Kinderfiddle
& Fiddlesticks
Kinderfiddle
The Kinderfiddle is a patented violin position trainer and corrector designed as a stand-alone learning tool, as well as for pre-Twinkler programs and musical kindergarten. Students learn to sing and play songs through traditional elementary essentials, shapes and colors, numbers and alphabet. Designed for ages 2-6, the Kinderfiddle is the perfect first step in your child's learning process. As with all our products, the best way to play the Kinderfiddle is with our learning and training books. There are specific books to complete each of our products.
The Kinderfiddle is the centerpiece of our preparatory music program for preschool through early elementary aged children. The curriculum is based on our Sing and Play learning system, combining movement and music in a revolutionary way. Our unique, patented kinesthetic learning tool, the Kinderfiddle, simulates a realistic hold, feel, and movement of a violin. Our Kinderfiddle Music Academy elevates learning with singing, finger gymnastics, and fun coloring activities in elementary essentials and music theory.
Fiddlesticks
The Fiddlesticks, simply put, is a Kinesthetic Learning tool designed to effortlessly teach proper posture and motion, focusing on technique as a first step towards learning a stringed instrument. Designed for teachers and students, Fiddlesticks is a true violin simulator, position trainer and corrector. The first of its kind anywhere, it perfectly directs the student's natural ability to play correctly. Learning the violin has never been this fun!
Fiddlesticks teach the beginner where and how to place the bow, hold the left hand, and how to keep the elbow forward. It directs the student to hold the bow at a 90 degree angle.
For the intermediate and advanced student, kinesthetic exercises help students learn and memorize all the different tetrachord positions and accidentals. Vibrato is easily learned through a combination of finger gymnastic exercises and rhythmic repetitions. Vertical finger gymnastics train and exercise the fingers, hands, wrists, and arms. Learn advanced technique earlier, faster, and easier than ever before.
Kinderfiddle Music Academy
Our Kinderfiddle Music Academy utilizes our Fiddlesticks Method Books and our Fiddlesticks and Kinderfiddle String Instrument Position Trainer, Corrector and Simulator. Our Pedagogy is a Standards-Based Curriculum meeting or Exceeding the National and State Standards for Music Education. Kinderfiddle Music Academy™ introduces music through shapes, colors, numbers, and alphabet with our Kinderfiddle violin trainer and children's songbook. The essential elements of early childhood education are applied to music, through singing and movement.
Experience the syllables and expression of language in Song and Movement, through intelligent kinesthetic Sing and Play. Learn how to hold the violin and bow correctly, all with entertaining, interactive Sing and Play songs. Classes combine music with math, science, history, and language. The Kinderfiddle Music Academy is a Kindergarten Through Music™.