Philosophy

 We all benefit from music in our schools, communities and lives. We are all born with the ability to make music. If we are exposed to music and given the opportunity to explore than no note will be out of reach. Just as a child needs to be exposed to books for literacy, children need to be exposed to live music to play it, enjoy it and try it. In an ideal world, music education would be funded and offered in every school equitably around the nation. Mega Bloom classes are offered on a sliding scale basis.

Music education is similar to other early childhood classroom curriculum, it must be joyful and playful. Children play to make sense of their environment, the world they are socialized into and through play children begin to understand how they influence it. Children need to be able to move their bodies. Safety is always the most immediate concern so it is important for everyone to have enough space but it is never a requirement for children to sit still in Mega Bloom’s classes. It is important to  allow children to feel the rhythm of each song or chant and feel the beats in their bodies. All classes include fine and gross motor activities that are both suggested and guided.

 As teachers, caregivers and/or parents it is crucial we expose children to a diversity of music from different cultures and places with different tones, pitches, and rhythms. It is important to  provide children the space and the tools to try, to hold instruments, to experience them, to feel them and have the opportunity to play.