Over the Moon Music offers several different types of Music Together^® classes.

Mixed-Age Classes

This is the essential Music Together class, one that a child can attend from birth through kindergarten age--and through all nine song collections. This basic class follows the recommendations of child development researchers by grouping children of a variety of ages in one class. This approach fosters natural, family-style learning where younger children enjoy watching and imitating older ones, older children learn by leading younger ones, and adults are happy because the children in the family can go to class together. Each child participates at his or her own developmental level in singing, moving, chanting, listening, observing, or exploring musical instruments. We welcome the whole family to join in this important family music experience. One or more adult caregivers--parents, grandparents, nanny--can bring the child(ren) to class.

Babies' Classes

Every child’s development benefits from early exposure to music and movement. Because the early months are so important, Music Together offers two options for babies. Babies six months and younger at the time of registration may attend a mixed-age class, whether registered on their own or attending free with an older brother or sister. Alternatively, babies six months and younger may take a special babies' class offered as a one-semester introduction to Music Together. This class is given at the discretion of the director and cannot be repeated.

The music activities and materials in a babies' class are specially designed for parents who want to learn as much as possible about music development in infants. This type of class also enables parents to meet other parents of newborns and learn some fascinating music activities that they can recreate at home with the baby.

Guitar Classes for parents

In order to help caregivers learn their child’s favorite Music Together songs on the guitar, Music Together has instituted a guitar program for adults. This program is offered exclusively to families who enroll in a mixed-age or babies' class and to preschool teachers whose classes are enrolled in Music Together Preschool. In class, students learn basic beginner guitar concepts, including simplified chording, so that they may accompany themselves and their families as soon as possible.

Adult guitar classes are offered during the fall, winter, and spring semesters only. Classes meet once a week for 8 weeks. Students must bring their own guitar, capo, and current semester songbook.

Preschool classes

Imagine a school where music is an essential part of your child's core curriculum! A school where:

--Music Together specialists teach music and movement classes weekly in cooperation with classroom teachers.
--Classroom teachers follow through on the weekly sessions, adapting activities to their curriculum needs and interests.
--Recordings, songbooks, and teaching materials are provided for classroom use.
--Children “bring the music home” for parent/child musical play, sharing the songs and activities learned in school.
--Parents become involved through the Music Together recordings and songbooks given to each family and through special parent events at school.
--Children learn from the model of music participation set by both parents and classroom teachers.
--Children, parents, teachers, and staff make music together at school-wide events.
--The joy of extended family music at home and in school creates a natural circle of learning that builds parent/child, parent/teacher and parent/school relationships.

Over the Moon Music is currently providing the Music Together program in the Head Start/Early Head Start preschools in White Plains as well as at Crossroads Kids in Pleasantville. If you are interested in our providing the program in your child's preschool, please contact us.