Supporting Your Child's Love of Music

A few months ago, I wrote an article for Pinpointe Magazine focused on the developmental benefits of exposure to making music in early childhood. In it, I highlighted these benefits by specifically focusing on learning and academic growth. While the world around us is changing, many things remain the same. Our children are learning and growing through this unique period of time, with the majority (if not all!) of their time spent at home with their primary caregivers. As a parent of two highly energetic boys, I am there in the trenches with you! Our role as parents has become all inclusive, and exhausting. Music is a wonderful tool for any parent to use at any time: to support learning, relieve stress, and connect with your little one. Knowing that music is one of the building blocks to learning, it helps to understand what behaviors to look for and enjoy as we play musically with our children.

In Music Together Mixed Age Classes we empower parents with the developmental knowledge and first hand experience with the different stages of musical learning. You become an expert in your own child's growth and learning. It's so exciting to watch as a teacher and as a parent!

Naturally, all children develop and grow differently, and it’s never our purpose to compare little ones as they grow. In general, we see similar patterns of musical development, but there is never a “right” or a “wrong” way for a young child to be musical. The common thread during all of these stages is your role as the parent. While nearly all children are born to love music, it’s the intentional encouragement of loving grown ups that unlocks the rich developmental benefits of early childhood musical experiences. Enjoying music together as a family helps to support the disposition toward the value of music, brings families closer together, and continues the musical journey that you have been on together since those early days.