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.