Family Music for Toddlers

Winter 2024  

• January 10th - March 13th (9 weeks) 

• Wednesday mornings,  9:45-10:15    (Class minimum = 6; Maximum = 12)       

*Second class option if first class fills:  10:30-11:00

Tuition

• • Tuition +Family Packet*/Class Materials fee:  $130   (payable to "Music Matters")

 *If you already have "Play with Me" family packet the  total fee is $105

• Family packet includes CD, parent book, and jingle sticks for at-home enrichment.

In each 30-minute weekly class, child-friendly folk songs help to develop your toddler's language, singing, dancing, and listening skills.  They'll explore a variety of musical instruments including rhythm sticks, shakers, jingles, drums, and resonator bars.  This class is taught in four sessions:  Sing with Me; Dance with Me; Play with Me; Clap with Me - so you can participate with new materials and lesson plans for any or all of the four sessions.  You also can jump in at any time within the sequence of classes.

Musical play activities help develop

• A strong musical bond with your child and the joy of making music together.

• Your child's musical aptitude and listening abilities.

• Impulse control and body awareness, which enables them to sit still, be calm, listen, and move gracefully.

• Self-expression, asking questions, and speaking up in front of others.

• Practicing fine motor skills.

•  A foundation for singing and vocal development, listening skills, and purposeful movement.

Features

• Movement activities for coordination, body awareness, exploration of space, body control and the pure joys of movement.

• Folk songs for singing, dancing and listening.

• Focused listening examples from both daily life and music instruments.

• High quality Family Music for Toddlers recordings bring the songs and sounds of Musikgarten home and on the go.