La-ti-Da Music

WHAT DOES LA-TI-DA MUSIC OFFER?

La-ti-Da Family Classes:

Classes for child with parent

Class lengths: 45 minutes

     "Music Babies:" Ages 3 months - 20 months

Babies instinctively react to music. These interactive classes are packed with lap and floor games, rhymes, dances and action songs that increase bonding and developes babies senses such as timing and balance, listening and motor skills. Each week parents learn activities that stimulate your baby’s natural response to music to use at home. Even before your baby can say their first word they can play an instrument.

    "Music Tots" Ages 20 months - 3 yrs

   During this time, your toddler still relishes the comfort of the familiar while also seeking the challenge of something new. Together learning songs, musical activities that concentrate on singing and keeping a beat. As you move, sing and play you’ll uncover a musical world that enhances timing, listening and language skills and coordination.  Many quality instruments, movement props, sing-a-story, colorful props and puppets help with language and memory development through vocal play, instrument exploration and movement.

   "Music Kids" Music: Ages 4-6 yrs

These children have a bit more coordination and will join in on instrument playing to building fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. They’ll learn songs that help build language and early phoenetic skills. Solo singing is encouraged to develop listening, pitch-matching, and language skills.

Mixed Age Class (3 months-5yrs)

 This class is offered to families who are unable to schedule a class for each child's specific age. The learning benefits described in the classes above are presented in the lessons. More benefits: Here you bring more than one child and experience the advantages of everyone interacting, bonding, enjoying, and learning together.

MUSIC CLASSES 5-7yrs­        

Classes for child without parent

Class lengths: 50-60 minutes

Music Maestros (6 yrs -8 yrs)

The program is designed to prepare the young child who is eager for first experiences with musical symbols and instrument discovery but is not yet ready for formal lessons and traditional music reading with an instrument. Parents or caregivers are encouraged to attend the last 10-15 minutes of class. Children will learn vocal development and start to identify musical symbols and even simple intervals and rhythm patterns.

Piano Adventures (Group Piano)

"My 1st Piano Adventurers" (5  & 6yrs)

"Piano Adventurers" (7yrs -9yrs)

Group Piano Classes are a great way to start an instrument. Fun-filled songs, rhythm games and technique activities develop beginning keyboard skills. Class is an hour filled with group, partner and solo piano exercises in the new La-ti-Da Studio Keyboard Lab. Children will also participate in fun music theory lessons, interactive singing and music games.

Recorder Karate Dojo

(Group Recorder 7-9 yrs)

Each child is awarded a colored bead hanging from a "belt" on his or her recorder once he or she completes the criteria for that belt. Upon reaching Grand Master level the child is awarded a certificate and "graduates" from Recorder Karate and may join the Recorder Club. Children will learn how to play the recorder how to notate and read music and rhythms.  Also taught will be basic ear training, music theory and some music history.

La-ti-Da Preschool Programs

   "Pre Discoverers" Preschool Music: Ages 3-5 yrs

           (in school or daycare classes/with preschool teachers)

La-ti-Da Elementary and Afterschool Programs

    "Lil' Discoverers" Music : grades K-2

             (in or after school/ no parent participation required)

    "Big Discoverers"  Music: Grades 3-5

             (in or after school/ no parent participation required)

    "Recorder Karate" Grades 3-5 

            (Recorder Classes where kids move up colored levels from "White Belt to Black Belt and Grand Master"as they learn how to play the recorder)

      "Recorder Club"       (for children who have become a Grand Master Black Belt in Recorder Karate) Children focus on playing multiple part music as an ensemble

ALL Adventure CLASSES ARE CUSTOMIZED

Private Music Lessons

           (Specializing in beginners piano age 6+, recorder ages 8+ and flute            students age 10+) See Private/ Group Lesson Tab at right

Island-Wide Interactive Music Programs

          (libraries, schools, childcare centers and more)

BIRTHDAY PARTY Rockin' SING-ALONGS

           (for ages 2-7)

Face Paint Extreme at your event or party 

             (ages 2 and over)

See all Birthday Party Offerings in our Birthday Section

La-ti-Da "Rockstar" Music Camps

         Music, Fine Arts & Creative Movement Inspired Kids Camp

        (details announced in camp section)

Why Is Music Education Important?
On average, children spend 23 hours a week watching television. Quality programs provide a healthy alternative where children’s minds can learn and grow. Every year our schools music education is minimized or cut out all together.
Most educators agree, music should be a part of every child’s curriculum and daily routine. Performing music can allow for self-expression and be an excellent creative outlet. Playing music in a group teaches the value of teamwork and cooperation. A quality music education can provide a child with intellectual advantages that last a lifetime.

Consider the following statistics:
1.    A 1999 U.S. Department of Education study (NELS) found that music students:
o    Were better at math than their counterparts, regardless of students’ socioeconomic status.
o    Were less likely to drop out, be arrested, skip classes, or be suspended from school.
o    Got higher grades than their non-music student counterparts
2.    The Texas Commission on Drug and Alcohol Abuse reports that “Secondary students who participated in band or orchestra reported the lowest lifetime and current use of all substances (alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs).
3.    A profile of SAT test-takers showed that students with coursework and experience in music performance and appreciation had significantly higher scores on both math and verbal tests.
In addition to the long-lasting benefits of music education, quality after-school music programs can provide a world of immediate benefits for our children and our communities. They achieve this in the following ways:
o    They provide a safe haven for children. Children are kept off the streets and away from gang activity.
o    They teach values and skills which help kids succeed academically and socially.

Welcome to La-ti-Da Music! Here are some guidelines for having the best experience possible with us:

Young children learn by observing and mimicking their primary caregivers. In music class the “teacher” is actually a guide demonstrating ways that you can have fun making music with your child. It is by observing you singing and moving with the music that your child will learn to do the same and to enjoy the experience of making music.

So, participate as much as you can. Sing with us, laugh with us! Regardless of how you feel about your musical ‘ability’, your child loves to hear you sing and will be far more likely to sing themselves if you do. It will also be more fun for you!

In a child’s early years, their brains are not yet capable of switching easily between speaking and singing. If you talk (rather than sing) to you child during class, he/she will either have to tune out the music or tune you out! So, please avoid giving spoken direction to your child. If your child becomes distracted, the best thing to do is engage them with your singing and movement and draw them back into the class activity.

Ritual is very important to children and our ritual of singing your child’s name during the “Hello Song” is especially important to making him or her feel a part of the group. If your child is not present for the beginning, he/she misses getting into the flow of the class and sometimes will not fully engage during the entire session.

It is natural for your child to roam a bit during class, so don’t be overly concerned if they do. They may want to interact with others in the group, explore the space and even be in the center of the circle. Since this is age-appropriate behavior, we expect it. Our only restrictions are safety-related.