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Mixed-age Classes: All of our classes are mixed-age, family style classes for children ranging in age from birth through age five. Every class has some babies, some toddlers, and some preschoolers, along with caregivers. Additional adult relatives (i.e. grandma, grandpa) are always encouraged to join us as well. Younger children enjoy watching and imitating older ones, older children delight in watching their younger counterparts, and adults can bring different age siblings to class together. Each child participates at his or her own level in singing, moving, chanting, listening, watching, and exploring musical instruments. Even our newborn music makers produce tones, shake their hands, tap their toes, wiggle, and absorb what others around them are singing and playing. The emphasis is upon creating a fun, informal, intergenerational musical experience powered by the caregiver/child dyad. Our mixed-age class follows the recommendations of early childhood development researchers who have found that grouping mixed-age children together fosters natural, family-style learning.

Our classes are offered in 10 week semesters, each based upon one of the nine Music Together® song collections. Each Music Together collection is titled with the name of a different musical instrument, though it's songs are not limited to that instrument. Each collection provides a richly varied musical experience, including traditional American folk songs, world-music (i.e. multi-cultural) folk songs, and original Music-Together songs. The song collections are non-sequential. For each session we allow three make-ups. Please arrange make-ups prior to "dropping into" a class, as some our more crowded than others.

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Class Schedule Start Date Duration End Date Teacher

St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
1830 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20009
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Monday 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Sep 20, 2010 10 weeks Nov 22, 2010 Amy Ashley Despres
Monday 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Sep 20, 2010 10 weeks Nov 22, 2010 Amy Ashley Despres
Monday 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Sep 20, 2010 10 weeks Nov 22, 2010 Amy Ashley Despres
Tuesday 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Sep 21, 2010 10 weeks Nov 23, 2010 Amy Ashley Despres
Tuesday 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Sep 21, 2010 10 weeks Nov 23, 2010 Amy Ashley Despres
Tuesday 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Sep 21, 2010 10 weeks Nov 23, 2010 Amy Ashley Despres
Tuesday 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM Sep 21, 2010 10 weeks Nov 23, 2010 Amy Ashley Despres
Thursday 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Sep 23, 2010 10 weeks Nov 25, 2010 Mandy Wimmer
Thursday 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Sep 23, 2010 10 weeks Nov 25, 2010 Mandy Wimmer
Friday 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Oct 01, 2010 10 weeks Dec 17, 2010 Mandy Wimmer
Saturday 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Sep 18, 2010 10 weeks Nov 20, 2010 Amy Ashley Despres
Saturday 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Sep 18, 2010 10 weeks Nov 20, 2010 Amy Ashley Despres


All Souls Unitarian Church
1500 Harvard St., NW
Washington, DC 20009
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Tuesday 6:00 PM - 6:45 PM Sep 21, 2010 10 weeks Nov 23, 2010 Amy Ashley Despres


Joe's Movement Emporium
3309 Bunker Hill Rd
Mount Rainier, Maryland 20712
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Monday 6:00 PM - 6:45 PM Sep 20, 2010 10 weeks Nov 22, 2010 Mandy Wimmer


Past Tense Yoga
3253 Mt. Pleasant St. NW
Washington, DC 20009
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Wednesday 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Sep 22, 2010 10 weeks Nov 24, 2010 Amy Ashley Despres
Wednesday 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Sep 22, 2010 10 weeks Nov 24, 2010 Amy Ashley Despres
Wednesday 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Sep 22, 2010 10 weeks Nov 24, 2010 Amy Ashley Despres