Our Beliefs

We believe that:

• The first 5 years of life are the most important for building a strong music foundation
• Parents and family are the first and most important music teachers
• All children are musical and can learn about rhythm, melody, form, dynamics and sound colors from birth.
• Young children learn best when they are free to explore and make discoveries, guided by supportive adults

Twinkling Stars Music Center is committed to consistently delivering top quality music programs for young children and their families, providing an environment that fosters parent-child bonding, and becoming an active member of the communities in which we provide these services. To be successful we will:

Music Together® is a music and movement approach to early childhood music development for infant, toddler, preschool, and kindergarten children and their parents, teachers, and other primary caregivers. Originally offered to the public in 1987, it pioneered the concept of a research-based, developmentally appropriate early childhood music curriculum that strongly emphasizes and facilitates adult involvement. The Music Together® approach develops every child's birthright of basic music competence by encouraging the actual experiencing of music rather than the learning of concepts or information about music. It began as an educational project of the Center for Music and Young Children (CMYC) in Princeton, New Jersey and is now being taught internationally. (from Music Together's Website - www.musictogether.com).

The Music Together® repertoire has been compiled in to nine Song Collections. Each song collection contains approximately 30 songs, chants, dances, and instrument play-along selections. The presented materials are mostly well arranged traditional folk songs, chants, and dances from many different cultures and countries, as well as, originally written musical pieces. There are nine complete collections of music, three per year, a wealth of music for your family.