Musikgarten is the leading curriculum in early childhood music education internationally with presence in the USA, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong and many other countries worldwide and is now available right here in Trinidad & Tobago with Miss Lisa Darmanie licensed Musikgarten practitioner and certified bilingual Early Childhood Music & Movement Specialist.

Musikgarten is a complete multi-year educational programme from birth that helps infants, toddlers and older children develop a deep love of music and the ability to express it. Through a research-based curriculum, Musikgarten helps develop the child holistically, laying a pathway to musical proficiency. is

Our goal is to bring children together with the teachers into the music, movement and environmental experience which will support development and educational growth in the classroom while providing a culturally enriching musical experience

We'd be delighted to discuss best practices in Early Childhood Music and Movement and implementation of the Musikgarten programme at your Preschool!

Studies from around the globe have shown that, from a very early age, music lessons can have profound long-term benefits that include improved language development, higher standardized test scores in math and improved graduation rates. Children of working parents spend more hours in preschool than ever before. For many families, having their child/ren attend class as an after school activity may be a challenge. Our Music Keys for Preschools programme is the next best thing!

Administrators can now offer Musikgarten; a research-based, developmentally appropriate programme to suit the needs of their children and families. Musikgarten is more than just an easy way to introduce your children to music. Our classes can play a critical role in a child’s social, emotional, intellectual, and physical development, as well as laying a pathway to musical proficiency.

The Musikgarten® curriculum has been specifically researched and designed for use in the school classroom. Music Keys reaches children in preschools, daycares, and kindergarten.

Music Keys is a curriculum that offers a high quality music education program written specifically for the school setting. The lessons have been written taking class size and the adult/child ratio of a school class into account.

Alabanza Music has made the programme bilingual by incorporating musical activities in Spanish. Children acquire key phrases in the new language through a variety of music and movement activities by placing emphasis first on listening (aural skills) which in turn aids in developing comprehensible input and greater confidence in their expressive and receptive language.

​Target age group: Kindergarteners 2+, Preschoolers 3-5 years

Programme Overview:

• Music Keys gives children in preschool a research-based, high quality music class as an enrichment program.
• The lessons have been written taking class size and the adult/child ratio of a preschool class into account.
• Superb recordings, equal to the quality of all Musikgarten programmes, have been developed for use in the classroom and at home.
• Licensed preschools using Music Keys receive email communications to help educate parents about the value of music and movement in the development of young children.

Activities: ​The Music and movement activities done in this programme serve to build the sensory-motor foundation for learning, respecting the preschool child's growing independence and developing competencies. Reinforcing the theme of nature, parallel to Musikgarten's Cycle of Seasons (our Active Allegros) class, we delight in songs, numerous movement activities, exciting exploration of instruments and recorded movement stories for the children to act out and embellish.​

Musical & Developmental Goals:

🔑Help children learn to control their bodies by engaging them in music and movement activities designed to nurture gross and fine motor skills, foster impulse control and recharge their brains, given them the mental energy needed to succeed in school.

🔑Develop good listeners by engaging children in listening activities designed to nurture aural discrimination skills, focus attention and foster concentration.

🔑Foster children’s language development by engaging them in singing games, stories and poetry, which nurture verbal skills, memory, creativity and emergent literacy skills.

Class length: 40-45 mins, once a week with children, music facilitator and class teacher

Children who successfully complete two (2) terms of Preschool Music Keys and/or are age 4½ by the beginning of the third term of Preschool, will be eligible to move on to our Piano Preparatory classes.