Location

Levine combines the best of early childhood music education theory and creative classroom management to deliver a learning experience of unmatched quality and lifelong value. Our curriculum emphasizes learning through play with the conviction that enjoyment facilitates learning. We engage children in meaningful music experiences on a personal level, making musical principles accessible, internal and memorable.

Music Time for Babies and Toddlers 6-24 months (w/ parent/caregiver) - $375

This class is designed to not only provide babies and toddlers with unique first musical experiences, but also to support parents and caregivers with quality musical activities that reinforce learning and development. Musical activities include songs, chants, lullabies, wiggles, bounces, peek-a-boos and playing to recorded music. Specialized instruments for babies and toddlers are used, including colorful shakers, hand drums, and bells. Participants receive guidance on children's musical development, along with tools that support the creation of a nurturing musical environment at home.

Round We Go 2-3 years (with parent/caregiver) - $375

This class provides a wonderful opportunity for a parent or caregiver and child to continue making music together as they participate in slightly more complex musical activities, including singing songs and lullabies, chants, finger plays, wiggles, bounces, listening and movement. Call and response activities are introduced as well as activities that encourage creativity and individual contribution. Simple percussion instruments such as shakers, drums, and bells are used to enforce the learning of steady beat. Concepts such as body/spatial awareness, numbers, colors, shapes, seasons, family, and animals are reinforced through identification games and musical play. Participants receive guidance on children's musical development, along with tools that support the creation of a nurturing musical environment at home.

Instructor Youlee Dziuk: "My favorite part of teaching and sharing music with young children is to see them grow up—both in size and in their music making. Students start with us as babies and toddlers, and watching them begin to walk, talk, and become little people is truly amazing. I have students who have taken several years of ECEM classes and now are taking violin, piano, cello, and etc. and loving music. They often stop by my office to say hello and show off their tiny violins! I am lucky to call this my job."

BA in Piano Performance from George Mason University; Orff Schulwerk Level l, George Mason University. She currently runs her own piano studio, teaches for Levine and provides office support for the ECEM Department. She has performed in numerous recitals and concerts including Honors Recital and Jeffrey Siegel's Piano Master Class at GMU, and ECEM and Piano Faculty Recital at Levine.