Friday, February 26th.... All classes running (9:30 and 10:30 classes). Make note of the new end dates for the DRUM collection...Snow makeups days are as follows:
Monday Carroll Arts classes: 3/15
Monday JCC classes: 3/22
Thursday classes: 3/18
Friday classes: 3/26
Saturday classes: 3/20 & 3/27
Sunday classes: 3/21
What is Music Together®?
The Music Together® program encourages your child's innate ability to sing in tune, create rhythms and participate in music making with joy and confidence. Regardless of your own musical background, as parent or caregiver, your participation is inspirational for children to develop musically.
Giving children and parents access to music offers an opportunity to be more attuned to and appreciative of music and the arts in general.
The Music Together® Philosophy
All children are musical.
- Therefore, all children can achieve basic music competence, which we have defined as the ability to sing in tune and move with accurate rhythm.
- The participation and modeling of parents and caregivers, regardless of their musical ability, is essential to a child's musical growth.
- 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.
Why Mixed Age Classes?
The mixed age (for birth to age 5) 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. Children of mixed ages participate at their own level by singing, moving, chanting, listening, and exploring with musical instruments.
Music Together Developmental Disabilities:
This program will be Music Together Classes specifically designed for children developmental disabilities, ages 5 and up, and their families (including siblings). The 45-minute classes will coincide with the Music Together Songs Collection. Miss Erika, trained Music Therapist, will evaluate children and work with their families to provide the Music Together Curriculum in a therapeutic and musical environment. Parent Education will be provided to parents/caregivers on how to adapt Music Together activities in a way that will enhance the child’s therapeutic goals, as well as musical development. Miss Erika can also provide at-home suggestions and demonstrate techniques to apply the Music Together curriculum in other domains of the child’s development (i.e. language, motor, sensory, etc.). Classes will be smaller in size for a more conducive musical experience.Musical participation is not based on talent, but on exposure and experience at a young age. Exposure at a young age brings confidence with music throughout life. Enrichment means starting musical experience at birth.