​Sound Beginnings
educating children through musical play
For children ages 0-4 & their caregivers.

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Gold Stars

January to May 2027

8-12 children with their caregivers.

Classes are once per week for a total of 15 classes.

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REGISTER HERE

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Class time options:
Fridays 9:15am-9:45am

Fridays 10:00-10:30am

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Materials (purchase online at registration):

Semester Set: $35 - workbook, digital album and semester instrument

Sibling Set: $21 - workbook and semester instrument

$2.99 shipping/handling fee

*New families must purchase the Full Set which includes the Sound Beginnings Tote Bag*

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​​Semester Tuition:

 $195 for first child per semester.

 $75 for each additional sibling per semester.

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Deposits of $50 for the first child and $25/sibling are due by March 31st, 2026 to hold your child's spot in class.  The deposits are non-refundable and are put directly toward tuition.  Remaining tuition of $145 first child, $50 per sibling will be due at Lesson 1.

No tuition is collected during the online registration process.  Deposits must be submitted separately to Katie via cash, check, paypal or venmo by November 30th to solidify your child's spot.

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Registration opens November 1st at 8:00am Central:
 

1. To register for Gold Stars and purchase your students' materials: CLICK HERE
    

2. On your preferred class time, click "Enroll" and log in with the username and password from last time.  It is important to use the same login information, as the music privileges are linked to the Let's Play Music digital downloads app through your email address.
    

3. If required, Mrs. Katie's enrollment ID is 38729.
    

4. You'll then go through the steps to register and purchase materials.  
    

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Materials are shipped to Mrs. Katie so that she can do inventory and add the class calendar.

• All siblings ages 12 months and older MUST have their own workbook and instrument.

• All children, including newborns, who will be in attendance at class MUST be listed on the class roster.  Babies are free for the semester in which they are born; after that, the sibling tuition applies.
   

​​The SB Curriculum rotates through 6 independent semesters:

Spring 2027: Gold Stars

Fall 2027: Brown Teddy Bears

​Spring 2028: Pink Piggies

Fall 2028: White Horses

Spring 2029: Silver Buttons

Fall 2029: Black Spiders

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The Gold Stars semester description

This semester highlights many preschool concepts/skills, including

• planets, stars and moon

• telling time

• counting

• foreign language: Chinese

• lessons on traveling

• cultural awareness

• N-Z alphabet letters, sounds, hand signs and objects

We also study musical concepts such as

• the pentatonic scale

• keeping a steady beat

• loud & soft

• up & down

• high & low

• fast & slow

• rhythmic subdivision

• solfege names &
 hand signs

• singing in tune

• classical music listening

• accompaniment
 with bells

• instrument families

• vocal play

 

As in all SB semesters, we also cover

• letter names & sounds

• concepts about print

• tracking left to right

• exposure to ASL alphabet

• colors

• counting to 10

• identifying name sequencing

• listening to a story sung aloud

• sharing and taking turns

• parent/child bonding

• sibling bonding

• imaginative play & creativity listening

• group interaction and teamwork.

 

Sound Beginnings teaches these concepts by incorporating Literacy and Kindergarten Skills, Fine Motor Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Rhythm and Beat, Vocal and Pitch Development and Parent Bonding (how your child learns best!).

 

Classes meet for 15 weeks. Classes are 30 minutes in length.  Caregivers attend with their child every week.

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Learn more at https://www.letsplaymusicsite.com/sound-beginnings.

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