Music Classes for Kids of All Ages
The Magical Connection of Math and Science through Music.
Music FunTime is not your typical preschool play group or music class.
This program is a comprehensive, structured, progressive curriculum based on Johns-Hopkins research of Music Uniting Both Hemispheres of the brain through music, making kids SMARTER!
It’s an innovative program for children, offering music classes in Pennington, NJ for:
- Toddler Music Classes: 18-month-olds to 3-year-olds
- Preschool Music Classes: 3 to 5-year-olds
- School Age Music Classes: 5 to 9-year-olds
The children are in small groups in a classroom structure where the trained Music FunTime educator works individually with each student at their own pace.
The kids think they are playing while they are actually working on music theory with all of the materials, artistic music crafts, performances, and homework.
In a MusicFun Time class, your child might…
- Sing and dance
- Play interactive games
- Engage in hands-on lessons about rhythm, note reading, aural skills, and pitch recognition
- Make music crafts related to lessons to solidify concepts
THE MUSIC CLASSES TEACH STUDENTS TO READ BASIC MUSIC WHILE INSTILLING MUSIC AS A WAY OF LIFE.
Music FunTime has been running since Summer 2017 at House of Music in Pennington, NJ, with a 100% retention rate!
We started a couple of Music FunTime classes in July 2012, and then went to our full schedule when school started in late August. By mid-September we had 30 students enrolled and had more than made back our initial investment. The classes are 1/2 hour long and we can get up to 6 students in one class, which makes it very profitable for us. We had tried to start a preschool music program before, and we never seemed to have enough time to prepare for classes. When we saw how detailed Music FunTime was, and how much thought & planning Debbie put into the lesson plans, we knew we had to try it. Debbie is very supportive, and we can get additional supplies and advice very quickly. Our students love the program because it’s so visual and hands on. It brings music notation and instruments to life. Parents like that their children can start learning music at such a young age & that they share in the process with their child. Our teachers like the progression of the curriculum and that all the hand-outs and worksheets come with the program. We have students in Levels 1-3, and some of our Music FunTime students now take private lessons with us. It’s natural for these students to continue their music education with our studio for years to come!
The Music FunTime programs fits beautifully into our educational model, which is based on strong fundamentals, positivity, and building sequenced skills towards mastery, while having lots of fun along the way. For beginner students ages 18 months to 7 years old, Music Fun Time offers the most age appropriate and comprehensive musical education we’ve seen – because it is so student oriented. The way Music Fun Time blends a piano based curriculum with other instruments like violin, guitar, and drums, and flutophones, along with music theory games, truly gets young students excited about music for life.
We looked into several preschool music programs for our studios, many just seemed like play groups with singing and banging on instruments. After we found out about Music FunTime, we contacted Debbie Yakabosky, the creator. Debbie invited us to visit her studios in New Jersey to see her program in action and her students blew us away! They could read music! Her passion to her curriculum and students is amazing. She developed teaching tools and games that children love but more important the tools actually teach the children music notation and theory! We now have two year olds starting to play the piano…We are proud to offer Music FunTime at our studios and since we added the program in May 2011, our student count has increased significantly. Most important…the students continue!
Have completed my first year of running and teaching Music FunTime. Ended up with a total of 16 kids spread over 3 classes. Was quite anxious about being able to do it, being 70 years old and never having done any music teaching akin to this. I feel I still have a lot of room for improvement, but can’t be doing that badly as no one has quit in the last 8 months, not one! And parents of current students are referring us to others. Also, two of the parents are taking guitar lessons themselves at my school now.
The program is a perfect mixture of a set curriculum that still allows plenty of room for your individual creativity and ideas and personality. And Deb has your back! She has always been there when I have a question with helpful input and ideas and encouragement.
As a result of our daughter’s music lessons with Music FunTime, she is more confident, communicative, and has developed an increased attention span, in addition to a growing appetite and appreciation for various types of music and musical instruments. All of this, and she is not even 2 years old! We are very much looking forward to continuing on this journey of discovery and learning with Music FunTime.
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