Glen Ellyn Family Music School
Early Childhood Music Classes
Piano Classes Kids Love!  

Class Descriptions


Free Musikgarten Preview Class (Birth-5s)
Register today!
December 3 or 10 9:30-10:15 AM
Birth-5s with parent/caregiver.

 


My First Piano Class For Preschoolers (4-5 Years)
Filled with hands-on fun at the piano, group games and activities, singing, movement, duet time, and instrument play, students are introduced to music and the piano in a positive, encouraging, environment.  

Session 1: January 13-March 8 | 45 minutes
Session 2: March 10-May 9 | 45 minutes 
$225/session | $20 materials includes binder, book, supplementary materials
A piano/keyboard is required for home practice. 




 


My First Piano Class Grades K-5 (K-5)
Filled with hands-on fun at the piano, group games and activities, singing, movement, duet time, and instrument play, students enjoy learning together in a positive, encouraging, environment.

Session 1: January 13-March 8 | 45 minutes
Session 2: March 10-May 9 | 45 minutes  
$225/session | $20 materials includes binder, book, supplementary materials


Piano Classes Kids Love! (Grades K-5) (K-5)
Kids LOVE learning to play the piano with other kids. Your child will be playing songs from the very first lessons and learning new songs every week. In our small group classes, students advance quickly with lots of time for skills development, instruction, game based learning, and hands-on fun. Music making with peers creates an energetic, encouraging learning community that builds confidence and skills.     

Kids leave their weekly lesson already knowing how to play and practice their songs. Weekly games and activities include developmentally appropriate rhythm, melody, harmonization, improvisation and composition activities to develop aural skills, note-reading, and musicianship. 


January 13-April 26 
14 weeks | 45 minutes weekly group class
$395* | $20 materials 
A keyboard/piano is required for home practice.


Babies (Infant -18 Months)

Play musically with your baby! Singing, dancing, movement, bouncing and rocking songs, wiggle and peek-a-boo games increase your baby's curiosity about music, develop listening skills, build a sense of beat and establish the foundation for singing and musical thought. Infant/parent or caregiver class. 

January 13-April 26
$260 includes materials | 14 weeks | 30 minutes weekly

 



Toddlers (1-3 Years)
Singing, moving, dancing, listening, patterning, and playing simple instruments will delight toddlers on the move. Rhythm and tonal patterns, drumming, musical games, rhymes and verses develop musical abilities, stimulate cognition, and motor planning skills. Child and parent/caregiver attend together.

January 13-April 26
$260 includes materials | 14 weeks | 30 minutes weekly 


Family Music (Birth-4 Years)

Singing, moving, dancing, listening, patterning, and playing simple instruments will delight the whole family. Rhythm and tonal patterns, drumming, musical games, rhymes and verses develop musical abilities, stimulate cognition, and motor planning skills. Family music making fun with activities for every stage of development. 

January 13-April 26 
$290 includes materials | 14 weeks | 45 minutes weekly 
$50 sibling discount | siblings under 9 months at time of registration attend free



 



Preschoolers ( 3-5 Years)

Nurture your child's developing creativity, imagination and independence in this delightful, seasonally-themed parent/child class. Singing, chants and rhymes, listening games, patterning, movement, dramatic play, instrument play, sensory exploration, and stories develop music and movement skills, self-expression, and attention. 

Spring: January 13-April 26 | 45 minutes weekly
Sun Catchers
$355 includes materials



Pre-Piano I ( 4-6 Years)

Music Makers Pre-Piano I: In year one of this two-year sequential program, students begin to develop a solid music foundation. Using the habitats of nature, children learn to express themselves through music and movement, create and play simple ensembles, are introduced to the orchestra and symbolic notation. Parents participate in the last 15 minutes of class.

This class meets for the academic year. Students may enroll at any time. during the course. 
Fall: September 3-December 14 | 60 minutes weekly
$390 includes materials

Spring: January 13-April 26 | 60 minutes weekly
$390 includes materials 



Pre-Piano II (5-7 Years)
Designed to build music literacy skills and develop symbolic thinking, concentration, memory and self-expression, Students explore music and cultures from around the world through songs, dances, stories, expressive and structured movement, instrument play and ensemble work. Students are introduced to the piano at the end of the course in the Spring semester.

This class meets for the 2024-2025 academic year. Students may enroll at any time during the course. Parents are invited to attend the last 15 minutes of class with child.

Spring: January 13-April 26 | 60 minutes weekly
The British Isles | Native Tribes Of North America
$405 includes materials


Private Piano Lessons (From Ages 4)
Kids LOVE learning to play the piano in these fun lessons. Your child will be playing songs from the very first lessons and learning new songs every week. Students advance quickly with lots of time for skills development, instruction, game based learning, and hands-on fun.

Kids leave their weekly lesson already knowing how to play and practice their songs.  Off bench time includes developmentally appropriate rhythm, melody, harmonization, improvisation and composition activities to develop aural skills, note-reading, and musicianship. 


A piano/keyboard is required for home practice.