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Chord Theory

Certified Teachers

Solfege Ear Training

Age Appropriate Methods

Our introductory music classes for babies and toddlers in the Salt Lake area teaches our youngest musicians through instrument play, singing, nursery rhymes, movement, stories, games, and ear training. Sound Beginnings prepares students for kindergarten and other Let’s Play Music programs.

Education through musical play

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Pink Piggies Student Materials - $35

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All children are musical, they just need to be given the right tools!

We've Struck a Chord!

What Parents Are Saying about Sound Beginnings!

Sound Beginnings has exceeded my expectations. It packs so much into each half hour class with an understanding of what it takes to keep preschoolers engaged and interested in musical activities. I am convinced that Sound Beginnings and Let’s Play Music will lead my two young children to musical success.

Kristin C.

I love the Sound Beginnings class for toddlers because it provides a fun, structured environment for my children to discover and learn music. The lessons are active and playful and involve singing, movement/dancing, musical stories, listening, puppet play, and much more. We have so much fun at the lessons, but best of all, we can continue having fun making music at home because we attend together.

Lisa S.

Sound Beginnings is a Salt Lake City music class for babies and toddlers aged 0 through 4 years, accompanied by a parent or caregiver. We utilize songs and games to provide hands-on experience in important musical skills. The Sound Beginnings curriculum takes six semesters to complete, and each course is four months long. All lessons focus on unique concepts each semester and include games, singing, movement, activities, and stories. Each semester features a percussion instrument, specializes in three preschool topics, and uses foundational elements for learning.

Preschool Concepts

Taught Through Music

Why Sound Beginnings?

Real Face Time

Kids learn best when they feel nurtured and loved. This fact forms the core of our Sound Beginnings program. Through our music classes for babies and toddlers, we provide Salt Lake City area parents and caregivers with the tools necessary to connect with their children on a playful level. We encourage playtime at home and in class to build a framework for children to learn and thrive.

The Let's Play Music curriculum is centered in the teachings of the music masters Kodaly, Orff and Dalcroze.  These men were revolutionist who changed the attitudes of teaching music to children.  Their philosophies are at the heart of our curriculum and you will see their methodologies in each detailed lesson plan.

Zoltán Kodály

In the Kodály Method children are first introduced to musical concepts through playful, natural experience. He emphasized the use of the folk song in all early music education, stating that they are the ‘mother tongue’ for teaching music.   Melodic patterning, the repetition of certain notes in a row, trains both the ear and the eye to read the patterns on the staff.  Adding solfeg handsigns and syllables further enhanced the learning experience. He used both folk music and songs that are based on the pentatonic scale to help teach the art of singing in tune.

Émile Jaques-Dalcroze

The Dalcroze method, taught in his Eurhythmics schools, is another approach music educators use to foster music appreciation, ear-training and improvisation while improving musical skills. In this method, the body is the main instrument.  Students learn rhythm and structure by listening to music and expressing what they hear through spontaneous bodily movement. (I.e. walking to quarter notes, skipping to dotted notes.)

Carl Orff

In the Carl Orff approach, children are taught concepts through improvisation, composition and a natural sense of play.  He taught using folk music and music composed by the children themselves.  All musical concepts were taught through singing, chanting, dance, movement, drama and the playing of percussion instruments. He believed the order of instruments should be: 1. Body Percussion  2. Voice  3. Simple Percussion Instruments  4. Barred Instruments

(For example, our tone bell set is an Orff instrument!)

Let's Play Music was founded in great educational philosophies

Learning From the Masters

Program Costs

The Sound Beginnings program has two distinct costs: the student materials fee and class tuition. 

 

The student materials fee is paid online at the time of enrollment, and is paid directly to Let's Play Music.

 

The tuition fee for Sound Beginnings is paid to your local Salt Lake City music teacher in monthly installments. It is approximately the same investment as beginning piano lessons. For detailed information, please email your local teacher. Tuition includes parent training and communication, classes, teaching tools, and classroom instruments. 
 

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We train and mentor our teachers for three years. Find a certified Sound Beginnings music teacher in Salt Lake City today!

Foundational Elements

In class we read stories, practice our ABCs and letter sounds. we also are going to learn about weather, seasons, and words that rhyme!

We use our bodies as instruments to feel and perform a steady beat. Steady beat is crucial to developing rhythm skills and supports math skills. 

We are surrounded by correct signing on the semester CDs and in class. Students are encouraged to participate in appealing vocal play, make high and low sounds and use the minor third to learn to match pitch and sing in tune.

Fingerplay to nursery rhymes helps students focus on and enjoy fine motor movements. We also practice making the ABCs in sign language.  Younger students enjoy the observation and will attempt the skills which is great practice too! 

Full body movement builds muscle strength, hand/eye coordination and develops balance. Gross motor also connects the two hemispheres of the brain, promoting improved cognition.

We expose students to the finest music literature. Our "Smart Moves" dances involve the whole body in an enjoyable classical music experience. Each semester, we study the specific timber of different instruments and group them by family.

This class is for children and their "grown up" to enjoy together. We will focus on building and strengthing these relationships in class. We provide partner activities with intentional eye contact, trust elements, and physical touch to nurture the highly significant relationship. 

Sound beginnings includes research-based elements that stimulate growth in the areas particularly crucial to the development of the young child. These elements make up the foundation of the Sound Beginnings curriculum.

Explore our classes!

Learn more about our other curricula below.

Ages 4-6

Our flagship curriculum.

In our ear training classes, our Salt Lake City students ages 4 through 6 learn necessary foundational music skills.

Ages 7-12

An accelerated piano class for beginners ages 7-12. Students learn appealing repertoire from their very first lesson. Proper piano technique, ear training, chord theory, music history, solfege, and composition come together to produce rapid results.

Sound Beginnings utilizes research-based techniques to stimulate growth in critical development areas. 

Foundational Elements

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