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Yes! Infant participation will seem passive at first, as they actively absorb what they are seeing, hearing, and feeling. By viewing your parent guide and through parent education in class, parents will learn to recognize their infant's musical responses and observe them reaching musical milestones. As their bodies and nervous systems mature, the infants often show progressively more complex musical responses and evidence of song recognition. Parents will learn in class how to enhance their child's music development and to create or enhance the musical bond with their child. For more info, see this page specifically about babies.

In the 1980s, Music Together pioneered the development of the mixed-age approach in early childhood music. In each class we strive to create a musically rich, developmentally appropriate environment where the whole family can enjoy music and nurture skills at the level right for each child. Mixed-age classes also provide a rich learning environment because children of different ages thrive when they interact with each other; this approach is based on research from music education, early childhood development, and family relationships, as well as our 20 years experience in the field.

Because you are your child's most important role model, she will learn best by watching you and listening to you. Therefore, your participation as a music-maker is vital to your child's developing love of music.

No! We promise that you will not hurt your child's musical prowess by singing to him, even if you are not always in tune. He will hear plenty of "in tune" music through other mediums, but your voice and your presence are most precious to him. What you (and/or other primary caregivers) do, he wants to do too. Although we, as teachers, are able to help your child learn skills, your child must gain the positive disposition toward active music making from you.

There are many different learning styles. Some children may be visual learners who need to watch before they experiment on their own. Others are aural learners who are listening, even when they are across the room. Kinesthetic learners need to move! Tell a kinaesthetic learner that he can't move and you are actually hurting his learning process. Therefore, a child's learning in class happens in a multi-layered way - through active participation, watching others move, experimenting with instruments and even by just being there and listening to you sing. Instead of waiting for your child to do something in class, let yourself go and do it yourself. Then, watch and listen to her at home, and you will see and hear how much she is learning and absorbing in class.