitch as a feature of speech, which can then carry over to music. For speakers of a nontonal language such as English, they felt, "the acquisition of absolute pitch during music training is analogous to learning the tones of a second language." They observed that there is a critical period for the development of absolute pitch, before the age of eight or so – roughly the same age at which children find it much more difficult to learn the phonemes of another language (and thus to speak a second language with a native accent."

Message added on 2009-11-13

Musicality and its impact on children?s cognitive skills

Excerpt from the bestselling "Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain" by Oliver Sacks

"There is clearly a wide range of musical talent, but there is much to suggest there is an innate musicality in virtually everyone. This has been shown most clearly by the use of the Suzuki method to train young children, entirely by ear and by imitation, to play the violin. Virtually all hearing children respond to such training.

Can even a brief exposure to classical music stimulate or enhance mathematical, verbal, and visuospatial abilities in children? In the early 1990s Frances Rauscher and her colleagues at the University of California at Irvine designed a series of studies to see whether listening to music could modify nonmusical cognitive powers. They published several careful articles, in which they reported that listening to Mozart (compared to listening to "relaxation" music or silence) did temporarily enhance abstract spatial reasoning. The Mozart effect, as this was dubbed, not only aroused scientific controversy but excited intense journalistic attention and, perhaps unavoidably, exaggerated claims beyond anything intimated in the researchers’ original modest reports.
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The validity of such a Mozart effect has been disputed by Scheldenberg and others, but what is beyond dispute is the effect of intensive early musical training on the young, plastic brain. Takako Fujioka and her colleagues, using magnetoencephalography to examine auditory evoked potentials in the brain, have recorded striking changes in the left hemispehre of children who have had only a single year of violin training, compared to children with no training.

The implication of all this for early education is clear. Although a teaspoon of Mozart may not make a child a better mathematician, there is little doubt that regular exposure to music, and especially active participation in music, may stimulate development of many different areas of the brain – areas which have to work together to listen to or perform music. For the vast majority of students, music can be every bit as important educationally as reading or writing."

Message added on 2009-11-13

Adaptation to the preschool environment

Dear Parents, Kidzcorner welcomes children aged one and above to our adaptation classes held daily at the Preschool Marina. Your child can get gradually accustomed to the new environment by taking part in different activities and games amongst peers. In case of any questions, please feel free to contact us at (022) 493 1354 or 501 050 622.

Message added on 2009-09-30

Birthday parties for kids

Kidzcorner will organize your child' s dream birthday party. We host parties during weekends for kids up to the age of 7. Professional child entertainers will engage children in various theme plays and games with music and dancing, Klanza scarf, soap bublles and face painting. You can opt for a professional photographer to memorize the event.

Message added on 2009-09-30

Limited time offer in our new location Kidzcorner Marina Mokotow

Dear Parents, in September 2009 we’re opening the new Kidzcorner location in the prestigious Marina Mokotow offering special foreign language and music programs for children aged 2-5 .
 
Our limited time offer includes:
1. Waiver of the one-off sign-up fee for children currently attending another kindergartenten/preschool
2. 10% off base tuition on contracts signed up until 15 August 2009

Message added on 2009-07-18

Free individual music lessons (including piano and violin)

Within the music programs, Kidzcorner offers its young students individual music lessons on select instruments. The lessons are also open for children attending other preschools.

This limited time offer (until 2009) allows each child to enjoy one free lesson, available in the afternoons and on weekends. Due to the limited number of spaces available for this special offer, please make reservations directly by phone at +48 501 050 622.




Message added on 2009-07-18

Classical music lessons using the Shinichi Suzuki method

The Kidzcorner philosophy is based on the assumption that all children are born talented and our role is to awaken their potential. We deeply believe that quality play time is critical to the emotional, intellectual, physical and social development of each child. 
 
The classical music instruction method developed by the renowned musician and teacher Shinichi Suzuki is also based on the underlying assumption that all children possess a talent that can blossom only in favorable conditions. The Suzuki Method, known also as the Talent Education, mother-tongue method, was developed in Japan in 1940s. In the 1960s it spread to the United States, and currently is applied successfully world-wide. In Poland, the Suzuki Method has been used for over 10 years to teach children to play violin, piano, guitar and cello.

Message added on 2009-07-18

Kidzcorner is currently hiring teachers and professional educators

Foreign language and music focused preschool Kidzcorner is currently hiring professional educators with a minimum 2 years of experience.  We’re looking for creative, ambitious individuals who are passionate about working with children. We offer competitive compensation, stable work environment and the possibility of professional development.

Message added on 2009-07-18

Cooperation between Kidzcorner and Docere Software

Kidzcorner is closely cooperating with a leading educational computer games producer, Docere Software, in developing a proprietary music and language development programme. The educational materials will be best on cutting-edge didactical methods for preschoolers using interactive multimedia tools.

Message added on 2009-07-18

Kidzcorner offers music lessons taught according to the Carl Orff method

Carl Orff, a 20th century German composer, educator and conductor, developed his Orff Schulwerk approach  used to teach music to children as a combination of signing, movement, drama and playing simple percussion instruments. The so called Orff instruments include drums, recorders, different non-pitched percussion instruments, tambourine, marimbas, glockenspiels. The Orf approach is based on stimulation of the praxial concepts (rhythm and tempo) as well as aesthetic qualities of music by awaikening  the child’s music awareness and creativity.
 
Orff developed and constructed an entire series of children’s musical instruments including xylophone and metalophone especially adjusted for child’s play and music making. Each child can fully maximize his or her creative and expressive powers through having fun with musical instruments.

Message added on 2009-07-18

Meetings with Ciocia Jadzia at the National Philharmonic Orchestra

The National Philharmonic Orchestra has been organizing concerts for children for several years on Sundays, lead by the now-legendary “Ciocia Jadzia” or Jadwiga Mackiewicz. The concert program is especially designed to match the concentration and perception skills of young listeners who would normally have difficulty with the serious and formal atmosphere of a concert hall. Due to the high popularity of these concerts, tickets should be reserved a month in advance and season passes are the best way to secure admission.
 
Source: Warszawa-Info cultural service

Message added on 2009-07-18

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