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How To come together Click here to pre-register! - Tell your child(ren) it's time to make music, and arrive five to ten minutes before our scheduled start time in order to ease yourselves through a smooth transition.
- Place any toys, food, drinks or other personal items outside the studio space.
- Remove your shoes and offer to help your child(ren) do the same.
- Wash your hands and offer to help your child(ren) do the same.
- Mute your mobile phone.
- Make yourselves comfortable in our circle on the floor.
- Join in and have fun! This program is strongly based on parents' and caregivers' modeling for, and interacting with, children. There is no wrong way to express yourself; no one will judge you!
- Use your singing voice instead of your speaking voice when it's time to make sounds. This is fundamental! We try to make this 45-minute period of the week a musical immersion. When we communicate musically, the children learn the language of music.
- Be patient and observant when it's time to make silence. Often during transition times, children vocalize parts of the songs we've just sung.
- Enjoy your child(ren)'s free movement and self-expression. As long as nobody's disruptive or injurious, there's no need to intervene. For example, dancing is OK but running is not. Quietly step out of the studio space with your child if you feel it's necessary to interrupt his or her inappropriate behavior.
- Make sure you're familiar with the policies detailed below.
| When You're Not Here together, Sing the songs and play your CDs, at home or in the car, as frequently as is possible and enjoyable--especially during the first weeks of the session. Make the CDs available to your child(ren) during playtime or when it's time to sleep. Review your songbook to help yourself remember the songs--whether or not you read music or play an instrument. Try using your songbook in place of a storybook at bedtime! Read and re-read your copy of Music and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers, as well as the semi-annual Music Together newsletter Play Along, included as a registration benefit. Click here to read suggestions from Music Together LLC. 
| Make-up Class Policy We want to see you every week, but naturally we understand that scheduling conflicts may occasionally arise. When you notify us in advance at least 24 hours before your class time that you won't be able to join us, your absence will qualify as "make-up-able." In this case, you're welcome to contact our office and schedule yourselves for a make-up class at any other class time with available space (on a first come, first served, basis). Each family is permitted to make up two classes per ten-week session. Refund/Cancellation Policy When you notify us in writing before your class's first meeting time that you need to cancel your registration, we'll refund your payment after deducting an administrative charge. While we hope, and expect, to hold each class we offer, we must reserve the right to cancel or postpone any session or program that does not meet our minimum participant number requirement. We encourage you to register early since doing so reserves your space and also helps prevent class cancellations. If it becomes necessary for us to cancel an entire session or program, we'll notify you in writing and either refund your payment in full, or issue you a refund which is proportionate to the number of your class meeting times held by that point and the total number of planned meeting times for your class. Naturally we'll make every effort to reschedule any class meetings missed due to unanticipated circumstances, but we cannot guarantee rescheduling. |
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