Music Lessons for Kids (by IMS)
Our music classes for young children aged 1 to 5 years provide a playful and interactive experience that significantly contributes to your child’s development.
Engaging in music-making activities together strengthens the bond between parents and children. Through singing, dancing, and playing instruments like bells, rattles, drums, and tonewoods, the little ones can learn songs, fingerplays, and basic musical concepts. The best way to also develop phonetic skills!
Next Music Lessons 🗓
Every Monday starting 26 August
- 15:30-16:30 / 1-3 years olds
- 16:30-17:30 / 3-5 years olds
(without parents)
- One child & one adult: 25€
- Two children’s & one adult: 37€
(Prices per lesson – duration 60 min.)
Number of families/children per group: 10
(A minimum of 4 families/children per class is required to run the lesson).
Our courses are taught in English, German, and Spanish, ensuring everyone can participate and enjoy the magic of music together. 🎶✨
🎵 Music Lessons for Kids 🎵 (by IMS)
Early Musical Education:How it works and why it matters
Introducing children to music at an early age offers a multitude of lifelong benefits, nurturing a deep appreciation for music and making it easier for them to learn instruments as they grow. Early musical experiences also enhance language skills, improving vocabulary, pronunciation, and listening abilities, while supporting cognitive development through improved memory, pattern recognition, and problem-solving skills.
Our music classes for young children provide a playful and interactive environment focused on the joy of music, free exploration, and shared experiences. In our parent-child courses, we emphasize strengthening the bond between you and your child through musical activities, to foster a shared love of music and create joyful memories together.
Exposing children between the ages of 1 and 5 to music lessons can significantly enhance their development during these formative years.
Music stimulates brain areas including Broca’s Area and Wernicke’s Area (for language processing), Cerebellum and Motor Cortex (for motor skills and coordination), Amygdala and Hippocampus (for emotional regulation and memory), Prefrontal Cortex (for executive function and problem-solving), and, Primary Auditory Cortex (for auditory processing).
What makes our music courses unique?
- The combination of music played live on instruments by our music teacher, and songs sung in different languages offers you and your child unforgettable moments.
- Engaging the senses: Listening, feeling, experiencing, and exploring the world of music captivates all the senses and enriches children's perceptual abilities.
- Nurturing children's curiosity: Children are naturally inquisitive and excited by the unknown. Exploring various sounds, creating their own noises, and learning about different rhythms and instruments satisfy this innate curiosity.
- Enhancing cognitive skills: Music not only boosts concentration but also aids children in focusing and fostering logical thinking.
- Melodic Math and Linguistic Harmony: Recurring rhythms and melodies train mathematical and language skills.
- Fostering emotional growth: Music doesn't just ignite the imagination; it also deeply impacts our emotions. It has the power to soothe, dissipate anger, or articulate sadness. Thus, music presents children with boundless opportunities for expression and teaches them to navigate their emotions. Ideally, this realm of experience cultivates a positive self-image in children.
- Enhancing social skills: Collaborative singing and music-making bolster a group of children's camaraderie. They learn to interact, cooperate, and actively listen to one another.
- Promote motor development: Engaging in activities like dancing, singing, clapping, and making music enhances children's coordination and hones both gross and fine motor skills, while also nurturing a sense of balance. Early exposure to instruments cultivates dexterity and contributes to muscle strength and development.
About music teacher
Iva Jovanovic-Hoppe is a highly trained pianist and music educator, holding degrees from the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln and Folkwang Universität der Künste Essen. With extensive experience leading parent-child courses and teaching children, she is the founder and proprietor of the International Music School. Her mission is to instill in children a love for music through enjoyable, playful methods, all while nurturing solid musical foundations. Her professional approach creates a supportive and stimulating environment where children can learn and have fun simultaneously.
