A pressure-free approach to learning, but concrete enough because his mind is ready for the more abstract thinking processes that music requires. Play remains the primary way a young child learns, so throughout the curriculum there is a consistent effort to balance active learning with the emotional reasoning aspects of a young child’s development in mind.
Listen as your child astonishes you with her newfound ability to create musical compositions. Kindermusik for the Young Child provides a pressure-free, developmentally appropriate transition to musically succeed before taking on more formal instruction. Kindermusik for the Young Child provides the opportunity to explore voice development, rhythm, notation, musical symbols and authentic pre-keyboard (glocenspiel), string (dulcimer) and woodwind (recorder) instruments.
The Young Child program meets once a week for two full school years. Through singing, movement/dance, and games the students explore vocal development, rhythm, musical notation and symbols and develop instrument-playing skills on keyboard, string and woodwind instruments. At Home Materials include Instruments, Children's Folder, Music At Home cards & stickers, Games Bag, Family Songbook, Home CD, and Carry Bag. The instruments taught over the two-year Young Child program are the glockenspiel (with mallets), dulcimer, and recorder.
Class size maximum: 10 children
Days and Times offered:
Semester 1-2: Thursdays at 4:15 - 5:15; also offered at Farmingville Elementary School on Wednesdays at 8 AM
Semester 3-4: Tuesdays at 4:15 - 5:15
Fee for 15 week semester, including home materials: $96 per month