Age Spring Semester 2 Spring Semester 4	5-6 years  6-7 years
Class Length	60 minutes/week
Length of Semester	15 classes
Tuition	$216 (+ materials kit) per semester
Materials	Spring Semester 2 $76:   for new Young Child students Glockenspiel, carry bag, CD, songbook, and  folder with home activities $55 for returning Young Child students CD, songbook, and folder with home activities Spring Semester 4 (returning students only) $55 recorder, CD, songbook, and folder with home activities $28 sibling kit:   Folder with home activities only- no CD, songbook, recorder or carry bag Materials are non-refundable once opened.
Please note	Parents/caregivers are to attend LAST 15 minutes of each class. Please call about visiting children.

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.

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Spring Semester 2

Playing simple musical patterns and songs on the featured instrument from the first session—the glockenspiel—is a central focus this semester. While learning to sing a melody, and then play the pattern on the glockenspiel, we'll delve deeper into the understanding of musical concepts such as piano and forte through orchestra-style music such as William Tell Overture, and Peter and the Wolf.  Music appreciation and understanding continues with a complete introduction to the instruments of the orchestra, and the families in which they're grouped.

Spring Semester 4

In this final semester, we'll introduce the recorder instrument. As your child is introduced to basic methods of playing simple melodic patterns and songs on this wind instrument, we'll also incorporate the instruments, concepts, and songs from previous semesters. With a special emphasis on multicultural music, your child will learn to improvise and write music, as well as experience the musical styles of the Pacific Islands, Europe, and Africa; plus play special dances and children's games from around the world, including Alpine dances, Mexico, and Ecuador.