Sunrise®
CHILD & PARENT CLASSES - LEARN FOUNDATIONS WITH STRUCTURE
Sunrise® students are 2, 3 and even early 4 years old and come to class with a parent or caregiver each week. Three sessions of 10 week - 45 minutes per class are available.
Sunrise 1
2-3+ year olds Byron location
$230 tuition + materials cost
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Sunrise® students enjoy new music learning activities in song, rhythm, and table activities each week as we journey along with our friends Teddy, Buddy Croak, Mellow Yellow, and Buzz. Many weeks we even have a related craft for the child and adult to do together!
Class time is focused on activities for growing pitch and rhythm matching, note duration, visual tracking, and growing foundations for music understanding with "Bigger Kid" activities than our Music Pups® classes.
A good indicator of readiness is when your child is showing interest in following along with a group at a table activity. For the 4yr children, consider the pace of the Sunrise program. It is not as fast to build concepts as The Sunshine 1 class would be for their age group.
Sunrise classes are 45 minutes long and meet one time a week for 10 weeks. With book 1, children receive a Sunrise backpack to carry their class materials to class each week!
Sunrise children are 2, 3 and even early 4 years old and come to class with a parent or caregiver each week. Siblings may only attend class together if their ages fit this class. Siblings do have a $50 tuition discount but not a materials discount as each child needs their own materials.
The complete Sunrise program is three 10 week sessions. Each Session we use one book, books 1, 2, and 3 each having a CD, finger puppet of one of our friends, and a rhythm instrument! Your Session Book 1 also includes the Sunrise backpack, book 1 and its materials, and tuition and fees for the session. Books 2 and 3 follow in the consecutive Session quarters with payment covering new materials and tuition. Registration for Sunrise is expected for the three sessions.
Class details for Sunrise 1, 2 and 3
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With Sunrise® 1, book 1, children receive a Sunrise backpack to carry their class materials to class each week including book 1 with digital download, a finger puppet of one of our friends, a rhythm instrument, and class and craft supplies!
Sunrise students enjoy music learning activities in movement, song, rhythm, and table activities each week as we learn with our Sunrise friends Teddy, Buddy Croak, Mellow Yellow, and Buzz.
Class time is focused on activities for growing pitch and rhythm matching, note duration, visual tracking, and growing foundations for music understanding.
Sunrise children are 2, 3 and even 4 years old and come to class with a parent or caregiver each week. A good indicator of readiness is when your child is showing interest in following along with a group at a table activity. For the 4yr children, consider the pace of the Sunrise program. It is not as fast to build concepts as The Sunshine 1 class would be for their age group.
Sunrise classes are 45 minutes long and meet one time a week for 10 weeks.
Siblings may only attend class together if their ages fit this class. Siblings do have a $50 tuition discount but not a materials discount as each child needs their own materials.
Remember, the complete Sunrise program is three 10 week sessions. Each Session we use a new book and music and grow our musical foundational concepts throughout the Sunrise classes.
Registration for Sunrise is expected for the three sessions covering books 1, 2, and 3.
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Sunrise® 2 students continue the same style of music learning activities with our friends Teddy, Buddy Croak, Mellow Yellow, and Buzz. We are growing our foundations for music understanding with activities in song, rhythm, pattern and pitch direction, crafts, instrument play, and visual tracking.
Sunrise children are 2, 3 and even early 4 years old and come to class with a parent or caregiver each week. Sunrise classes are 45 minutes long and meet one time a week for 10 weeks.
With book 2, children receive a new Sunrise book, finger puppet, and rhythm instrument to bring in their backpack! Siblings do have a $50 tuition discount but not a materials discount as each child needs their own materials.
The complete Sunrise program is three consecutive 10 week sessions. In Session 2, Book 2, we use a new book with it’s digital music download, a new finger puppet of one of our friends, and a new rhythm instrument! Your Session 2 tuition includes materials, tuition, and fees for the session. Book 3 follows in the consecutive Session quarters. Registration for Sunrise is expected for the three sessions.
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Sunrise® 3 students continue the same style of music learning activities with our friends Teddy, Buddy Croak, Mellow Yellow, and Buzz. We are growing our foundations for music understanding with activities in song, rhythm, pattern and pitch direction, crafts, instrument play, and visual tracking.
Sunrise children continue to come to class with a parent or caregiver each week. Sunrise classes are 45 minutes long and meet one time a week for 10 weeks.
With book 3, children receive a new Sunrise book, finger puppet, and rhythm instrument to bring in their backpack! Siblings do have a $50 tuition discount but not a materials discount as each child needs their own materials.
The complete Sunrise program is three consecutive 10 week sessions. In Session 3, Book 3, we use a new book with it’s digital music download, a new finger puppet of one of our friends, and a new rhythm instrument! Your Session 3 tuition includes materials, tuition, and fees for the session. Registration for Sunrise is expected for the three sessions.
Music for Young Children
The Music for Young Children® classes provide the best quality music education to young children by blending the pleasure and the joy of music making with sound instruction. Our MYC classes promote the happy habit of learning music so, much of what we do is in tune with the ages of the children. Adults, don’t underestimate the power of small sips of fun music learning for these young children. Our hope is to help each child internalize many music skills and then to naturally use them in music making now and as they grow.
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The child’s adult in class is an integral part of the program. The adults role is not hard. The adult is in charge of getting the correct page open more quickly than the child would be able, taking out and completing the putting away of learning props, and being the child’s “music page conductor” with the pointer stick on the music page while the child is playing a song at the keys of the piano. They also are in charge of the assignment paper and are to assist the child in 5 to 10 minutes of “music time at home” 5 to 6 days each week. Something magical happens with a simple short review every day. The child remembers so much more and feels much more confident in class.
Children up to 8 years old may enter the MYC music learning. The oldest children beginning MYC will enter in the Moonbeams or My Choice books. In 3 years they complete the skills and theory to begin private instruction in piano at the intermediate level or begin another instrument. Because the child has already gained many skills in pitch, rhythm, staff reading, and additional foundational skills they are very ready to launch into advancing piano skills or a new instruments’ specific skills.
When a child completes this program they are ready to prepare to take an international level 1 theory and/or piano exam, having experienced all the elements for the exam. For example, if a 2 year old child began in Sunrise at 2 years and continues in an MYC class each year, by the time they turn 8 they will have completed the foundational skills of piano and music theory and will be ready to study any instrument or to begin piano literature in lessons - Amazing! Through these years the children are having fun enjoying the happy habit of learning music.
A personal note from Karen Welsh our Chief Manager here at Mapleford. “I’ve started this focus of music learning late in my career and I am very committed to the need of very strong content in a playful and caring environment for childrens learning. My primary desire is to bring very strong foundational music content to children before the age of 8. As always, as life does, we are surprised that the path we choose becomes more ‘interesting’ than we anticipated. So to for me in creating Mapleford Studio LLC. In the back of my mind I always thought I would add more classes than just Music Pups but I didn’t expect All ages. I am thrilled to be able to maintain my commitment to strong content in foundational learning for all ages - and we have a lot of fun and support each other in the music learning journey.”