RICHMOND —
The My Little Melody Musikgarten program helps children develop verbal skills, self-control, social skills, and most importantly, family involvement, said certified Musikgarten instructor Elizabeth Sartor. Family Music for Toddlers is a 12-week music education class offered in Berea and Richmond for children from birth to 4 years old.
Elaine Fehringer, grandmother of 2-year-old Ava Leone, said the class has really opened the child up socially.
"She is a very shy child by nature but you would never know it," Fehringer said.
Sartor said that in every class the children work on learning a steady beat, practice tuning their voices and learn to move to music in a rhythmic way. She also incorporates musical instruments as much as possible.
"They start to develop their capacity for music," Sartor said, which will become a “stepping stone” to related arts later in life.
For more details, visit www.mylittlemelody.com.
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During the start of My Little Melody Musikgarten class, everyone conducted and sang "Hello" to Camden Martin, 4, center, as part of the Family Music for Toddlers program Thursday at Bluegrass Dance Studio.
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Sully Long, 16 months, sits with his father, Nathan, and repeats motions done by Elizabeth Sartor, certified Musikgarten instructor of the My Little Melody Musikgarten class for children 15 months to 3 1/2 years.
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Certified Musikgarten instructor of My Little Melody, Elizabeth Sartor, sings a rhythm for Ava Leone, 2, to repeat as part of the Family Music for Toddlers program Thursday.
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During the Family Music for Toddlers, My Little Melody Musikgarten class, the children and their grownups sang, danced and played instruments. From left, Jennifer Wiggins, Avery Wiggins, 3, Nathan Long, Sully Long, 16 months, and Ava Leone, 2, dance with scarfs to a song.
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Easton Martin, 1 1/2, plays a drum in the My Little Melody Musikgarten class for children 15 months to 3 1/2 years.
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Avery Wiggins, 3, jumps into her mother Jennifer's arms during one of the group songs in the My Little Melody Musikgarten class.
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Ava Leone, 2, left, Elaine Fehringer, center, and Easton Martin, 1 1/2, all dance with scarves to a song for the My Little Melody Musikgarten class.
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Eliana Slemp, 2 1/2, sits with her father Kevin and plays a drum in the My Little Melody Musikgarten class for children 15 months to 3 1/2 years.
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