Big Kids Family Music®
Big Kids Family Music® is a 60-minute class geared to the interests and social nature of children ages five and six. (To attend the Big Kids Family Music® class, your child must be five years of age by the start of the semester you wish to attend.) Families still play an important part in this class, although the adults and children may have different musical roles. Game songs, folk dances, jam sessions, dramatic play, and more structured work in rhythm and tonality will be included. The class uses materials from the current Music Together® song collection along with materials created specifically for older children. Learn how to support your child musically as he or she develops more advanced skills in singing, dancing, playing instruments, and creative improvisation. Please note: Younger siblings are not developmentally ready for the structure of Big Kids Family Music® classes. Therefore, except for babies eight months and younger by the first day of class, only children ages 5 through 8 and their adults may attend these classes.
Each teacher's Big Kids Family Music class is unique: in Stafford, we are proud to offer Big Kids Family Music with an emphasis on Keyboard Explorations with certified teacher Nancy Anderson. A new dimension is explored as we experience all the joy of the current Music Together® songbook and CDs. Movement and singing are still a major focus and pattern development expands to the next level. In every class we explore on our set of keyboards. We learn new songs and make up our own songs. We play ostinato accompaniments to our Music Together® songs. We play solos for each other. Come and get a great start on keyboard in an organic, fluid transition between using our bodies to sing and move musically and discovering ways that we can make music on the keyboard, too! Big Kids Family Music with Keyboard Exploration classes are for ages 5-8 and an attending parent.
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