Primary Schoolers 6yrs+
Ever heard the expression "Music can take you places"?
Get ready to embark on an unforgettable adventure around the world with our Musical Mundo class! Designed for curious minds, we invite children to explore various aspects of culture and history through music. Come aboard and let’s make music, learn new languages, and journey the world together!
How to capture the interest of early primary school-aged children?
Even as children get older and start school, play is important and it's still how children learn. Play-filled musical interactions and hands-on exploration help build social, emotional and thinking skills.
Children 5-6yrs are still actively developing their physical bodies and need to MOVE their bodies to learn. Therefore they will readily learn many musical and language concepts (e.g. opposites loud/quiet) readily through movement based exploration.
The 'anti-frustration' formula
How do we ensure children don't get bogged down and fed-up, wanting to quit?
By avoiding intricate fine motor skill activities beyond their readiness and steering clear of overwhelming them with theoretical concepts without adequate practical application.
Instead, we focus on building a solid foundation in musicianship through highly rewarding, hands-on, doable rhythmic activities, games, stories, dances and heaps of fun! We also encourage parent participation at the end of sessions and provide resources to help guide children at home.
By doing so, we create an environment where learning is enjoyable, practical, and supported both in class and at home.
Should my child be doing individual music lessons?
Research shows that group music making fosters not just musical, but also socio-emotional, physical and intellectual development. At this stage, children's interest in social activities increases, and they enjoy participating in creative movement, skits and interactive games together with friends. They can sing more complex songs and need to be encouraged to develop their voice and musical instruments to imitate, improvise and play as part of an ensemble group.
What makes music class at Alabanza Music different?
You can be assured of a child-centred approach fostering a learning environment that involves the entire family!
You will be guided by a Specialist Educator, with professional training in early childhood music pedagogy.
Through structured weekly lessons supported by our research-based Musikgarten® curriculum, we engage in multi-sensory group music-making activities which can boost your child's confidence and communication skills, providing comprehensive support for your child's development across multiple areas, including:
- acute listening skills
- higher order analytical ability
- socio-emotional learning
- cultural sensitivity
- musical acuity
- multilingual communication (Spanish, German)+
Explore the world "mundo' as we cultivate your child's musical and multilingual development.
INTRODUCTORY PKG
Starting at
$250
Obligation-free sessions
- New Family Registration
- Parent Orientation session
- First-time Class Session
- Upgrade Package Option
What activities are done in this Musical Mundo class?
Imagine your child being able to figure out what the notes on a sheet of music sound like without even touching an instrument,
or listening to a song and identifying the musical patterns to be able to write them.
Now that's true music literacy - the ability to see what you hear and hear what you see!
Take a trip around the world musically and linguistically with us with exciting cultural studies of the British Isles, Germany, Caribbean, delving into our Spanish, French, African, Indian heritage! Experience traditional and folk songs, instruments, dances, stories, and customs with diverse musical repertoire, all while building foundational keyboard and vocals skills alongside basic understanding of musical notation.
We engage your child's fascination with all things new and different as a part of developing music literacy and experiencing the joy of making music together through singing, ear training, playing instruments, ensemble work and creative movement activities.
We continue our musical explorations with exciting cultural studies of the heritage of the Amerindians/First Peoples, British Isles, Germany, Caribbean and beloved folk songs of Parang, experiencing native songs, instruments, dances, stories, and customs with diverse musical repertoire from around the world while building keyboard skills and understanding musical notation.
Throughout the year (two semesters), the children will use the piano keyboards/glockenspiel while refining the voice, as they begin playing parts of their songs using the same method they'll use At the Piano the following year.
Keep the learning going at home
We encourage and support continued musical play and learning at home with families.
We'll provide you with important information on (musical) development on a regular basis via our newsletters and access to our e-learning page with suggested home activities and supplementary themed videos.
You'll also have ready resources at your fingertips with fun family packets including Packets with themed materials for use at home to increase family involvement in the learning process and foster the love and appreciation of music and culture.