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School Music Programs - Serving Cobb County since 1996

WHAT: Weekly preschool music classes to enrich your school's program. A certified trained teacher will come to your school, bringing the necessary instruments.

BENEFITS:

School &Teacher: This is an attractive feature to families when promoting your school. The school is enriched by the weekly music enrichment activities allowing the teachers to develop their abilities to lead music activities throughout the day. Your teachers can learn to develop preschooler's behavioral goals through singing, moving, playing instruments, and playful activities! Early childhood professionals in development and music fields have recommended that at least 12% of contact time with young children be devoted to musical activities. That is about an hour a day! Active involvement in weekly classes helps develop their musical abilities.
Child: Music is effective to foster the whole child's development. Along with building a love for music other areas of development are enriched: social and cognitive skills, self-confidence, listening skills and physical control of their bodies. Music activities in the early years also form a foundation upon which future music learning and enjoyment is built.

HOW: Family Music for Toddler nurtures the development of the very young child, 16 month-3 year olds. The Cycle of Seasons is a musical celebration of the year for preschoolers ages 3-5. The central theme of nature is explored through songs, movement, instruments and stories for the children to act out and embellish. This flexible curricula is developed by leading preschool music professionals, Dr. Lorna Heyge and Audrey Sillick, reflecting the latest research in early childhood development.

WHEN: The weekly classes are ½ hour in length. The Cobb County public school calendar is followed with approximately 36 weeks starting the week after school begins. Summer session is available also.

TUITION: The class fee is dependent on the number of classes and students in your center. Please contact Jan Boner for more information.

DIRECTOR: Jan Boner holds a Masters of Education Degree in Curriculum and Instruction, Integrating the Arts into Education. Her Bachelors of Music majoring in music therapy is from Ohio University. She is certified to teach the entire Musikgarten curricula. Her commitment for teaching music in early child education and teacher's workshops has extended since 1990. She is serving as Past President for the Early Childhood Music & Movement Association and is certified at Level III. She has also completed Level 1 & 2 with Orff Schulwerk.