What is in curriculum later?

[MC_screenname]

We have been doing the Little Musician trial for the last 2 weeks and my little girl (who is 9 months old) has really been enjoying it. I'm trying to decide whether or not to buy the full program and I was wondering is the trial content the full extent of the curriculum or are there more sections available later on (second semester etc). Is the program good for just general introduction to music or does it help them specifically learn to read music (notes, key signatures etc). I don't have much in the way of musical experience but I know that when I did try to learn piano I really struggled to learn the music theory so I would love to give my daughter a head start in that department. Also I remember hearing in a testimonial that people can personalise stuff within the program, what sort of things would that be? Thanks in advance!!

[Skylark]

Hi MC_screenname, and welcome to the Forum! Nice to have you here.

Here are the s your child will begin to learn with Little Musician:

Sing in Solfege
Your child will learn to sing music notes in Solfege (do, re, mi, etc.), and develop the most important instrument your child will ever have - the voice box!

Develop a 'Good Ear'
Your child will learn to recognize notes and chords she hears, and thereby improve her sense of sound and pitch.

Sight-Read Music
Your child will learn to identify notes that are written on the musical staff, allowing her to be able to sight-read written notes and simple melodies.
Just a small example, we have recently started Little Musician with my 4 year old girl. This morning I pulled out music score for the "Sounds of Music" do-re-mi song that she loves. I wrote it on large music staff with very simple marking. She never seen this before and we have not done much ( if any) piano playing by sigh-reading written notes. She slowly but surely follwed the score on her own and played correct notes on the piano -- something I was not able to do till I was about 8 years old!

Sense of Rhythm
Through 'clap-along' lessons, your child will start to develop the ability to move in rhythm to music. 'Rhythm Syllables' lessons also will teach your child to sight-read music with different rhythms.

Musical Instruments
Your child will learn about all major instruments (string, brass, woodwind, keyboard and percussion) as she hears the sounds they make and sees the way they are played.

Classical Music and Composers
Your child will get acquainted with famous composers and compositions (baroque and classical, romantic, and modern popular classics) through the different classical pieces played daily.

Musical Keyboard
Your child will also gain familiarity with the musical keyboard and how each key corresponds with the different pitches and Solfege syllables.

That is in the 1st year of LMs lessons. BrillKids also planning the development of LMs year 2.

Hope this helps!

[MC_screenname]

Thanks so much, that covers everything. It sounds great, I think we will definitely be purchasing!

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