Author: judiemusic

The time you spend with your child in class may be more valuable than you realize. Studies have shown that parent-child play contributes more significantly to a child’s ability to learn from social interactions than play with other children. Infants and preschoolers also use more behaviors that require a partner [...]

Our last week of class with be “Instrument Day”! This fun lesson gives families a chance to share an instrument with the class. Do you, or someone you know, play an instrument you would be willing to share? Maybe your child wants to try a solo from the semester (vocal [...]

Wow! Time really does fly when you are having fun. We have already completed three-quarters of our semester. I would love to have you join us again for next semester’s Silver Button’s class.  Click this link to enroll. We’ll learn colors, shapes, days of the week, musical skills, and we’ll [...]

Musical talent isn’t born, it’s grown. Children develop into musicians through experiences that include: exposure to a variety of music, opportunities to use their singing voice, and hands-on experience with instruments, among other things. Sound Beginnings allows children to explore all of these in an age-appropriate manner designed to instruct [...]

Sound Beginnings incorporates seven basic elements in every class period: Literacy and Kindergarten Skills, Rhythm and Beat, Vocal and Pitch Development, Fine Motor Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Classical Music Experience and Parent Bonding. These elements give children a rich foundation for further music study, school, and life. Nursery rhymes are [...]

Your participation class and at home is powerful! In the first few years of life, the human brain forms more than 1 million new neural connections every second. These early connections provide either a strong or weak foundation for the connections that form later. Purposeful engagement with music at a [...]

Keep up the play at home! Research indicates that children learn most effectively through play. In addition to being fun, play promotes creativity, imagination, cognitive, social, and emotional development in a joyful setting that allows for repetition that leads to skill mastery. Imaginative play encourages healthy development in toddlers. Pretend [...]

Coloring is an iconic childhood experience. Your Student Workbook provides many opportunities for your child to color. Not only is it fun, it promotes fine motor development, hand-eye coordination, spatial awareness, and sensory processing. Color is one of the first ways young children make visual distinctions and categorize what they [...]

A child’s natural desire for repetition is the brain’s instinctive way of helping them master skills and concepts. When engaged in an activity, the brain and body send electrical signals back and forth. The more practice the nervous system has at receiving and sending messages, the more efficiently it operates, [...]

If you choose to do the optional “Home Fun Activities” remember to keep them in your tote bag so that your child can use them class. We won’t use them every week, but when we do, your child will be thrilled to participate with their own puppets and props. The [...]