Music Readiness Classes for Ages 5-6 

 

New for Fall 2009

This Parent/Child Music Class will help you determine your child's readiness to begin private music lessons.

 

There are five stages of rhythm and tonal development. Traveling through these stages is called Primary Music Development. When a child has completed his fifth stage of rhythm and tonal development, he has achieved Basic Music Competence or the ability to sing in key and accurately keep a beat throughout his body. Children need to be developmentally ready to being private lessons. If a child starts formal training while he is still in the Primary Music Development stage, it will be difficult, frustrating, and often unsuccessful. 

 

  Considerations beforing beginning Private Lessons:

• Does the child have Basic Music Competence?
• What kind of attention span does he/she have?
• Are small motor skills developed sufficiently?
• Does the child know left from right consistently? 
• Are visual & spatial skills ready to read music?
• Are parents ready and willing to be involved?
• Whose desire is it, the parent's or the child's?

The "Am I Ready?" series performs two functions simultaneously. It will help you observe and understand how your child is developing musically AND it will provide you and your child with a wide range of musical activities that actually build readiness.

 

Activities include:

• Tonal & rhythm development
• Spatial & coordination skills
• Fine motor skills
• Movement
• Singing
• Keyboard readiness
• Note & staff reading
• Games
• Individual Musical Observations (written)

 

 

                      Partner Drumming                                                                                                                                                 "Find that Key"

                           

                                                                                                                             Clapping & Playing Rhythms on Keyboard  

       Reading Notes & Clapping Rhythms   

 

 

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Pretending to be Music Notes

(Identifying Lines/Spaces) 

 

 

 

8 Week Series
Class length: 1 hour

Tuition includes CD, Songbook, Parent Materials and Handouts so that families can continue musical activities at home.

 

 

Phoenix Valley Tuition:                                                                                

1st child: $135
2nd child(sibling): $85

REGISTRATION FEE:

New families $15
Returning families $5

 

Phoenix Valley Classes run Summer, Fall, Winter, & Spring Sessions

 

 

 

Prescott Tuition:

1st child: $120
2nd child(sibling): $70

REGISTRATION FEE:
New families $10
Returning families $5

 

Prescott Classes have ON-GOING start dates in addition to the dates listed below.  Call for next available date and to add your name to list.

 

 

 

"Am I Ready?" Classes

W10 Spring 2010

Class Schedule Start Date End Date Teacher PRESCOTT-TriCityMusic TRI-CITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC, LLC 1151 W Iron Springs Rd, Suite B Prescott, AZ 86305 (View Map) SE Corner of Haining St and Iron Springs Rd. (Hide Directions) (View Directions) Am I Ready? Ages 5-6 Wednesday 3:30 PM Mar 24, 2010 May 19, 2010 VAL JAHN Am I Ready? Ages 5-6 Friday 2:00 PM Mar 26, 2010 May 21, 2010 VAL JAHN Am I Ready? Ages 5-6 Friday 3:30 PM Mar 26, 2010 May 21, 2010 VAL JAHN Am I Ready? Ages 5-6 Saturday 9:15 AM Mar 27, 2010 May 22, 2010 VAL JAHN

 

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