Early Childhood Education

As part of our commitment to Whole Child Development, El Sistema Colorado offers music education for preschool-aged children one day per week at our music center. ECE classes offer our youngest students the foundational concepts of music education and supports development in the following areas: teamwork, leadership, movement, instrument readiness, following a conductor, appreciation for a variety of musical genres, and familiarity with orchestral instruments.

If you visited our ECE program you would see dozens of preschoolers…

• Shaking hands with their friends and teachers while singing a hello song

• Squealing when a new special instrument was revealed

• Dancing around the room with scarves to “Juba Dance” by Florence Price

• Taking turns rolling a foam ball back and forth to each other

• Singing “En la Pulga de San José” by José Luis Orozco

• Moving to music all around the classroom as they pretend to be farm animals

• Playing “1 2 Buckle My Shoe” as a team on their paper violins