FAQ

What is Music Together^®?

• A fun family music program for parents and children ages birth – 5 years. A high quality, developmentally appropriate research-based curriculum with playful activities.

Basic Program Information:  Weekly 45-minute classes, 10-week semesters, 3 semesters per year plus a shorter summer term, Mixed-age classes of up to 12 children. 9 different Song collections that rotate over 3 years.

Class Activities: Singing, Rhythmic chants, like nursery rhymes; Creative movement – developmentally appropriate movements for the whole body; Rhythm Instrument play

 Do I have to sing and dance too? 

• You are your child's best teacher. Parent participation – regardless of the parents’ own ability – is essential to creating the stimulating musical environment that all children need to develop their musical intelligence.

How Does the Mixed-Age Format Work in Class?

• Early childhood educators are now recommending mixed-age groupings as a better learning environment. Older children learn from being in a leadership role, and younger children benefit from the example of an older child. Mixed-age classrooms also promote social skills and self-esteem. Siblings parents, grandparents, and caregivers can all particpate together.

I’m Not Musical. Can I Really Help My Child Develop Musical Intelligence?

• Yes! You are your child’s most important teacher. Research has shown that children learn their disposition toward music from their primary caregiver. Whether you feel you can sing or not, you are still teaching your child that music is fun and important by modeling enthusiastic participation.

Do Infants Really Benefit?

• Yes! Infants’ participation will seem passive at first, but they are actively absorbing what they are seeing hearing, and feeling. As their bodies and nervous systems mature, the infants often show progressively more complex musical responses and evidence of song recognition. In class, parents learn how to enhance their child’s music development and the paretn/child bond.

Our Teachers

All of our teachers are passionate about music and the development of children.

They create a fun, informal, social setting that spurs engagement and supports each child's musical development.