Early Childhood Programs

Providing a Foundation for Life-Long Musical Enjoyment & Success

Pakachaog Community Music School offers three exciting programs for children from birth to 5 years.

Exploring Music Together® (EMT)

Birth thru 4 years

This is the essential Music Together class, one that a child can attend from birth through age four through all nine song collections. This basic class follows the recommendations of child development researchers -- grouping children of a variety of ages because this fosters natural, family-style learning. Younger children enjoy watching and imitating older ones; older children learn by leading younger ones; and adults are happy because the children in the family can go to class together. Each child participates at his or her own level in singing, moving, chanting, listening, watching, or exploring musical instruments. Any caregiver -- parent, grandparent, nanny -- can bring the children. The whole family is welcome for this important family music experience. Details

Music Together for Pre-Schoolers (MTP)

Ages 3 thru 5

This class is geared toward the interests and social nature of children ages 3 to 5 who have completed at least two prior semesters of MT . Using the same curriculum as the EMT classes, this class is enhanced with additional music and movement games, jam sessions, and more structured work in rhythm and tonality. Instrument play focuses on improving musical awareness. Students must be age-appropriate as of the month during which class begins. Details

Suzuki Violin

Ages 4+

Suzuki Violin is is tailored to children's development and attention level, and combines one-on-one instruction with the benefit of a group lesson. Details

Beyond Music Together?

Have you completed all 9 song collections before the age of five?

Music Together recommends that you continue to enroll your child. Because of the rapid shifts taking place in a young child's development (physical and cognitive), a child at the age of three or four will experience (and learn) a song collection the second time around (three years later) much differently than, say, a child at the age of one.