Our Approach
For 30 weeks during the school year and year-round at our community program sites, the Prelude Music Foundation sends our music specialists to lead Pre-K and Kindergarten classrooms in weekly music and movement sessions.
Utilizing the Music Together® recordings and songbooks in playful, developmentally appropriate activities, our teachers ensure each class supports the cognitive, social, physical, and emotional development of each child.
Music education benefits early learners: infants recognize melodies before they understand words; strong connections exist between rhythm skills and pre-reading abilities in toddlers; song repetition encourages word usage and memorization.
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​​​​​Integrating insights from neuroscience, developmental psychology, and early childhood learning, Music Together authors Kenneth K. Guilmartin and Lili Levinowitz, Ph.D, created a comprehensive curriculum that focuses on how the brain processes and organizes musical material, how children learn, and how the surrounding environment can support this learning.
Cognitive Development & Problem Solving Skills
Physical Development & Coordination Skills
Language Acquisition &
Verbal Fluency
Preschoolers participating in the Music Together program made significantly greater gains in cognitive, language and physical development than did preschoolers who did not participate in the program.
Music Together program models are designed to support children in achieving basic music competence—the ability to “speak” the language of music. In addition, Music Together activities support children’s development in the following domains:
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Music Learning and Development
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Language Development and Emergent Literacy
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Social and Emotional Development
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Cognition and General Knowledge
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Physical and Motor Development
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Approaches to Learning
Despite the known benefits of music education, music programs do not exist today in most preschools and day care centers.
By age 3, children from low-income families hear 30 million fewer words than children from high-income families
1 in 8 low-income 8th graders complete a postsecondary credential
40% of third graders were reading at "Meets Grade Level" in 2018
47% of students in Harris County were considered "Kindergarten Ready" in 2018
Up to 90% of brain development occurs by age 5
