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Peninsula Music Together FAQs
Music Together® is an internationally recognized early childhood music program for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers and the adults who love them. First offered to the public in 1987, it pioneered the concept of a research-based, developmentally appropriate early childhood music curriculum that strongly emphasizes and facilitates adult involvement. Music Together now serves 2500 communities in over 40 countries around the world. Visit Music Together to learn more about our curriculum.
Music Together is designed for children ages birth through kindergarten. At Music Together, we believe that music ability is as much an essential life skill as walking and talking, and that all children can learn to sing in tune, keep a beat, and participate with pleasure and confidence in the music of their culture. Music Together classes nurture the child’s natural enthusiasm for music and movement as we sing, dance, chant, and play instruments in an informal setting that will enrich children's musical environment and guide them towards a lifetime of music-making enjoyment.
Music Together is not only a music immersion class that you will enjoy weekly with your family, but a comprehensive, research based, educational program of learning that you can access anywhere and will integrate at home! We are the ONLY early childhood music education program to do so. Our early childhood music curriculum has decades of research behind it in music education and child development. We know what we're talking about, and we're good at what we do! And because we recognize that children learn through play, we make everything we do in class engaging and fun. Ready to make music together? Click Here.
YES!!! Please feel free to bring anyone involved in your child’s life. We want to share this experience with them so they can be a part of your child’s musical education. Children 8 months or younger and children 6yrs or older are free of charge, with a paid sibling. Siblings and friends between the ages of 8 months and 5yrs are welcome to visit with a $30 drop-in fee. Drop-in fees go towards our Scholarship Program. For now, all locations EXCEPT Burlingame allow drop-ins.
Sometimes children will throw fits. During this time, we ask that you don’t leave class. Usually, your child will cry for a long minute or two but will come back to sing.
With adult participation, active listening of recordings, and at-home musical activities, your children will obtain the fundamentals of basic music competence, which we have defined as the ability to sing in tune and move with accurate rhythm. Basic music competence is a skill that nurtures creativity, self-expression, and confidence and supports social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development. While some children are spontaneous singers and movers, others are more reserved and quiet observers. Our classes are designed to accept all learning styles.
Research shows that children cannot filter out your voice; therefore, if everyone else is singing and you are talking, your child can’t focus on the curriculum.
Due to food allergies and sensitivities, we ask everybody to snack before or after class and to leave all foods and drinks outside the classroom. Contracted spaces do not allow for food in the classroom.
Please schedule a make-up class to help keep our class healthy and happy. We offer unlimited make-ups that can be used in any of our locations.
We ask that cell phones be put away for class. Remember, this is a music class. If you need to take a picture, please be discreet and respect others' privacy.
We don’t have any problems with children tasting the instruments. Please make sure to use the “wet box” when they are finished and pick them up if they are finished so that another child doesn’t grab it.
Research shows that your participation counts. While we have wonderfully trained teachers, they are there to serve as musical role models. Even if you think you can’t dance or sing—your child does!
Children are free to wander during the class as long as they are safe and mentally engaged in the activities. While running around on beat is considered engaging, if you find your child running around and not engaged, feel free to take the activity over to their child to include them or bring them back to the circle. Please don’t hesitate to call or ask the teacher/director about your child’s participation in class.
Our teachers love doing birthday parties! We are happy to refer you to any of our teachers. Please email the day/time/location and teacher preference to [email protected]
Yes! We offer unlimited make-ups. All make-ups must me done within the same semester as make-ups DO NOT roll over. If you know you are going to be absent for a scheduled event, feel free to pre-register for a make-up.