Wee Music & Theatre Age Guidelines 4 & 5

Music Together^® VIDEO

Age Guidelines Babies to 5yrs

 

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Music Together VIDEO

Music Together

Bringing Music Home

Age Guidelines 0-5 years

 

Music Together is an internationally recognized early childhood music program for babies, 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. All children can learn to sing in tune, keep a beat, and participate with confidence in the music of our culture, provided that their early environment supports such learning. By emphasizing actual music experiences rather than concepts about music, Music Together introduces children to the pleasures of making music instead of passively receiving it from CDs or TV. Central to the Music Together approach is that young children 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.

 

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 Our mission is...

To provide the highest quality music and movement experiences to as many young children as possible and to involve their parents and other adult caregivers, including early childhood professionals.

 

Basic Principles of the Music Together Philosophy

  I. All children are musical.

  II. Therefore, all children can achieve basic music competence, which we have defined as the ability  to sing in tune and move with accurate rhythm.

  III.The participation and modeling of parents and caregivers, regardless of their musical ability, is  essential to a child's musical growth.

  IV. This growth is best achieved in a playful, developmentally appropriate, non-performance-oriented learning environment that is musically rich yet immediately accessible to the child's-and the  adult's!-participation.

 

Music Together is committed to helping families, caregivers, and early childhood professionals rediscover the pleasure and educational value of informal music experiences. All our teachers have successfully completed Music Together’s training program. Music Together applies the latest research in early childhood music development to the program. A curriculum pioneer since 1987.

 

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			The Joy of Family Music® since 1987		Music and Movements for families   babies/toddlers/preschoolers/children with special needs parent-child classes with parent education music learned through playful activities in mixed-age classes   developmentally appropriate and research-based   Family- & Classroom-Tested Materials CDs and songbooks - a new collection each semester instrument play materials parent/caregiver education

 

   Wee Music & Theatre  

Age Guidelines 4 & 5

 

 

Which Class is right for our family?

 

 

Music Together Mixed-age Classes

(Age Guidelines 0-5)

This is the essential Music Together class, one that a child can attend from birth through age four through all nine song collections. This basic class follows the recommendations of child development researchers—grouping children of a variety of ages because this fosters natural, family-style learning. Younger children enjoy watching and imitating older ones; older children learn by leading younger ones; and adults are happy because the children in the family can go to class together. Each child participates at his or her own level in singing, moving, chanting, listening, watching, or exploring musical instruments. Any caregivers—parents, grandparents, nanny—can bring the children. The whole family is welcome for this important family music experience.

Music Together Babies Classes

(Age Guidelines 0-9mos)

Every child’s development benefits from early exposure to music and movement. Because the early months are so important, Music Together offers two options for babies. Babies eight months and younger at the time of registration may attend a Mixed Ages Class, whether registered on their own or attending free with an older brother or sister. Babies may also take the special “Babies Class” offered as a one-semester introduction to Music Together. (This class cannot be repeated.) The music activities and materials are specially designed for parents who want to learn as much as possible about music development in babies. Meet other parents of newborns and learn some fascinating music activities you can recreate at home with your baby.

Wee Music & Theatre Classes

(Age Guidelines 4 & 5)

 This hybrid MUSIC plus THEATRE class goes the next step in music development, introducing note recognition, expanding on rhythm & meter through movement and small instrument play... AND introducing children to theatre through improvisation, body movement and theatrical play. This non-performance class is play-based and highly interactive, hands-on fun! Class meets once weekly for ten weeks.

 

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Tuition

 

"Music Together Mixed Age Classes" (Ages 0-5) Tuition for the 10-week Fall, Winter and Spring sessions is $165 for the first child with a $60 discount for each additional sibling. Babies under 9 months attending with an older sibling are free to all classes. 

"Music Together Babies Classes" (Ages 0-8 mos) Tuition for the 10-week Fall, Winter and Spring sessions is $165.

"Music Together 6-week Summer Session" tuition is $105 for the first child with a $30 discount for each additional sibling.  

"Wee Music & Theatre" (Age guidelines 4-5) 10 week sessions. Meets once weekly for 45 minutes for $175 per session.

Three week Noteable Holiday music session (Ages 0-5) is $40 for the first child and $30 for each additional sibling.

There is a one-time $10 registration fee for all families new to Noteable Kids Center classes and camps.