Pre-Prep Rockstars: 3.5 to 4 years+

Pre-Prep Rockstars are our biggest boppers of all. This is a super fun group that continues our philosophy that all children are innately musical and parents are their first and most important teachers.

Your child will enjoy lots of creative play, school readiness activities and for the first time be introduced to formal music early learning.

We believe that all children are innately musical and we will work with your child’s strengths to bring out their best.

Music therapy research shows that making music with peers improves social, emotional and educational outcomes for all children.

And with school just around the corner, we offer a range of musical activities that will also help prepare your pre-schooler for school.

Learning through musical play

Pre-prep Rockstars is our transitional class where we take our boppers and continue their journey towards music education.

Your pre-schooler will begin to learn the basic elements of music – beat, pitch and contour.

They will do this through games as well as learning to play the ukulele and the glockenspiel. We’ll also introduce them to some basic music theory.

We make music, sing, dance and play instruments like we do in all our weekly music groups, in fun and child-led ways.

We want your pre-schooler to have fun with music. We continue to use music that is both age and developmentally appropriate for your child so we stick to early childhood repertoire and pedagogy.

Cognitive, physical and social challenges

Now that your child is older we add activities that are more challenging cognitively, physically and socially, with the focus on giving your child the opportunity to master these skills.

With school just around the corner, we focus on providing activities that will also help prepare your pre-schooler for school.

That’s why in addition to making music we play musical games that help your child work on problem solving skills, team work skills, higher order thinking, self-regulation and core strength, to mention just a few.

Your child will do lots of turn taking, listening and sharing too, as well as numeracy and literacy work through games, songs and books.

The super exciting thing about the pre-school group is watching your child learn about music concepts, rhythm and beat, pitch matching and melodic contour through a range of age appropriate games and activities.

They will also learn to play a harmonic and melodic instrument to support this.

Time to get your uke on!

Over the course of the year your child will get to play the ukulele and the glockenspiel.

The ukuleles are taught to encourage beat, and reinforce harmonic structure. They are also lots of fun, easy to hold and easy to play whatever the age.

For children with more advanced finger dexterity we teach them one finger chords so they can master some songs too. Your child will really think they are a rock star!

We add to this learning some basic music notes on the glockenspiel in note name and solfege.

Your child will learn crotchets, minimums and quavers and also become familiar with the music clefs and stave.

Finally, they will learn about different instruments in the orchestra and have a visitor once a term to come and play their instrument for us (including world famous players like Dr Rob Davidson from Topology).

 

Boppin’ Babies: Newborns to 12 months

Enjoy a beautiful, gentle, relaxing and nurturing environment that focuses on fostering and supporting your relationship with your baby through musical play

Rockin’ Tots: 13 months to 2.5 years

What is a Rockin’Tot you ask? It is a tot that rocks of course! This age group has a greater focus on making music with the whole body and playing a wider range of instruments.

Mini Mus-Ohs: 2.5 to 3.5 years

For older toddlers who are ready to explore music and their world in more sophisticated ways using their imaginations, and are mini musicians in the making of course!

Pre-Prep Rockstars: 3.5 to 4 years+

A super fun group with lots of creative play, school readiness activities and for the first time some formal music early learning to the program.

Combo: Mixed age children’s music groups

We offer mixed age groups, depending on the location (see timetable). This is particularly attractive for families who want their children to stay together in the music group.

Music Beat Kids weekly kids music classes for children and parents are charged in 10 week terms, payable in advance.

Our Music Early Learning Program is offered at Holland Park and Nundah. Groups run for 40 minutes and numbers are limited to 12 families per music group (one parent / guardian + one child). If you want to book more that one child please email us at [email protected]

Our music classes are age specific offering the opportunity for children to participate in age appropriate activities in age appropriate ways. Please check our Age Group Guide before making a booking.

Pricing for 2024 is as follows:

  • Term Bookings: $225.00 inc GST for a 10 week term ($22.50 inc GST per child, per session) if you book for a 10 week term. You can also purchase a Term Booking at any time during the term and only pay for the remaining sessions at the reduced rate.
  • Casual Sessions: ‘Pay as you go’ or one-off session bookings are available for $25.00 inc GST per child, per session (space allowing)
  • $20 Session Trial: if you want to ‘try before you buy’ you can join us for a $20 inc GST per child Trial session. One trial session per family. If you want to continue enjoying music with us then you must either purchase a Term Booking or Casual Session.

Please also note that if a lockdown is declared during the term we will offer Online classes instead. We cannot offer credits. Make up classes cannot be guaranteed due to Covid-related restrictions. Please note that makeup classes are not guaranteed and are subject to availability.

You can join a class at anytime during the term and you will only be charged for the remaining number of sessions of the term. Your fee will be automatically calculated for you when you Register.

Please ensure that you have read our online Terms & Conditions before booking.

Any questions? Please email us at [email protected]

Join us for a trial!

Enjoy a $20 trial session (inc GST) if you are new to Kids Music Beat and would like to experience our music groups in action.

You’ll be joining our regular Boppers so it’s a great opportunity for you to experience Kids Music Beat, meet our group leaders, and see the smiles and giggles as the children enjoy themselves.

But don’t take our word for it, read what our happy parents say about our program.

To register for a trial session, select your preferred day you’ll be directed to a booking form.  Choose ‘Trial – I want to try before I sign up’ from Select a Package and complete the registration form.

We look forward to welcoming you and your little bopper!