SCHOOL NEWS - September 5, 2007
Music Together
Remington Elementary
2524 West 53rd Street, Tulsa, OK 74107
When: (date, day, time) Beginning Monday, September 10, 2007
A program titled “Music Together” will begin at Remington on Monday, September 10, 2007.The same program will also begin at Addams and Robertson. Barthelmes Conservatory, Partner in Education with Remington, received a matching grant from the Oklahoma Arts Council. Project CREATES is providing the match for the grant and the staff of the Conservatory “Music Together” program will be providing the classes. These classes have been scheduled with all the teachers and principals at their respective schools.
Music Together is an internationally recognized early childhood music program for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners and the adults who love them. First offered to the public in 1987, it pioneered the concept of a research-based, developmentally appropriate early childhood music curriculum that strongly emphasizes and facilitates adult involvement.
Music Together classes are based on the recognition that all children are musical. All children can learn to sing in tune, keep a beat, and participate with confidence in the music of our culture, provided that their early environment supports such learning. By emphasizing actual music experiences rather than concepts about music, Music Together introduces children to the pleasures of making music instead of passively receiving it from CDs or TV.
Central to the Music Together approach is that young children learn best from the powerful role model of parents/caregivers who are actively making music. The program brings families together by providing a rich musical environment in the classroom and by facilitating family participation in spontaneous musical activity at home within the context of daily life.
Music Together is committed to helping families, caregivers, and early childhood professionals rediscover the pleasure and educational value of informal music experiences. All our teachers have successfully completed Music Together’s training program. Music Together applies the latest research in early childhood music development to the program.
