This class is for children from birth to age five. Research has shown that mixed age learning is highly beneficial for all participants. Having a wide range of ages gives children the freedom to learn wherever they are in their development without being compared to others.

This is a mixed ages class, but since it's evening time feel free to bring the kids in their PJ's. This class will also have a slightly different flow, so the children aren't too wound up at the end of the class to settle down for bedtime.

Children's Singing Circle is for children ages five to nine.  This class continues where South Coast Music Together leaves off and is designed to be a bridge between non-formal music education and formal music education.  We continue to explore musical concepts through play, but our play becomes slightly more focused on specific concepts in any given class.  Children this age still benefit greatly from caregiver modeling, so caregivers join us for the first ten minutes and the last ten minutes of our hour long class.  Younger siblings may attend with their caregiver at this time too.  Caregivers are asked to volunteer to be an on site chaperone one week out of the eight week summer session. 

"When is the best time to begin a child's music education?  Nine months before the birth of the mother!" Zoltan Kodaly.  This sentiment is precisely what we explore in the FirstSounds class.  We know that babies hear sounds outside of the womb by the sixteenth week of gestation.  There are volumes of research stating that bonding begins in the womb and using music to develop that bond is profoundly powerful.  In a FirstSounds class mother, father, sibling or grandparent will sing, move to music, play instruments and learn about tactile stimulation, all with the focus connecting to baby.  Songs that babies hear in the womb soothe and comfort them after birth, so begin singing those lullabies now!

Women singing with women has been a mainstay in communities since the beginning of the human race.  Join your voice with other women and feel the strength and support community music making can bring.  Learn songs by ear, no prior musical training necessary, and let your spirit soar along with your voice.  Learn a bit about vocal health, singing in a group, harmony and more, but mostly come and have fun in a community of women music makers. 

The Children's Singing Circle Camp enrollment is by invitation only.  If you have questions about attending, please contact our Director, Rhonda Plourde via email: southcoastmt@verizon.net, or by phone, 508 636 7426

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