In this sequential program, children will explore many facets of music – speaking and singing, moving, listening, creating, and playing instruments, and learning about reading and writing music. During each class, creative movement or dances are interspersed with quiet activities like drawing or focused listening.

The curriculum introduces the glockenspiel – a pre-keyboard instrument (semesters 1, 2, 3, 4), and string and wind instruments — the dulcimer (semester 3) and recorder (semester 4).

"For the Young Child" broadens and deepens the child’s introduction to the fulfillment and excitement of musicianship.

This is the perfect pressure-free preparation for private OR group instrumental instruction.

Fall Semester 1

Materials
$76  Children's folder, Music At Home cards and stickers, games bag, family songbook, home CD, and carry bag.  Instruments include glockenspiel with mallets.

Semester 1 focuses on beat versus no beat, percussion and brass instruments, melodic direction, exploring the staff and notation. The glockenspiel, a pre-keyboard instrument, is introduced, as are the themes “Music Is Everywhere,” “Meet the Mallets,” and “Discovering Melody and Mozart.”

Spring Semester 2

Materials
$76 new student: Glockenspiel, carry bag, CD, songbook, folder with home activities
$55 returning student: CD, songbook, folder with home activities

Semester 2 focuses on concepts such as piano/forte, crescendo/decrescendo, and legato/staccato as students explore string and woodwind instruments, notation, and even a bit of Beethoven. Children will apply their new knowledge of aural skills and reading and writing music notations as they further develop their glockenspiel skills.