"Recently, I have come to realize that my love of music was really a gift to me from my family. My mother, a one-room school teacher, would sing her classroom songs with me daily.  My aunt and I sang and played the piano together as she prepared for each church service. My grandmother played recordings of sacred music all day long to which I danced and danced behind closed doors. (She did not think it was entirely appropriate.) My father drove me to piano lessons every Saturday - an hour's drive there and an hour's drive back home again. His instrument was the stereo, and he loved Glenn Miller, Pete Fountain and Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass.  Every time he played it he would smile and say, "Don't you just love this music, Terri?"  I don't believe I had any extraordinary talent for music but I did have extraordinary exposure to music. 

Sadly, many children today do not make music with their family even when music is within earshot every waking moment. Most children and adults are passively listening but not actively engaged in making the music. And that is why only 50% of children entering school today can carry a tune or keep a beat. And when they realize they can't do it, they back off, become shy and say things like "It's not my thing...I don't like it...it's too hard," and then the window of opportunity for learning is lost.

I believe that every child can learn to sing in tune and keep a beat - just like any child can learn to speak Chinese or Russian or any language! You gotta use it or you'll lose it!  I want every child to be able to enjoy music.  Not only is it a universal language, a simple joy, a benefit to the mind, the spirit, the emotions, and the health of the body, but it's also fun!

The Music Together approach of educating the parent to play with and alongside their children really works! The informal setting where a child can explore and learn on his own by watching his mom or dad or special care-giver in a playful way is the optimum environment for learning at these young ages (0 to 4).  I am so delighted to have discovered this program.  I thoroughly enjoy every class, every parent and every child.

Music For Young Children is the best introduction to formal music lessons that I have ever seen.  It's comprehensive, it's fun and it works."

- Terri Myers