Today’s Awesome Fact!

“Resiliency – to bounce back after a disturbing event – is not something we are born with; it must be learned and sometimes that takes many years. There is no vehicle more joyful and playful for providing such training than early childhood music and movement.”
- Dee Joy Coulter, Ed.D.
Neuroscience Educator

Try This!

The toddlers in our classes respond very enthusiastically to this sweet, soothing rhyme.

How Well Do You Know Your Nursery Rhymes?

A lot of our favorite nursery rhymes have very interesting back stories! For example, did you know that “Ring Around the Rosie” is referring to the first symptoms of bubonic plague, and “Mary, Mary Quite Contrary” refers to Mary Tudor, and her instruments of torture? That’s kind of a downer, isn’t it? Obviously, that meaning is lost on our children (thankfully!), but rhymes have a definite historic significance in linking us to our past. Do you know your nursery rhymes well? Here’s a quiz to find out!

Where Are We Going?

Where are We Going?

• Music for Babies (0-18 months — two unique semesters available)
• Music for Toddlers (15 months -3 1/2 years — four unique semesters)
• Cycle of Seasons (3-5 years — 2 unique semesters)
• Music Makers at Home (4-7 years — 2 unique semesters)
• Music Makers Around the World (5-8 years — 2 unique semesters)
• Music Makers at the Keyboard (6-9 years — 6 unique semesters)

These classes aren’t even including the special summer programs we run! Currently, at Little Songbird Music Studio, we offer all classes up through Cycle of Seasons. Starting in the fall, we will be adding both Music Makers classes for young elementary aged students. The following year, we plan on adding the keyboard class. So stick with it! The cumulative effect of the program is priceless! For more information on the philosophy of certain classes, please see Musikgarten’s website!