Musicologie Junior®

A musical adventure for toddlers and their adults

Toddler Music Classes in Lewis Center, Ohio

Musicologie Junior is a musical adventure for toddlers and their parents, guardians or caretakers. At each class, we’ll sing songs, move our bodies, dance to different styles of music, read sing-along books, and play lots of musical instruments while your child reinforces her naturally-developing senses of rhythm, melody, rhyme, speech, and movement! We’ll incorporate methods from Kodaly, Dalcroze, and Orff. Ages 0-5.

How Our Music Classes for Toddlers Work

At Musicologie we know that music lessons are one of the most impactful investments you can make in your child. Learning music improves coordination, language, reading and math skills. It nurtures our emotional and cognitive health. Studying music literally makes our brains bigger. We designed Musicologie Junior to be a fun and easy way for your little one to interact with others and meet new friends in a stimulating educational environment.

Musicologie Junior is a 40 minute experiential music class for ages 6 months to five years. Classes will reinforce your child’s naturally growing musical and developmental skills. Each class follows a set format with nine sections, exploring different elements of music making.

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Toddler Music Class Video Series

Get a taste of what Musicologie Junior is all about with part one of our Musicologie Junior video series below.

Preparation for Private Lessons and Beyond

Many people think music ability is something you're either born with or you're not. That's not true! You have to develop talent. You have to learn rhythm. The way to achieve that is to start music exploration early. Kids can learn to be talented musicians, just like they learn to walk and talk.

Of course not everyone is going to be a famous musician, just like not everyone is a great speaker or runner. But we all learn to talk and to run. In the same way, we are all musicians. We just have to tap into it.

Our class does that through an experience and play-based curriculum that introduces kids to a variety of fundamental music concepts and ideas. We touch on solfege, scale patterns, improvisation, movement and rhythm patterns, and even basic note reading. We also reinforce preschool concepts like animals and sounds, body parts, colors, counting, opposites, following directions and sharing.

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Is Musicologie Junior Different From Other Early Childhood Music Programs?

Yes, our toddler experience is different in a few key ways. First, it's mixed age. Bringing a sixteen month old together with a three year old in the same class benefits both kids. The younger one gets to see good behavior modeled in someone other than an adult, and the older child learns how to nurture, share and participate in educating the others. Other programs don't do this, not because it's not the ideal learning experience, but because it's a challenge to develop the curriculum and teacher training. Musicologie Junior was developed with this multi-age experience in mind with curriculum and teachers to match.

Second, it's hands on with real instruments. Each week has a different musical theme with an instrument to match. Kids get to see and touch and hear these instruments, and participate as they are able. We encourage a sense of exploration and fun with exposure to lots of instruments and music from many cultures and genres.

Want to learn more specifcs about the research and history of early childhood music education? Read our article about the methods behind our toddler class >>

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Musicologie Junior®

Experiential music classes for toddlers

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Private Lessons

One-on-one lessons with a Certified Teacher

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Accelerated Labs®

An innovative approach to group lessons

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RockStars®

Become a rock star! Join a band and perform live

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Our Philosophy of Education

Why Choose Musicologie?

We are driven by a set of unifying principles that guide every lesson, every class, and every interaction.

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We Start Early

Research shows the earlier you start, the more lifetime benefits you receive from studying music.

We Believe in Immersion + Exploration

All our lessons and classes are experiential and immersive, fun and exciting!

We Teach Life Skills

Music is awesome! It teaches so many things: emotional intelligence, discipline, self-awareness, motor skills, dexterity and more.

We Assume Good Intentions

We grow the trust, mutual respect and confidence of our students by assuming good intentions from everyone.

We Teach the Process of Learning

We focus on the process rather than the product, facilitating discovery rather than dictating information. We teach how to learn, not just what to learn.

We Encourage Mistakes

Making mistakes is what learning is. You try something, make mistakes, and try again. We encourage mistakes so our students are excited to take risks and try new things.

Our Responsibility

We know a student's success is our responsibility. It's our job to make lessons engaging, fun, and easy to be excited about.

Frequently Asked Questions

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At Musicologie Lewis Center, we understand you may have questions! We want you to have total confidence that Musicologie is the right place for you or your child to start, or continue your musical journey. So we've collected the most frequently asked questions about our music lessons, our programs, and what it's like learning music at Musicologie.

The Musicologie Method™ is rooted in two things: a safe environment, and education through play. Research tells us these two elements are key components of the way everyone learns, from kids through adults.

In music lessons, a safe environment means a place where you feel free to be who you are, encouraged to play the music you enjoy, and excited to try new things. Education through play means having fun playing your instrument! That's why it's called playing music! We use games and strategies to help our music students make serious progress while enjoying the process.

We know that you'll stay more engaged by learning music you love and you'll grow faster by using what you've learned in your lessons in performances. We'll take our own Musicologie Method, along with traditional method books like Suzuki, Alfred's, Faber, etc., and combine that with contemporary music you're excited about with the goal of performing in one of our ensembles, group classes, or at one of our concerts.

We teach all ages. Many of our students are between the ages of 5 and 12, but we teach toddlers and we teach many adults, too! Our toddler music class is called Musicologie Junior and starts at 6 months. Private lessons start at 5. We also have a rock band class called Rockstars where students ages 7+ learn to be rock stars and play at local venues!

We also have member workshops, open mics, and concerts for all our students, including adults! At Musicologie Lewis Center, not only can you learn an instrument from an amazing, friendly, certified teacher, but you can meet other musicians and join a community of music explorers!

Not for your first lesson. We have instruments at our studios you can use for the first few lessons. But after that you'll want to get your own instrument for practice at home. Your teacher will help you pick out the right one. We also have open practice hours so you can come in and use instruments and practice rooms at Musicologie during the week.

If you do have your own instrument, you should definitely bring it with you, as long as it's easily portable - leave your piano and drums at home

How to reschedule your lessons or classes at Musicologie

Managing your lessons and classes online is easy!

Of course! Here's how it works:

Log into your account at Musicologie.com
Find the lesson you want to change and select 'cancel' or 'reschedule' at least 24 hours before the lesson. Musicologie Junior and Accelerated Labs can be canceled or rescheduled up to 30 minutes before the class.
The canceled lesson will remain in your account to reschedule at any point in the future.
If you withdraw from lessons, you can no longer reschedule any lessons you cancelled.
If you re-enroll, any previously cancelled lessons will still be available in your account.

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Events

Music is the most fun when experienced together! We do much more than just lessons. We create an inclusive community of music explorers! Perform at a concert or open mic, or come to a member workshop.