Music for the Young Child
The mission of the young child’s music program at St. Paul’s is to train the whole child:
body, mind, spirit, and voice.
Music for the Young Child is a new program that incorporates music, movement, stories, musical games, rhythm instruments and singing. The emphasis is on the individual child experiencing each of these key areas. There will be opportunity at the end of each session for parents to experience what their child has learned.
Classes
Saturday mornings:
9.00 - 9.45 2 1/2 through 3 1/2 years old
10.00 - 10.45 4 through 7 years old
Wednesday mornings:
10.45 - 11.15 Infants through twenty-four
months
Fall 2007 Session
Registration now open
Tuition
Members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church $10
Non members $50
Eight reasons for your child to become involved
- Music teaches children divergent, rather than convergent thinking.
- Music facilitates human communication within and across cultures.
- Music replenishes the spirit and nurtures the soul.
- Intelligence is a broadly based concept that actually includes various types of intelligences: linguistic, logical/mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal.
- Music stimulates brain activity and enhances cognitive abilities.
- Music awakens and stimulates neural pathways in the brain that are associated with higher forms of intelligence, such as abstract thinking, empathy mathematics and science.
- Music’s melodic and rhythmic patterns provide exercise for the brain and help develop memory. Remember singing the ABC song to learn your alphabet?
- Studying music helps children establish good listening habits, which are essential for achievement in school.
Overall, music activities are perfect for child development. Music immerses the child in language, evokes movement, stimulates the brain and fosters physical coordination in a group setting that builds community – a truly holistic experience.
"Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carryover into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits. An association of music and math has, in fact, long been noted. Creating and performing music promotes self-expression and provides self-gratification while giving pleasure to others. In medicine, increasing published reports demonstrates that music has a healing effect on patients. For all these reasons, it deserves strong support in our educational system, along with the other arts, the sciences, and athletics."
Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., Leading Heart Surgeon, Baylor College of Medicine
"Music is one way for young people to connect with themselves, but it is also a bridge for connecting with others. Through music, we can introduce children to the richness and diversity of the human family and to the myriad rhythms of life."
Daniel A. Carp, Eastman Kodak Company Chairman and CEO
The Director of the Music for the Young Child Program is Dr. Jeannie Kienzle, Music Associate at St Paul's Episcopal Church. To register your child please call her at 1 330 836 9327, ext. 25, or via email by clicking here.