We Love Music Together!

For the past several years Music Together has been a wonderful part of our curriculum. Yes, after 30+ years of teaching, I’ve amassed a huge collection of songs and music for school.  I create songs as needed for our lessons.  (There aren’t many songs about metamorphosis or precipitation, so I made them up!)  What I’ve found however, is that the Music Together curriculum introduces children to concepts that wouldn’t occur to me or better yet, ones with with I’m not familiar (tonal patterns, macro/microbeats, etc.)   Children are introduced to classic songs (which our Grandfriends know!) as well as multicultural, traditional and finger plays.

Our $125 activity fee covers a child’s materials for the entire year!  Families are invited to attend Music Together Family Nights twice a year.

 

Saying goodbye to Miss Alex every week became so “enthusiastic” we had to have children stand in line to wait their turn!   We LOVE our Miss Alex!

In the fall, we have a family “campfire night.”  Children come in pajamas, and we have hot chocolate and indoor s’mores!

Families have a blast, the staff brings their children (who are alumni!)

One benefit I hadn’t anticipated were the pre-reading skills!  Children  are guided to follow along in their books, tap a picture to the beat, or for our readers, to read along!

(We don’t usually sit in chairs for music, but this was Wacky Wednesday, so we did things in unusual ways!)

RHCNS and Music Together: Perfect Together!