"Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young." ~ Socrates

 

Greetings -

We’re thrilled that you and your child has joined us each week for a fun-filled, musical adventure. In each class we have been exploring essential developmental skills such as expressive/creative movement, playing and exploring different instruments, listening and echoing, pitch and tone through singing and vocal play as well as some drama and storytelling to invite imagination and ideas.

Lifelong attitudes and understandings about music are deeply rooted in the feelings and emotions we experience in early childhood. While all children are born with the potential to become musical, that potential must be nurtured during the early childhood years if it is to be realized in a lifelong disposition towards music.

Music is much more than an art form...music will make your child smarter. Plus, music has the power to make a beautiful human being not only academically – but one who will be an imaginative, creative thinker who’s sensitive, compassionate and warm. Early musical exposure and training is proven to develop language skills, attentive listening, memorizing and concentration, thinking skills and spatial reasoning. Plus, music is shown to help in Math, Science, Reading, History, and SAT scores.

We do not know how to teach “grace,” but we do know that music instruction can be a venue for bringing out the best in every child. Music itself can be a primary and facilitating force that draws on the most beautiful and imaginative part of a child’s spirit.

It is our hope that you and your child will share in a musical journey that will enable your child’s natural musical gifts to develop and experience a life full of grace and beauty

 

                                    UPCOMING EVENTS AND NEWS

 

Registration - Winter/Spring registration begins the week of November 17th for currently enrolled students and will begin November 24th for new students. Please register early to ensure your class preference for next session as our classes do fill quickly. We are providing two re-registration options for your convenience:

  • Online Registration – We will be emailing you on Monday November 17th a “secret” link for currently enrolled students only to register online.
  • Check – you can register by writing in the “for” space “same” indicating you want the same class/day/time, or write in the “for” space the new class/day/time you want.

Our schedule and prices will be exactly the same for winter/spring as they are currently.

The curriculum for next session will be:

Village – Hickory Dickory Tickle & Bounce and the Rhythm of My DaY
Our Time – Fiddle Dee Dee
Imagine That – Cities: Busy Places, Friendly places
Young Child 2 – Glockenspiel
Young Child 4 – Recorder

Holidays – there will be no classes November 20 - 25 and December 22 – January 3.

Snow – If our school district is closed due to snow closure, which is Issaquah, then we are closed. Classes will be operating if schools are open or running late. We will always leave a message on our voice mail specifying whether we are open or closed.

Make-up classes – Just a friendly reminder that if you miss a class and you would like to schedule a make-up, please EMAIL us at themusiknest@yahoo.com. Make-ups must be scheduled 24 hours in advance. In order to avoid overcrowding, we are unable to accommodate unscheduled make-ups. Thanks! 

                                     

                                                 THE MUSIK NEST
                                             www.themusiknest.com
                                                      425-427-0984