News from Joyful Sounds

We are now accepting new enrollments for our 2009 Musical Theatre Summer Camps. These classes are for ages 5-7, and two separate sessions will be offered. See our Group Lessons page for more information.

Early Childhood Education

Spring 2010 at JoyFul Sounds

Discover the joy of introducing music to a young child through one of our early education music classes, specially designed for the preschool aged child.

Our small class sizes and variety of convenient courses will help prepare your child for a lifetime of music appreciation, while they gain critical social and developmental skills.

View our current calendar here.

There is a registration fee of $20 per child for new enrollments.
Click here to learn more about Kindermusik.

For questions about our Early Childhood Education classes, send us an email here.

All classes begin the week of August 24th, unless otherwise noted.

OUR TIME "Away We Go" (ages 18 mo.-3 yrs.)
Tuesdays 10:00-10:45 am (fifteen 45-minute classes)

Hop on the train, get in the car, board the plane, and Away We Go! This class focuses on transportation, a favorite topic for toddlers who are on the go, go, go! Sing and play along with favorite songs, such as "I've Been Workin' on the Railroad" and "Wheels on the Bus". Explore fast and slow, smooth and bumpy, and high and low. Read stories about ways to get around. Shiny Dinah tells the story of a train, and Giddy-Up! has a horse, speedboat, racecar, and more to help you get where you want to go.

Tuition:  $225;  Materials: $48.95; $25.95 sibling (6% tax not included)

YOUNG CHILD (Semester Two) (ages 4 1/2 - 6)
Tuesdays 4:30-5:30 pm (fifteen 60-minute classes)

Playing simple musical patterns and songs on the featured instrument from the first session the glockenspiel is a central focus this semester. While learning to sing a melody, and then play the pattern on the glockenspiel, we'll delve deeper into the understanding of musical concepts such as piano and forte through orchestra-style music such as the William Tell Overture and Peter and the Wolf. Music appreciation and understanding continues with a complete introduction to the instruments, and the families in which they're grouped, of the orchestra.

Tuition:  $247.50;  Materials: $71.95 (6% tax not included)

YOUNG CHILD 2 (Semester Four) (ages 5 - 7)
Tuesdays 6:00-7:00 pm (fifteen 60-minutes classes)

In this final semester, we'll introduce the recorder instrument. As your child is introduced to basic methods of playing simple melodic patterns and songs on this wind instrument, we'll also incorporate the instruments, concepts, and songs from previous semesters. With a special emphasis on multicultural music, your child will learn to improvise and write music, as well as experience the musical styles of the Pacific Islands, Europe, and Africa; plus play special dances and children's games from around the world, including Alpine dances, Mexico, and Ecuador.

Home Materials: Children's Folder with stickers, games bag, and Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, Home CD of music from class, and soprano recorder.

Tuition:  $247.50; Materials: $71.95 (6% tax not included)

FAMILY TIME (Ages 1-5 years) "Here, There, and Everywhere "
Thursdays at 10:30-11:15 am (fifteen 45-minute classes)

The five sub-themes center around different family outings:  a visit with a friend, an outing at the park, a trip to the city, an afternoon at the aquarium, and a day on the farm.  Move like animals with this unit's story Flip-Flap, Sugar Snap!  And follow a girl's adventure as she loses her jambourine during the day's outings and then finds it in the story Jingle-Jangle Jambourine.

Home Materials: Two Books, "Flip-Flap, Sugar Snap!" and "Jingle-Jangle Jambourine," Two Home CDs, Family Guide, board game, Waggs the dog hand puppet and finger puppet, and two jambourine instruments.

Tuition:  $225;  Materials: $59.95 (6% tax not included) - one set per family

IMAGINE THAT (ages 3-5 yrs.)  "Toys I Make, Trips I Take"
Thursdays 1:00-1:45 (fifteen 45-minute classes)

Think of it like taking a course inside a child's imagination. We'll use the theme of a toy shop to make our pretend-creations, using rhythm and songs with every imaginary saw, hammer, and nail. The result is building the preschooler's sense of a sequence of events, which is good for storytelling, as well as making his ideas a reality.

Home Materials: Two books, "If I Had a Big Blue Boat" and "Tippity Tippity Too, Toys I Make, Trips I Take Play Set," Two Home CDs, Family Activity Book, and a drum.

Tuition:  $225;  Materials: $58.95, $29.95 sibling (6% tax not included)

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