Most young children learn best in a playful and informal learning environment. At Sherwood, we try to create that environment through a curriculum that emphasizes informal learning and play, and by hiring teachers who are trained in early childhood development and music. All of our early childhood instructors have successfully completed training in the Music Together® curriculum and have prior experience working with young children in arts-based learning.
Music Together® is a music and movement-based approach to early childhood development for children ages birth through four and their parents or other primary caregivers. Using developmentally appropriate musical experiences such as singing, dancing, chanting, listening, observation, and exploring small rhythmic instruments, children will develop basic music competencies, while interacting socially with others in a small group setting.
Parent/caregiver attendance is required in class. For more information on Music Together®, visit www.musictogether.com.
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This is a Music Together® class designed exclusively for the 8 months and younger set! The specifically chosen song activities will facilitate an active support for infants’ musical growth, and the creation of a special bond between parent/caregiver and child through music. Attendees will enjoy babbling with baby, finger play, large movement, and the use of partners and mirrors during class.
Parent/caregiver attendance is required in class. For more information on Music Together®, visit www.musictogether.com.
Spanish Fusion© offers the same song collections as the Mixed-Age Music Together® class, but will also include vocabulary and folk songs in the Spanish language. The Spanish fluent teacher will speak and sing bilingually, introducing you and your child to Spanish in a developmentally appropriate manner. No prior knowledge of Spanish is required, just an openness to singing in a new language.
Parent/caregiver attendance is required in class. For more information on Music Together®, visit www.musictogether.com.
What does it feel like to hold the violin in your hands? How do you make a sound on the tuba? Where do you place your fingers on the saxophone? Exploring Musical Instruments© will provide children with their first introduction to the world of musical instruments through observation, listening, and sound production. Each class session also includes a crafts portion in which attendees create a homemade version of the instrument of the day.
Instruction alternates each term between wind & brass instruments, and strings & percussion instruments.
Parent/caregiver attendance is required in class. Attendance by unregistered siblings is not permitted.
BE the Music!© is designed to introduce children to fundamental musical concepts through movement and play. Applying the concepts of Dalcroze Eurhythmics, this unique approach to music education uses kinesthetics to allow kids to experience music with their whole bodies. The teacher will foster a deep-rooted love for music in a stimulating, playful environment teaching concepts such as rhythm, meter, dynamics, melody, pitch, improvisation, mood, and expressiveness.
Parents/caregivers are required to be in proximity of the classroom and are invited in at the end of class for a short weekly performance.
This is the perfect transition from Early Childhood classes into instrumental instruction, and a great way to expose young children to music lessons! Students will benefit from one on one instruction as well as engaging group class activities, while parents learn all about the Suzuki method and the featured instrument. Participants will also observe Suzuki lessons and performances to get a better sense of how the method works.
Suzuki Starter classes are offered for Violin, Cello, Guitar, and Flute.
Parental attendance is required for all Suzuki Starters Classes. An additional materials fee for books and a rental instrument will be required.
If your heart is beating, you've got rhythm! Percussion 4 Kids© fosters children's natural rhythmic abilities by introducing them to the vast world of percussion. In Percussion 4 Kids©, children will learn how to read and notate rhythms, as well as create their own compositions to perform and share.
Instruction alternates each term between rhythmic percussion, using drum pads and sticks, and tonal percussion, using various melodic percussion instruments such as xylophones.
Parents/caregivers are required to be in proximity of the classroom, and are invited in at the end of class for a short weekly performance.
An additional materials fee for drum pad and sticks may be required.
The voice is the absolute first instrument we learn to use! Many young children innately love to sing. In this intimate group setting, children will learn the basics of the voice in this first-time singing experience. Children will learn correct breathing technique, pitch exploration, vocal warm-ups, music theory, singing with movement, as well as improvisation through singing well-known folk songs.
Parents/caregivers are required to be in proximity of the classroom.
