Back to School!

 The First Note music program is now operating in 32 states and growing as both music teachers and classroom teachers are discovering this uniquely designed program.

 

CLICK HERE to order First Note for your school or classroom! 

 

A Heartwarming Surprise

for an Inspiring Music

Teacher

  After her school was burglarized, things looked grim for her music program. That's where Ellen stepped in!

 

   

Thank you Muckleshoot Indian Tribe!

 

Thanks to a generous grant from the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, several hundred more of our youngest students will be learning about basic music concepts, singing songs with their classmates, and learning about different instruments and cultures from around the world.  

   

    

Practice makes Perfect

By Tom Jacobs,  September 02, 2014 

Children from poor neighborhoods in Los Angeles who took regular music lessons for two years were able to distinguish similar speech sounds faster than their peers.

There is much evidence that poverty, and the chronic stress it creates, hinders the development of young brains. However, new research finds that one important aspect of neural functioning is gradually strengthened when underprivileged children engage in a challenging but fun activity: Music lessons. Pacific Standard magazine online (9/2)

Meadow Crest Loves First Note!

Earlier this month, the Children's Music Foundation delivered 4 more First Note kits to Meadow Crest Early Learning Center in Renton, Washington.  Erin Jacob (pictured) was preparing her classroom for the new school year, and the second year with First Note.

Meadow Crest  provides an inclusive preschool program for 3 to 5 year olds.  Children who are typically developing and those with special needs are served in the same classroom.

 

So Does Central Park!

 

"I have started using the First Note music program. I am really enjoying the informative lessons. The students are also enjoying the lessons. Students get to move, speak, sing, and play an instrument in each lesson. The program keeps students engaged.

I use this program with my kindergarten classes. I also have started to use with first and some second grades. I am really enjoying the First Note program. I am looking forward to future lessons." 

Robin Williams, Music Teacher, Central Park Elementary, Birmingham, AL.