Staten Island Family Music

Registration is now open for our 10-week FALL semester! Register now & SAVE!
The First 20 Families will SAVE 20%!

Happy Father’s Day to the dads who hold the hands and hearts of our little musicians!

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you who make our lives so musical!

🎶🌞 Join us this summer for a musical journey like no other! Music Together is the ultimate early childhood music and movement enrichment program worldwide. 🌍

🎉 Starting the week of June 25, we'll wiggle, giggle, clap, tap, sing, and dance to the Summer Song Collection, along with your favorite kid's tunes! 🎸

💫 Worried about missing a class or three due to vacations? Fear not! This summer, enjoy unlimited make-up classes, perfect for your last-minute plans! 🏖️

🎈 Hurry! Class sizes are limited. Register now to secure your spot in the class of your choice! Plus, be among the first 20 families to register and save 10%! 💰

📝 Have questions or are ready to register? Contact me anytime! Interested in Music Together but want to try a class first? Schedule a trial class with us!

🎵 Mary Aloia, Program Director SI Family Music
📞 718-207-1128
📧 [email protected]
💻 sifamilymusic.com

Let's make this summer unforgettable with music and fun! 🎶☀️ 🎵👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
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Happy Passover to all our friends and family!

Wishing all of our friends and family a Happy Purim!

From The Music Together Blog!!
Enjoy a game of "Freeze Dance" with one of the songs from your collection. Invite children to dance as the music plays. You can press the pause button at any time, and once the music stops, the children get to freeze in dancing positions! Up-tempo songs present different challenges than smooth and slow songs, so use a variety of songs whenever you play!

Tip: "Freezing" also builds inhibitory control, one of a set of important skills known as executive functions that develop rapidly throughout early childhood. (Learn more about how music supports executive function by visiting https://www.musictogether.com/executive-function

Have a musical weekend!!
💐 Spring registration is now open! The first 25 families to register will get $25 off their enrollment for Spring!!

We love when our grown ups really get into the music with the little ones! The little music lovers are taking their cues from you! Thanks for making the Winter session a blast so far!!

Just a reminder that we WILL be having classes this week! Be sure to use your bonus class passes!
If you have missed a class for any reason, please feel free to look at the schedule and attend a make up class this Winter session! We are always here to help!!

Our Bonus Class passes have been sent out! You can use these passes in 2 ways this semester. You can bring a friend to share in the musical fun or you can visit another class at any of our locations! Just give your pass to the class teacher!
We hope you enjoy the extra fun!! Have questions? Didn’t get your pass? Just reach out to Cat! She is happy to help!
(The bonus pass was emailed from [email protected])

Our Winter session starts tomorrow! There’s still time to join us!
If you have any questions about our classes please feel free to reach out! We are happy to talk to you about Music Together and how it will be a great addition to your weekly schedule!

Have your little ones gone through Music Together and ready to try something new?!
These classes are the prefect next step!
From our Staten Island Family Music Director and our SIFM teachers John and Kim comes Act, Dance, Sing! And Amazing Kids Theatre for your young performer!!
Classes start tomorrow! If you need to start next week just let us know! If you have any questions please text Cat at 646-321-3449!

Tomorrow is National Kazoo Day!! Do you have one?! Post a video of you playing and tag us in it!! We’d love to share it with our Staten Island Family Music Community!!

Hello Everybody!!
It’s Cat from Staten Island Family Music.
Our Winter session starts next week! Registration is still open. We have a few new class days and times that can be seen on our website. Feel free to text for more information.
We have an all new Babies class for infants; newborn - 8 months and the grownups who love them!
All families registered for the winter session will receive 2 BONUS CLASS PASSES! These will allow you to attend 2 additional classes (*anytime/location) during the Winter semester or you can use them to bring a friend to class!  You will receive the pass via email and will present the pass to the teacher of the extra class. 
As always, if you have any questions please feel free to reach out! We are happy to help.
We can't wait to see you!
*Babies class excluded. Classes marked FULL require advanced notice for bonus class attendees.

Did you know when you register for Winter 2023 you will receive 2 Bonus Class passes!?! You can use these to attend another *open class, at any location with any teacher!
OR
You can use it to invite a friend to share the Music Together experience with you!
Classes start the week of January 31st and run for 10 weeks!

*This excluded classes that are “FULL”, and Babies classes unless your child is age New born-8 months old.

Calling All Babies!!

Special BABIES Class
For Infants; Newborn - 8 months & the Grown-Ups who love them!

4-Week Introductory Class
Sundays @ 10am starting February 5, 2023 at Spotlight Studios, 358 Forest Avenue
SIFamilyMusic.com

Making Music Together memories just got more accessible!!
🗓 New class time and days!
👶New babies class for families with babies new born - 8 months!
🎁 All families who register for the Winter session will receive 2 bonus class passes to attend another class at any time or location! (excluding the babies class newborn to 8 months only)

Our Winter session begins on January 31st!
Are you registered? Visit our website for new classes, new times and new days!!

Happy New Year to you and all who you hold dear!

Fall registration for Music Together is open! Today is the last day to register before the price increase on Tuesday, August 16th. Register today to lock in the old price and secure your spot in the class of your choice! We can’t wait to kick of the Fall Flute semester with you!

Registration is open!! Tomorrow, August 15th is the last day to register before before the price increase on August 16th. Register today to secure your spot and save!
Check your e-mail for details and don’t forget to add us to your contacts so you don’t miss any news!!

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Creating Harmony: How Music Can Support Social Emotional Development Posted April 23, 2019

From the Music Together Blog Making music with your child can be so much fun for both of you, whether you’re singing along to the radio in the car, jamming on plastic bowl “drums,” or dancing to songs on your iPod. Plus, music-making helps your child’s development in many important ways. The best part? You don’t have to have a great singing voice or play a musical instrument to have an impact. The simple and enjoyable act of making music with your child naturally fosters important social and emotional skills, such as self-regulation, self-confidence, leadership skills, social skills, and socio-emotional intelligence.

Singing and dancing together led to increased empathy (the ability to understand and even share in the feelings of others) for the children with whom they were making music. Even in infancy,[ii]adult-child music and movement interactions can lead to better communication and increased emotional and social coordination and connection, both rhythmically and emotionally, between the adult and the child. Researchers propose this might support infants’ earliest abilities to engage in positive social interactions with others.

To lear more visit https://www.musictogether.com/blog
To experience Music Together for your self visit https://www.sifamilymusic.com/ Fall registration is now open!

Registration for our Fall semester is open! Don’t delay! Register today to ensure your spot in the class that works best for your family! We can’t wait to make Music Together again!

Did you know that we have all types of caregivers that bring their little ones to Music Class?! Mom, dad, grandparents, aunts, uncles, even babysitters! It’s such a fun way of playing and growing together!

From the Music Together Blog posted July 26, 2017
Making Music Together: Building Connections in Mind, Body, and Soul
At one point or another, we have all experienced the connection and bonding that can arise when making music or dancing with another person or in a group.

Maybe it was singing in a choir or singing as a family in the car. Maybe it was dancing the “Electric Slide” at a wedding, chanting a sports anthem in a stadium, or making music in your Music Together class.
..research suggests that these benefits extend to young children as well. Preschoolers who engaged in joint music and movement activities showed greater group cohesion, cooperation, and prosocial behavior when compared to children who did not engage in the same music activities. The increased empathy and commitment (feeling of “we”) observed in the children in the music-making group was theorized to emerge from the shared intentions and collective goal of singing and dancing together. Even in infancy, adult-child music and movement interactions can lead to increased coordination and connection, both rhythmically and emotionally, between adult and child. Researchers now propose this might support infants’ earliest abilities to engage in positive social interactions with others.
To learn more about bonding and Music Together classes visit www.musictogether.com/blog

Staten Island Family Music teacher and superstar, Kim will be rocking out this weekend in the Spotlight Repertory Theatre’s production of Scool of Rock! Join in us in wishing her a great run!!

Meet Spotlight Repertory Theatre’s School of Rock, Theo from No Vacancy, and Mrs. Hathaway played by Kim Fiorello!! Kim is a real life rock star! She is a director with Spotlight Theatre Company and a Staten Island Family Music teacher! You can say she brings music wherever she goes!

Friday, July 15th is opening night! 4 shows over the weekend! Don’t miss this one of a kind event! Tickets available at spoltighttheatresi.org

There is still time to register! Our 6 week session starts tomorrow! Classes are filling up. Register today to secure your spot! We can wait to make music with you!
Did you know that if you miss a class you can make it up!?! So don’t worry if you have to miss a class due to a fabulous vacation!

Happy Birthday to Our very own Mary!! Thank you for bringing music to Staten Island families for over 20 years! You are loved!! 💖💖💖

Keep the musical momentum going!! Join us for a summer of singing, dancing, and memory making!! Swipe to see class times and locations. Have questions?! Please feel free to reach out to us!!

From Music Together Music LLC - Together® Supports Early Brain Development 2012
Infant neurological development is stimulated through ‘purposeful touch’ and is optimally effective when accompanied by face-to-face, responsive interactions. For an infant, tactile and kinesthetic stimulation of their millions of sensory cells can help to release important chemicals in the brain and decrease heart rate, blood pressure, and the stress hormone cortisol, which can be particularly damaging in infancy. Appropriately stimulating touch can also enhance muscular coordination and tone; promote regulation of the digestive, respiratory, and circulatory systems; and strengthen the bond between a caregiver and infant. On a practical level, this touch stimulation can calm an infant and help him sleep betteriii. The adult-infant interactions in a Music Together class are grounded in the understanding of the developmental benefits of ‘purposeful touch’ for the infant. Parents and caregivers can learn about the positive benefits of tactile and kinesthetic stimulation in early infancy through musically and rhythmically engaging interactions, where purposeful touch helps to stimulate their infant’s neurological development.

From the Music Together Blog Music + Your Baby: Talking or Singing? Dated March 31, 2021
Parents are sometimes surprised to hear that they can start Music Together® classes with their babies as soon after birth as they’d like. That’s because all children are born music-makers. Yes, your baby’s cries, coos, and squeals are also their first attempts at singing! How do babies go from “aahh!” to “do, re, mi”? Like all early learning, it starts with parent and caregiver support.

Think about how children learn language. Babies are not born with the ability to speak their language; rather, they are born with the potential to learn to speak their language. It’s only through prolonged exposure to language and practice making sounds (babbling) that children acquire language competency. The same is true for music-learning. We’re all born with the potential to learn music—and with lots of exposure to music and chances to practice musical sounds, we can each learn to sing in tune and move with accurate rhythm.

The good news? You can support your child’s music development the same way you do their language development: through reinforcement and play. When a baby first says “da-da,” we typically react with lots of positive feedback and echo back “da-da!” This instinctive response reinforces the baby’s first attempts at speaking, which leads to more babbling with their grownups, and eventually, language fluency. When you reinforce their early singing, too, your baby will also become fluent in music-making!
Read more at musictogether.com!