New Program coming to Oak Creek Academy of Performing Arts
Music FunTime
Music Funtime is different than the typical preschool music program.
Music Funtime is not a simple play group where children sing, dance, jump & play instruments. We offer an innovated new program, geared from the Johns-Hopkins Research that children 7 and under can learn to read music notation and symbols, eventually, learning to play instruments.
If a child can learn their letters, numbers, shapes, animals etc., why can’t they learn to read music?
Through crafts, worksheets, games, instruments, singing, & very small group classes, we teach children in a fun & exciting way, how to play and read music. Class excitement has proven over & over, the children’s enthusiasm to look forward to weekly music lessons.
Our classes are for a half hour once a week. We change the curriculum every 5 minutes accommodating child’s attention span.
At the end of each 8 week session, students are eligible to graduate into the next level of music education. All lessons are geared towards the piano because the piano is a string & percussion instrument. Children not only learn timing, rythm & tempo they also learn the notes on the grand staff, such as…e,g,b,d,f (every good boy does fine) etc.
Our children also perform at public facilities singing with their instruments, a minimum of 2 times per year.
Our students will explore music, dance and sing together and more. They learn to share, take turns and develop the skills they’ll need in school and on the neighborhood playground. They are fun, yet educational and an important part of your child’s development. In this special place for musical, social and emotional learning, your children will strengthen their ties with each other and with you!
Below are some quotes taken from articles in the magazines listed below!
“I came to test little children on the effects of studying music [has] on their intelligence…”
“We concluded that after three months of music lessons, these children were improved in their abilities long term…”
“The idea is that [we] are born with structure in our brains [and] music can prime these neural pathways in a way that makes them stronger…”
“If you can [prime] these pathways early through music, from two or three [years old], the earlier the better, the more likely you are to work to your fullest potential…”
Watch for Music Funtime classes starting this Fall!
www.OakCreekPerformingArts.com
(414) 768-0101 Call us today! We offer dance, music, & acting classes in Oak Creek!
