Spark your child’s music journey
Early Childhood Music Pathway
TMC’s Early Childhood Music Pathway lays a
strong and essential foundation for their first steps as musicians.
The Tiny Circle
Music Appreciation (3-year-olds)
Develop the little musician in your child with The Tiny Circle – TMC’s music class for three-year-olds. Parent-and-child will both enjoy a time of bonding through music and movement, storytelling and music-based activities.
Each 10-lesson term is themed to help your child experience different aspects of music while learning about the world around them.
- 40-minutes per lesson
- Parent-accompanied
- 10 lesson modules
- 3 modules in total
- Home activities and playlists provided to create a musical environment at home
Fees
- One time TMC Registration Fee: $65 (including administrative costs, TMC bag and folder)
- Course Fees: $400 per module of 10 lessons
- Material Fees: $20 including all resources, booklets, home activities and playlists provided for the course
The Little Circle
Grow with Music (4-year-olds)
The Little Circle is a general music class for 4-year-olds that will grow your child’s curiosity and excitement about music making. Children will be introduced to music concepts like rhythm and solfège, and experience a wide range of music forms and genres.
The parent-accompanied classes are conducted in small groups, and sessions are designed to be loads of fun!
Objectives
- Develop singing, aural and rhythm skills.
- Develop gross psychomotor skills through music and movement.
- Draw connections between music and the world we live in.
- Experience parent-child bonding through shared musical sessions.
- Build creativity and imagination through music, storytelling and play.
- 45-minutes per lesson
- Parent-accompanied intially, transition to independent learning (non parent-accompanied)
- 11 weeks per term
- 3 terms in total
- Home activities and playlists provided to create a musical environment at home
Fees
- One time TMC Registration Fee: $65 (including administrative costs, TMC tote bag and folder)
- Course Fees: $440 per module of 11 lessons
- Material Fees: $20 including all resources, booklets, home activities and playlists provided for the course
The Junior Circle
Pre-Instrumental Course (5-year-olds)
The Junior Circle develops the budding musician in children, as they explore rhythm, singing and basic musical skills in preparation for instrumental learning.
The interactive group classes are tailored for 5-year-olds, to cultivate their interest in music, and develop creativity through music-making in a fun and nurturing environment.
Objectives
- Develop singing, aural and rhythm skills based on learned songs.
- Develop psychomotor and kinesthetic abilities through music and movement.
- Showcase imagination and creativity through performance.
- Explore a variety of pieces from different cultures, genres and periods.
- Discover various instruments through sound and play.
Learning Outcomes
- Sing in pitch, scales and songs using solfège.
- Aurally identify chords and tonality.
- Aurally and visually identify rhythms.
- Display kinesthetic and musical development:
- Improvise/compose short melodies using learned melodic patterns
- Be able to describe basic stylistic traits of a piece.
- Display basic skills in playing of learned instruments.
- 45-minutes per lesson
- 11 weeks per term
- 4 terms in total
- Independent learning (Non-parent accompanied)
- Home activities and playlists provided to create a musical environment at home
Fees
- One time TMC Registration Fee: $65 (including administrative costs, TMC tote bag and folder)
- Course Fees: $440 per module of 11 lessons.
- Material Fees: $40 including starter pack, all resources, booklets, home activities and playlists provided for the course.
- Xylophone Rental: $20
