Music Class
at the Musical Arts Schoolhouse

Benefits of Music in a Child’s Life:

Children ages 4 and 5 year olds will be exploring and playing all types of musical instruments at an age appropriate level including piano. In addition to learning music terminology and famous composers of music, we are learning to read music and understand rhythms both internally and with notation. Playing musical instruments has been shown to increase a child’s mathematic ability.

In our program we learn the rhythmic values of different notes and how to read and count rhythms. Learning the piano at a young age specifically develops a child’s small motor skills and helps with basic counting and addition skills.

Our structured movement songs as well as our work with other instruments (like chimes, wood instruments, bells, shakers, drums, and tone bars) help us work both the large and small muscle groups while emphasizing rhythm.

Music is incredibly beneficial in the lives of small children and sets them up for success in the future.

Through music children learn to express themselves as well as different emotions.

A Typical Day:

In music, we devote time each day to a "Hello Song", stationary movement and traveling movement songs with manipulatives, instrument time, keyboard exploration and skills, then rhythm instrument time with seasonal themes and coordinated activities that support the dance, art, theatre and preschool themes.

During the half-day program in Frisco, students rotate through four classrooms that focus on music, dance, theatre and preschool with art.

Each class time is concentrated on skill building with age appropriate activities, and the teachers make it fun. The faculty is highly trained in their area of artistic discipline, and have a genuine love for this age group.

The Musical Arts Schoolhouse is a licensed child-care center and is located at the Frisco School of Music, a premier private music school in the area, at Preston and Main Street in Frisco.