Weekly Music Classes For Kids, Babies and Toddlers

Music Beat Kids (the home of Boppin’ Babies) offers weekly kids music classes for children of all ages, from babies and toddlers to pre-prep and kindy groups for young kids.

Our early childhood music classes are held once a week for 10 weeks during school terms. We offer our music classes at locations across Brisbane catering for groups of up to 8 families.

We provide a special time each week for you and your child to experience the magic of making music together.

We make music live and in the moment, we don’t ‘press play’ and crowd the environment with layers of sensory stimulation.

We sing. We dance. We play instruments. We nurture relationships and provide age appropriate multi-modal stimulation.

A Music Beat Australia teacher plays live music at a kids music class.

Enhancing Childhood Development

Our director, Dr Vicky Abad is a music early learning researcher and childhood development expert and her research informs our early childhood music programs.

Enhancing your child’s early development and nurturing their existing musical skills are the focus for our music therapists and early childhood specialists.

Our use of live music means your child can participate in their own way and at their own level and we can adapt in the moment to follow their lead. This way, the kids direct the learning that they experience.

This means your child can participate in their own way; be they shy or outgoing, whether they use words well or are not yet speaking, or if they are walking or not yet up and about.

Your child will participate in music making and music games that supports their development in so many ways:

  • social (greeting and farewell songs, turn taking, sharing),
  • cognitive (concepts, following instructions, listening and attending, imaginative play),
  • physical (fine motor instruments playing and puppets, balancing on balls and Bop Along Buddies, dancing to music)
  • emotional (regulation)
  • and of course musical (beat work, pitch, music concepts, contour)

Our music is played live

All music is played live and is voice led. This is because research supports the use of live voice-led music when working with children under 5 years of age.

It also allows the children to be the focus of the session, as our staff interact musically in ways that are meaningful to the children in the moment they can follow their lead if the music is live.

It is much trickier to do this with recorded music. In our music classes, children don’t just dance or play or sing along to music, they actually make music in sync with another person. This is when the magic happens… Being in sync is hard when the music is recorded because little people can’t change their rhythms to match yet.

Our staff will use their guitars to accompany their voices too. This adds a beautiful rich element of music making to our classes. It is almost impossible to not join in and sing along, move to the music and feel the influence of the live music on your body in our classes.

Live music allows us to really focus on sensory experiences and the integration of these experiences for little people as we include listening to, making, moving to and feeling music as well as seeing it through the instruments and props we use.

Even when we are focusing on activities that are not directly about making music, such as working on strength and coordination or self-regulation, we do so with live music.

This also means we are constantly demonstrating to you lovely parents how you can use music to achieve these things with your own voices when you are at home.

Miss Penny plays guitar at a Kids music Class

Parent participation

You are your child’s most important teacher and we aim to support you in this very important role.

You are the expert when it comes to your child. We provide the structure and expertise to allow you to be the expert musical parent. 

This is why all our music is played live and voice led, and we sing as a group to help build your repertoire and confidence.

We support you to participate in the sessions with your child through singing, moving to music, playing instruments and in improvised musical play. Sharing, and experiencing the joy of music together with your child.

You will come away with the knowledge and understanding of how music supports development and with practical hands-on ideas for using music at home to stimulate, calm and interact with your child.

Parents participate in music classes for kids at Music Beat Australia
A group of kids enjoy playing at a Brisbane music class

Choose a class that suits your child and family

Our music classes can be enjoyed in either age specific or mixed ages classes, so that you can choose what suits your child and family the best.

Research supports developmentally specific music classes that allow your child to participate in age appropriate activities in age appropriate ways.

  • Boppin’ Babies (Newborns to 12 months) music classes for babies are about you and your bub. We offer a beautiful, gentle, relaxing and nurturing environment important for baby development. Our focus is on you and your bub sharing a special time each week.
  • Rockin’ Tots (13 months to 2.5 years) music classes for toddlers provide a much greater focus on getting our groove on and moving to music. We incorporate movement that requires greater coordination, engaging and attending skills.
  • Mini Mus-Ohs (2.5 to 3.5 years) music classes for are 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+) offer a super fun class with lots of creative play, school readiness activities and for the first time some formal music early learning programs for children.
  • We offer mixed age Combo classes, depending on the location (see timetable). This is particularly attractive if want to attend kids music classes as a family, or want your little ones to interact with children of all ages.

Check out our Age Group Guide below and then decide what is best for your family.

Catering for all children

Our music therapists and music teachers have extensive experience working with children who have special needs, medical conditions and families from all cultural backgrounds.

We use music therapeutically to support families to participate and feel empowered within a social and community based program.

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

Our staff work in special schools and paediatric medical settings and bring these therapeutic skills to our program.

We also work with an early childhood education specialist to ensure our lesson plans and their implementation are developmentally and educationally linked to best practice.

An occupational therapist, paediatric physiotherapist and speech pathologist also ensure our content is clinically fine-tuned.

Any questions? We have probably answered them here.

Term 4 - 2021

Dates - Term 4 2023

Tuesday, 3 October – Friday, 8 December 2023

Wednesday

10:05amRockin’ Tots
13 months to 2.5 years
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11:05amBoppin’ Babies
Newborns to 12 months
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Thursday

9:05amCombo
Mixed ages
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10:05amCombo
Mixed ages
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11:05amBoppin’ Babies
Newborns to 12 months
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Friday

11:05amPre-Prep Rockstars
3.5 to 4+ years
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Location Details

North East Baptist (NEB) Church
25 Chapel Street, Nundah
(Corner of Chapel and Bage Street, Nundah)

Onsite parking, some street parking. Walking distance to Nundah Village.

Dates - Term 4 2023

Tuesday, 03 October – Thursday, 07 December 2023

MONDAY

9:05amRockin' Tots
13 mths to 2.5 yrs
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10:05amRockin' Tots
13 mths to 2.5 yrs
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11:05amMini Mus-Ohs
2.5 to 3.5 yrs
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12:05pmBoppin' Babies
Newborns to 12 mths
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TUESDAY

9:05amRockin' Tots
13 mths to 2.5 yrs
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10:05amMini Mus-Ohs
2.5 to 3.5 yrs
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11:05amBoppin' Babies
Newborns to 12 mths
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Thursday

9:05amMini Mus-Ohs / Combo
Mixed ages from 2.5 yrs
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10:05amRockin' Tots
13 mths to 2.5 yrs
Wait list
11:05amBoppin' Babies
Newborns to 12 mths
Wait List

Location Details

Holland Park-Mt Gravatt RSL Sub Branch

58 Arnold Street, Holland Park

Ample onsite parking with council parking next to the building.

Dates - Term 4 2023

Monday, 9 October – Monday, 04 December 2023

Please note: this is a 9 week term due to the King’s Birthday Public Holiday Monday 02 October

Monday

9:05 amRockin' Tots
13 months to 2.5 years
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10:05 amRockin' Tots
13 months to 2.5 years
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11:05 amMini Mus Ohs
2.5 to 3.5 years
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12:05 pmBoppin' Babies
Newborns to 12 months
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Location Details

New Heart Baptist Church

25 Lytton Road, Bulimba

Off street parking and street parking on Lytton Road.

The New Heart Baptist Church is located on the hill behind the bus stop on Lytton Road, access via the driveway.

Term 3 - 2022

Dates - Term Three, 2023

Tuesday, 11 July – Friday, 14 September 2022

Please note: Wednesday will be a 9 week term due to the 16 August EKKA public holiday

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.

Wednesday

9:05amRockin’ Tots
13 months to 2.5 years
Wait List
10:05amMini Mus-Ohs
2.5 to 3.5 years
Wait List
11:05amBoppin’ Babies
Newborns to 12 months
Wait List

Thursday

9:05amRockin’ Tots
13 months to 2.5 years
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10:05amCombo
Mixed ages newborns to 4+ years
Wait List
11:05amBoppin' Babies
Newborns to 12 months
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Friday

11:05amPre-Prep Rockstars
3.5 to 4+ years
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Location Details

North East Baptist (NEB) Church

23 Chapel Street, Nundah (Corner of Chapel and Bage Street, Nundah.)

Onsite parking, some street parking.

Dates - Term Three, 2023

Thursday, 13 July – Thursday, 14 September 2023

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.

Tuesday

9:05amRockin' Tots
13 mths to 2.5 yrs
Wait List
10:05amMini Mus-Ohs
2.5 to 3.5 yrs
Wait List
11:05amBoppin' Babies
Newborns to 12 mths
Wait List

Thursday

9:05amMini Mus-Ohs / Combo Wait List
10:05amRockin' Tots
13 mths to 2.5 yrs
Wait List
11:05amBoppin' Babies
Newborns to 12 mths
Book Now

Location Details

Holland Park-Mt Gravatt RSL Sub Branch

58 Arnold Street, Holland Park

Ample onsite parking with council parking next to the building.

Dates - Term Three, 2023

Monday, 10 July – Monday, 11  September 2023

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.

Monday

9:05amRockin' Tots
13 months to 2.5 years
Wait List
10:05am Rockin' Tots
13 months to 2.5 years
Book Now
11:05amCombo
Mixed ages newborns to 4+yrs
Book Now
12:05amBoppin' Babies
Newborns to 12 months
Book Now

Location Details

New Heart Baptist Church
25 Lytton Road, Bulimba

Off street parking and street parking on Lytton Road.

The New Heart Baptist Church is located on the hill behind the bus stop on Lytton Road, access via the driveway.

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!