Little Notes · ages 6 months – 5 years
Music before
Little Notes is our parent-and-me program: 40-minute weekly circles of singing, steady-beat play, and small chaos, grouped by honest age tiers. $228 per 12-week session: $19 a class, with the math done for you, because that's how we do prices here.
What this is, and what it isn't
Little Notes is not instrument instruction, and we won't dress it up as if it were. It's steady beat, pitch-matching, and play: the honest prerequisite that makes age-6 lessons land. Close to an age cutoff? Come try a class free; we'll tell you plainly which room fits.
Three age tiers, honestly drawn
Wrens, Sparrows & Finches
Wrens
6–18 monthsCaregiver: on a lap the whole time
Bounces, lullabies, and shaker eggs. The baby does exactly as much as the baby wants: the singing is really for you both.
Sparrows
18 months – 3 yearsCaregiver: in the circle, hands on
Steady-beat games, call-and-echo, first scarves-and-drums chaos. Wandering off mid-song is developmentally correct and treated as such.
Finches
3–5 yearsCaregiver: nearby, fading back over the season
Pitch-matching, rhythm names, first turns leading the circle. Finches graduate into piano or violin trials when they're ready, and we'll say when that is.
Close to a cutoff? Come try a class free: we'll tell you plainly which room fits, and "split the difference for a season" is a real answer.
This session's classes
Four circles a week
| Class | Tier | Teacher |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesdays · 9:30 a.m. | Sparrows (18 months – 3 years) | Nora Vance |
| Tuesdays · 10:30 a.m. | Wrens (6–18 months) | Nora Vance |
| Saturdays · 9:00 a.m. | Finches (3–5 years) | Carmen Silva |
| Saturdays · 10:00 a.m. | Sparrows (18 months – 3 years) | Carmen Silva |
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The same schedule the class-visit booker offers: one source, no bait. Teachers are the same credentialed, background-checked staff on the teachers page.
40 minutes, mapped
What a class actually looks like
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0–5 min
Hello song: every child's name gets sung, every week, no exceptions
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5–15 min
Steady-beat play: laps, drums, stomps, the single most predictive early-music skill
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15–25 min
Call-and-echo pitch games, scarves, and one gloriously chaotic instrument free-for-all
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25–35 min
A quiet song and a story-song: the down-tempo half nobody believes toddlers can do until they do
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35–40 min
Goodbye song and the week's home tip: one thing to sing in the car, that's the whole homework
Visit a circle free: baby, caregiver, and all
Pick a class that matches your child's age and sit in on a real one. If the honest fit is a different tier, or just 'wait a season,' you'll hear it that morning with a smile and zero invoice.