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Program

One-Of-A-Kind Music Program for Families 

For hundreds of thousands of families worldwide, Music Together^® is children and their grownups joyfully sharing songs, rhymes, movement, and instrument play, both in music class and in their daily lives. A pioneer in early childhood music and movement education, Music Together offers classes for children from 0- 8-years old. 

An Ideal Learning Environment

All children are sounders and movers, and their natural aptitude for music blossoms when in a sufficiently rich music environment. In fact, in a supportive music environment, children learn to sing and dance as naturally as they learn to walk and talk.

How is this possible? Children learn differently than adults. They learn instinctively and constantly. They teach themselves through imitation and play, through being immersed in their environment, and through every interaction with adults and older children. The family-like setting of Music Together's mixed-age classes enables siblings to attend together, creating an ideal learning environment where infants, toddlers, and preschoolers can freely participate at their own levels.

Music Learning Supports All Learning^®

Wiggling, singing, and laughing with your child is so much fun—it’s easy to forget how much learning is taking place! Our research-based curriculum not only develops music skills, it nurtures creativity, self-expression, and confidence while also supporting social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development. Because these benefits build over time, children enjoy the fullest growth in each of these areas when they participate as consistently as possible up through kindergarten.

Your Role Is Essential

Young children learn through play and experimentation and by watching and listening to the grown-ups they love. Setting an example as an enthusiastic participator in music activities is the best thing any parent or caregiver can do to help set a child on the road to a lifelong love of music. Parents don't need to have music skills—they just need a desire to play and have fun with their children! Our teachers are specially trained to create a safe atmosphere so you can happily join in, experiment, or even get silly—and feel closer to your child while doing so.

Music Together Classes

• Fully trained, registered Music Together teachers lead groups of up to twelve children and their parents or caregivers (nannies, babysitters, grandparents, or relatives) in forty-five minutes of music and movement experiences.


• Each weekly class offers a variety of songs and rhymes from the collection for that session, exploring, developing and opening them up for your child through activities such as fingerplays, small- and large-movement activities, and instrument play. Children and their adults have opportunities to create and improvise—making up new words to songs, and offering movement and sound ideas.


• The playful and non-performance-oriented classroom setting respects and supports the unique learning styles, developmental levels, and temperaments of all participants, while creating a strong sense of community.


• Families receive digital downloads and an optional CD each semester along with an illustrated songbook that’s filled with music-making ideas for spontaneous music play beyond the weekly classes as well as access to the Family Music Zone^® for more ideas on using the music at home and to the Music Together App.

Curriculum

Rich, Research-Based Curriculum

The Music Together curriculum includes a mix of original songs and traditional tunes from the folk, jazz, and world music traditions in a variety of tonalities and meters. You'll love the variety, richness and accessibility of our music. By presenting a range of musical styles from lyrical to blues, from folk to boogie, Music Together provides children with a rich music experience that stimulates and supports their growth.

Nine Song Collections 

Music Together's nine song collections are presented in a three-year cycle of three semesters per year. They are non-sequential, so families may join at any semester and attend class for three full years before cycling back to re-experience the collections from their growing children’s ever-changing perspectives. Because music learning is cumulative, with children reaping developmental benefits that build over time, we encourage their participation for as many years as possible from infancy through kindergarten and then beyond with our programming for older children.

Fun Musical Arrangements for All Ages

Music Together recordings have outstanding arrangements that are fun, sophisticated, and loved by children and grownups alike. The music is pitched in just the right range for children's voices and includes songs, rhythmic rhymes, tonal and rhythm patterns, and instrumental play-alongs.

Music Together Recordings, Songbook and App

Each semester, a digital download code for the music (and a CD if you use CDs) along with an illustrated songbook full of music-making ideas. The downloaded music can be used on as many devices as you would like and is streamable through the Music Together App. New families receive "Music Together at Home: Helping Your Child Grow Musically." and explanatory Growth Chart.