Music Together in the Keys, New Term Starts 4/7/15

Sondra Esquinaldo, teacher Libby Curtis, Center Director/teacher Molly Miles, teacher

Expand your baby’s brain

Music Together in the Keys’ new 10-week term starts April 7.

The fun music education classes, for newborns through 4-year-olds and the adults who love them, are part of an international program based on cutting-edge child development research. Registered Music Together educators teach sophisticated musical concepts under the guise of fun; wiring young brains for overall success.

Classes meet weekly — on Tuesday, Wednesday or Saturday — in the rectory behind St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 404 Duval St. Cost is under $20 a week.

Visit musictogetherinthekeys.com or call 305-797-1999.

Music Together is…

Music Together is an internationally recognized early childhood music program for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and the adults who love them. First offered to the public in 1987, it pioneered the concept of a research-based, developmentally appropriate early childhood music curriculum that strongly emphasizes and facilitates adult involvement. Music Together classes are based on the recognition that all children are musical.

OUR CLASSES

MIXED AGE Newborn-4 year olds

Central to the Music Together approach is that young children (yes! newborns-toddlers) learn best from the powerful role model of parents/caregivers who are actively making music. The program brings families together by providing a rich musical environment in the classroom and by facilitating family participation in spontaneous musical activity at home within the context of daily life. By emphasizing actual music experiences rather than concepts about music, Music Together introduces children to the pleasure of making music instead of passively receiving it from CD’s, DVD’s or TV.

Music Together Big Kids^® Classes (age 5, 6, &7)

Music Together Big Kids® is a 60-minute class geared to the interests and abilities of 5-, 6-, and 7-year-olds. The program blends the elements of Music Together that parents and children love with new activities, skills, and challenges that are developmentally appropriate for this age group.

Big Kids^™ classes lay the foundation for Basic Music Literacy, complementing music instruction in school or instrument lessons, and leading to a lifetime of joyful music-making. The curriculum includes solfège, solos and ensembles, folk dances, harmony singing, vocal development, and drumming. In a safe, fun environment, your child can experiment with new activities like conducting and improvisation, story songs, and game songs.

Parent attendance is welcome but not required. Each family receives a Big Kids songbook, CD, solfège cards, and HomePlay activities, so that the entire family can continue the fun and learning at home and parents can stay connected with what the child is learning in class.

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