Online Music Classes for the Whole Family

With Music Together^® Online, you’ll have access to the same high-quality music and movement curriculum loved by millions of families and teachers around the world—from home!

Like all our classes, Music Together Online is designed to teach the way young children learn: through play. During each online music class, one of our experienced teachers will lead music activities for the whole family to sing, play, and jam along to! Whether you have a box of rhythm instruments ready to go, or you create some with household items, we will have a blast rocking out together! Even though your teacher is on the screen, each class has been designed as an active music-making experience for little ones and their grownups.

Classes are appropriate for children under 5, but the entire family is welcome (and encouraged!) to participate in the musical fun. Hear what parents have to say about Music Together Online:

All online class enrollments include: 

•option to attend unlimited online classes that are running during the enrollment period (please choose a primary class time and attend others as a bonus!)

•access to recorded online classes on demand throughout the enrollment period

•access to an exclusive online community with bonus recorded content

•a beautifully illustrated songbook and accompanying CD, plus lifetime access to online content available on Music Together’s Family Music Zone and in the Hello, Everybody app.

A NOTE ABOUT SCREEN TIME:

Research has found that screen time in early childhood does not have to be detrimental. It can even be beneficial when it is socially interactive, based on developmentally appropriate principles, has good content, is used in the proper context, and is about creating.

The National Association for the Education of Young Children has long had a position statement on interactive screen time. The American Academy of Pediatrics refers parents to Common Sense Media for some guidance on appropriate passive screen time options. PBS Kids has new content daily for preschoolers.  In addition, the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests using screen time to prioritize social connection over passive consumption of content. In this time of social isolation, interacting with friends and loved ones is important. (Tip: Keeping to a predictable routine will help, too, so if your family is used to seeing your Music Together teacher at 9:30 each Tuesday, then continue to do that if it’s a possibility. If your family regularly takes an afternoon walk, then head on out for some fresh air!)

Grab a group of three families or more and choose your time and location for a POD class JUST for you! You can choose to meet at our studio indoors, outdoors, or at the location of your choice! These classes are also catered specifically to the students in them, and can be made engaging for the littlest through the biggest of kids!

The best part?

<—- even your pets are welcome!

MUSIC TOGETHER IN YOUR SCHOOL

Music Classes for Big Kids

Rhythm Kids^® (Ages 4–5 and Grades K–2)

Big kids know what they like. Telling silly stories. Playing games. Being in charge. Designed specifically for pre-K and early elementary students, our active Rhythm Kids classes for big kids tap into how children this age are wired to learn, with music games, animal rhythm stories, and lots of stomping-flying-climbing fun.

Rhythm Kids is just the thing to get your child to (willingly) put down the iPad and start making music with their friends. By the end of the semester, they’ll be proud to show off what they’ve learned: to you, their friends and teachers, and—let’s face it—for some kids, every person they meet!

Rhythm Kids Music Classes for Big Kids

In each weekly music class, we drum, sing, move, and play along with rhythms inspired by musical traditions around the world, from West African Gahu, to Japanese Taiko, to Brazilian Samba, just to name a few.

Students learn to compose, choreograph, and conduct as they play—and play with!—a variety of musical instruments: West African djembe drums, percussion instruments, and, the most important instruments of all, their voices and their bodies. As your big kid learns to think and create like a musician, they’ll also build musical connections to the global community. Classes include:

• immersion in the musical language of many cultures
• playful music games with rules
• opportunities to lead, balanced with opportunities to collaborate
• deep exposure to complex, fun, and rockin’ music
• many chances to solo, improvise, and work in ensembles
• rich, creative experimentation and expression, improvisation, and innovation

Music Learning Supports All Learning®

Whether as a stand-alone music class or as a companion to private lessons, Rhythm Kids helps children develop the facility, repertoire, mastery, and creativity to be confident music students and music-makers throughout their lives. Plus, kids gain valuable skills they’ll take with them to the elementary school classroom (and beyond!). The music and movement activities support growth in several key developmental areas and naturally motivate kids to focus and engage.

Babies Music Class: A Great Start

Newborns through 8 months

You might be wondering what your newborn could possibly take away from a music class and how old they have to be before they can benefit. At Music Together^®, we know it’s never too early to get babies started in class! Your little one is a natural-born music-maker, ready to start learning music at birth.

As in everything, you are your baby’s first and best teacher. But don’t get nervous! When you sing in the car and dance in the living room, you’re showing your baby how to make music and that making music is important to your family. That’s all your baby needs from you—musically, at least! (Food, clothing, and shelter are useful, too.)

In the Music Together Babies class, for infants from birth through 8 months, you’ll learn a lot of fun musical activities for babies. You’ll also learn to recognize which of your baby’s behaviors are musical so that you can support their development at the time when your baby’s brain is at its most receptive.

The Babies class has other benefits, too! Singing and dancing with your baby is a beautiful way for the two of you to bond. And making music with other parents of newborns is a great way to make new friends in your community who are as sleep deprived as you!