Hear From Our Educators

"I became a Licensed Kindermusik Educator on 1 November 2004, having spent my career up until then working within the medical/pharmaceutical industry. I decided to make this huge career change when the commute to and from the office took up too much of my day, leaving no time for the things I actually enjoy; music, dance and my beautiful cottage and garden. Instead, I decided to harness my musical talents and combine them with my scientific knowledge and training skills to launch my ‘Kindermusik with Lynn’ classes.

I started teaching at the end of February 2005 and currently run Village and Our Time classes in Stony Stratford on Thursdays and Village, Our Time and Imagine That classes in Potterspury (my home village) on Fridays. In addition, I have just gained approval to start Village and Our Time classes within the crèche complex in the main shopping centre in Central Milton Keynes on Monday afternoons.

Although my class sizes are very small at the moment – between 2 and 6 families per class – the enquiries keep on coming and the mums who attend love the music, the activities and the quality of the instruments. They especially like the home CDs, where they and their children can listen to and learn the music and songs in their own time. One mum told me that her daughter was teaching the songs to her older brother!

Personally, I have enjoyed the challenge of learning something completely new and the experience of setting up my own business. The guidance provided by Kindermusik International as part of the training was excellent and the ongoing support from other Kindermusik Educators in the UK is invaluable. It is absolutely brilliant to see the huge smiles on the children’s faces and the words “again” or “more” when they are really enjoying an activity. I hope my programme will continue to expand and that I can bring Kindermusik to as many children in my area as possible."
- Lynn Swain, Buckinghamshire, UK

" Teaching Kindermusik is the perfect job for me. It combines my love of music with the business skills I acquired in my previous career. I love being my own boss and  creating a part time career that fits around my family. It is  tremendously rewarding job  watching  children thrive with the programme and  also  provides me with a  reasonable  income."
 - Vanessa Webb, Surrey, UK

"Lifepotential - this was my vision word, a word the Kindermusik course asks you for when you begin training. For me it was all about improving my quality of life, my family's and that of the families I would be teaching. I had already decided that my marketing consultancy work was far too family unfriendly and having looked at all the options decided children's music and movement classes was the thing for me. Then I saw Vanessa's ad and after many converstions took my interview and signed up for the course. So far I have completed one term of Village and Our Time as well as Music Box and ABC in one of my local nuseries. I love it. It has been hard work to recruit the mums but now word of mouth has got around things are getting just a little easier. The rewards are worth it. Those Monday mornings when you creak out of bed and can't face the world, jump into a class full of 2-3 year olds and you very soon get your smile back.The knowledge that I am teaching from such a sound, researched and succesful programme makes my job so much easier and more marketable than the other ' bang a drum' classes that are in such proliferation. I would recommend Kindermusik to anyone thinking of a change to their lives..."
- Justine Randall, UK

“The experience of working with at-risk children has been deeply rewarding and challenging time for me as an educator. The other teachers have told me time and time again that the greatest results they see from Kindermusik are with the behaviorally very difficult children. The director of this programme [Smart Start] told me that Kindermusik is the only programme she has seen that held an entire class’s interest each week! I look forward to being a Kindermusik educator for years to come.”
—Pat Gulley, New Bern, NC

“Thank you for overseeing such an outstanding children’s music and movement programme that is literally changing and enhancing thousands of lives and bringing joy and meaning into hundreds of families in my community. To me Kindermusik has become an extension of who I am. My play is my work and my work is my play and yes, I do have a very fulfilling other life. But not many people on earth can say that about their work.”
—Michele Geerdes, Grand Rapids, MI

“I just wanted to say thanks, Kindermusik—thanks for giving me the opportunity to do something I love—teach music to children—do it from the comfort of my own home, allowing me to make (and even SAVE) some money each month, and above all, providing me with the opportunity to STILL be a stay-at-home mom! I dance and sing with children all morning and call it a job. I LOVE IT! Thank you, Kindermusik, keep up the good work.”
—Desiree Kratzer, Phillipsburg, NJ