For hundreds of thousands of families around the world, Music Together® is a joyful way for children and their grownups to share songs, rhymes, movement, and instrument play—both in class and at home. As a pioneer in early childhood music and movement education, Music Together offers classes for children from birth through grade 2, with parents and caregivers actively participating alongside them.
Every child is naturally musical. With a rich, supportive musical environment, children’s innate abilities to sing, move, and explore rhythm can flourish. In fact, children learn music as naturally as they learn to walk and talk when they have regular opportunities to experience it.
How Children Learn Music
Children learn differently from adults: instinctively, continuously, and through everyday experiences. They learn by imitating and playing, by absorbing the world around them, and through interactions with the adults and older children in their lives.
Music Together’s mixed-age, family-style classes create an ideal environment for this kind of learning. Infants, toddlers, and preschoolers can participate together, including siblings, with each child engaging at their own developmental level.
Music Learning Supports All Learning®
Wiggling, singing, and laughing with your child is fun, but it’s also powerful learning. Our research-based curriculum builds musical skills while nurturing creativity, self-expression, and confidence. It also supports children’s social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development.
Because these benefits grow over time, children experience the greatest impact when they participate consistently from infancy through kindergarten.
Your Role Is Essential
Young children learn through play, exploration, and experimentation and by watching and listening to the grownups they love. The most important thing parents and caregivers can do is participate enthusiastically and show children that making music is joyful.
You don’t need to be a musician or have any musical training. All you need is a willingness to play, explore, and have fun with your child. Music Together teachers are specially trained to create a welcoming, supportive environment where adults can sing, move, experiment, get silly, and build meaningful connections with their children.
Music Together® Classes
Fully trained and registered Music Together teachers lead groups of six to twelve children and their parents or caregivers—including nannies, babysitters, grandparents, and other family members—in 45-minute music and movement classes.
Each weekly class features approximately a dozen songs and rhythmic activities, including fingerplays, small- and large-movement experiences, and instrument play.
Children and adults are also encouraged to create and improvise. They might invent new song lyrics, suggest movements, make silly sounds, or share musical ideas inspired by their experiences at home.
The relaxed, playful, and non-performance-oriented classroom environment respects each child’s unique learning style, developmental stage, and temperament. This creates a welcoming sense of community where every family can participate comfortably and joyfully.
Families also receive a beautifully illustrated songbook and download access to the music, making it easy to continue singing, moving, and playing together between classes.
