Starting back on Friday, January 9th @ 9:30
Music and Movement:
First Steps for the Very Young
Presented by St. Andrew's Church
Free to the Community
2025-2026 Schedule:
Every Friday from 9:30 to 10:15
August 22nd to May 15th
Registration: email Ms. Patty with your names and your children's ages.
Dear Parents and Families,
St. Andrew’s Music Play is a weekly class for young children, their parents, grandparents, and caregivers. Infants, toddlers, and older siblings are always welcome, especially on school holidays. St. Andrew's Church offers this class free to the community. My name is Patty Creel, and I am teaching this class under the supervision of Dr. Linda Patterson, Music Director of St. Andrew’s. I have adapted this program from First Steps in Music, by John M. Feierabend, and have described my teaching philosophy in a post below. I hope to share the very best children’s songs & hymns, chants & prayers, and movement & games. Together we will pass along your favorites as well.
Wishing you wonderful Music Play at home!
Miss Patty 📩 pbcreel@gmail.com
⏰ Every Friday 9:30 - 10:15 am, from August 22nd to May 15th
⛪ St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 217 W 26th St., in Downtown Bryan
🧭 Located in the Parish Hall
⏲️ Please join us even if you're running late! Older siblings are always welcome.
⛪ Family Services are on Sundays at 9, followed by breakfast, with Godly Play and Sunday School at 10:15.
🔎 For class materials, please see the drop down menu by the HOME button at the top of the page.
AUDIATION is Our Goal!
TUNE-FULL Singing:
Listening to and echoing different tunes (starting with so-mi)
Matching pitches and intervals
Remembering tunes and simple songs
BEAT-FULL Playing and Moving:
Responding to different rhythms and forms
Coordinating our movements
Moving and playing with a steady beat, remembering simple routines
ART-FULL Singing and Playing
Remembering their parts when we divide the class in two
Creating new endings to songs, improvising new ways to play
AUDIATION: hearing music in our heads, playing music by ear