For both children and adults, it’s easiest to learn new things when they relate directly to something in our lives. In educational jargon, we call this concept “meaningful context.”

Fáilte! That is Gaelic for “Welcome” and is pronounced “FAHL-cheh!” Explore the Irish song and dance of “Feed My Doggie” by Ms. Marilee!

Even if some days the war of the vegetables is lost, you can rest easy after reading this - knowing your child’s musical nutrition is top-notch. 

Did you know that Beethoven was deaf? By the time he wrote “Ode to Joy” he couldn’t hear a single note! Check out this week's blog for mind-blowing Beethoven facts and an excellent version of "Ode to Joy" by Beaker the Muppet 😂

Immersion in music is the best technique for nurturing your child’s music development.

Did you know that for more than a century, scientists didn’t think Brontosauruses actually existed? Did you know that we recorded a new song called Apatosaurus to replace it? So much to learn on this week's blog!

This week our Song of the Week is going south of the equator to New Zealand! Come learn more about "Paki Paki" and get your warrior face ready!

This week our Song of the Week is getting personal. Ms. Emily wrote this post to share firsthand how she and her husband (and fellow TMC teacher), Zac wrote the song! She also gives us a video sneak peek inside the recording studio!

Ages four and five are a super-exciting stage where children start to reach the ultimate goal of "Independent Music Accuracy." Not sure what that means? Read on!

Twos and threes are an amazing age to watch developmentally. Children will start singing and keeping the beat with increasing accuracy, and begin to create music by themselves!

Music development from birth to age 5 is a wonderful process to watch unfold if you know what to look for! This blog mini-series details what to expect at each age level and developmental stage, starting with infants and one-year-olds.

Our last Monkey Collection blog this spring is about “Halfway Down the Stairs.” “Halfway Down the Stairs” is a poem written by A.A. Milne, the author of Winnie the Pooh! So it was only fitting to make this week’s blog a poem. Enjoy!

Please enjoy this list of the top 10 most fun, practically useful food songs for kids!

This week’s blog is a celebration of animal songs! Get ready to sing about all of the animals that are important to your family, whether they are pets, toys, or imaginary friends!

This week’s blog will be a short and sweet one about clothing songs. Why? Because it’s wonderful to get some musical learning in when you’re doing something that is a necessary part of your day, like getting dressed in the morning!

Get out your rain boots, open your umbrella, and prepare to SING! We bring you “The 10 Best Child-Friendly Songs About Rain, by Ms. Raina"

This blog is all about bath songs for kids that grownups will enjoy too! Check out our list of 6 videos that both you and your child will enjoy singing along to - and then go use them to make bath time more musical!

As parents, we all know that we should listen to music with our kids. But what kind of music should we listen to? And what are the benefits?

We curated all of the information about lullabies into an alphabetically-organized list complete with our usual cute kid cameos. Also featured: incredible video on music’s affect on your baby’s brain, and how to stream our entire Lullaby Collection!

On the blog, we’ll be focusing on ways to use music in your everyday life. First up, color songs! All day long your kids are surrounded by colors, so why not sing about them!? Read on for a list of 6 convenient color songs to try today!

It’s now 25 years since I created The Music Class, and with this milestone I figured it was a good time to reflect.

It's amazing the impact of The Music Class on our family. He can’t make himself a sandwich, but he can sing every Music Class song over a decade and a half later.

The Music Class was the beginning of a non-stop musical adventure.

Friends - gather ‘round and do some stretching, it’s time for the cancan! Some facts about the cancan might surprise you! Read on to find out!

Did you know Stevie Nicks’ granddad sang “Red River Valley” to her when she was little? Call up your grandparents and check out this week’s blog with the whole family for amazing lullaby inspiration!

Presenting a Playlist of Pure joy: the ABC’s Sung by Sesame Street and Some Spectacular 90’s Stars. Watch. Smile. Enjoy.

The Bugs Blog is here! Has the tension been building - wondering why TMC wrote a song like this? Why does it sound so unsettling?! Read all about diminished chords on this week's blog!

“You should be a Music Class teacher,” my friend Bretta said, as we walked on the path singing songs from The Lion Collection with our two-year-olds. Little did I know, that comment would spark an idea that became a reality three years later.

Today we are celebrating Mexican folk music and dance with our Song Of The Week, “La Raspa!” Read on for the amazing music, the amazing dresses, and AMAZING TINY BABIES DANCING!

“There is no musical or performing arts background in either of our families at all, but all three of our kids have gravitated that way, and I can't help but think The Music Class was a huge influence.”

"The Music Class truly was life-changing for Thomas and our family. We always knew Thomas was pretty musical, but TMC was able to help him tap into abilities that still surprise us every day."

We sat down for a quick question and answer session with our founder, Rob Sayer!

The song “My Horse” is super cool because it mimics the way horses cantor in triple meter and trot in duple meter!

On The Bunny Collection recording, we have 2 songs that are laser-focused on helping young children practice the basic ideas of pitch. The songs are “Harp!” and “Up and Down!”

"Go Mommy" is a special kind of song because it’s written in a mixed meter. What’s a mixed meter, you ask? Check out this blog to find out!

Mr. Talker and the Walker has to be one of The Music Class’s most unusual songs. We can classify it as a free-form poem or musical story!

It's time for the Bach Ball Blog - in Bullets! Enjoy!

Polly Put The Kettle On was originally published as a simple nursery rhyme in 1803. Then The Music Class turned the song into a Brazilian Bossa Nova - and one of our perpetual favorite tunes!

It seems incredible that this song that is so recognizable to generations of Americans – has no definitive meaning. So what DO we know about this iconic song? Read on to find out!

To celebrate the multicultural family that is The Music Class, today we’re going to look at The Wheels on the Bus in as many different languages as we can fit on one page!

If you have ever attended The Music Class with your kids, chances are “I’m So Happy” will now be stuck in your brain for the rest of the day. Did you know there’s an actual reason that the song is so “sticky”?

We strive to make Music Class a safe space for families of all races/ethnicities. So, we challenged ourselves to ensure that our music was free of songs with racist connotations/history through a thorough review of our song library! Read on to learn more!

Music from around the world is spectacular, but even more special is music that is out of this world. That’s right folks, this week’s blog is all about space ships, astronauts, planets, and the music they inspire. Read on for songs about space!

The Song of the Week is “Lost My Sneakers:" our adaptation of a Jamaican folk song! Read on to learn about the 19-year-old woman taking the reggae world by storm, the “King of Ska” Derrick Morgan, and an At Home Reggae Fest!

According to Mr. Rob, “Teddy Bear is one of the most musically interesting songs on The Bear Collection - you have to do it!” So without further ado, let's get into some of Mr. Rob's favorite things.

This week’s blog is going to Spain! Swinging (Malagueña) features a beautiful traditional melody and some rocking flamenco guitar. Check out the post to learn more about the style, the instruments, and more!

"Doggie's Breakfast" is our Greek Song Of The Week! Head to the blog to try counting along with all the amazing styles and meters of traditional Greek dance!

The Song Of This Week is “I Can March,” The Music Class’s adaptation of a children's song from Paraguay! You seriously don't want to miss this week's blog all about the Paraguayan polka and Paraguayan harp. For real, it's fascinating.

There's a theme for the blog this session: Music from Around the World! We're going to use one song from The Bear Collection to highlight a different country each week. First up is "A Ram Sam Sam" from Morocco! Check it out!

Most of us don’t pay as close attention to a song without words. So, this week we have a listening scavenger hunt of kazoos, duck quacks, train whistles and a gong all within the song “Toot Toot Tootsie!” Try to play and find them all!

This song is about instruments that are cool! So, we made you a video of teachers showing off their favorite cool instruments! Click through to enjoy!

This Song of the Week is “Mommy Yak”! Click on over to watch two Music Class kids ecstatically singing “Mommy Yak” while riding real yaks, and stay to learn how to identify all of the traditional Asian instruments used in the recording!

Ms. Raina couldn’t decide what to do for this week’s blog on Forever Friends, so she wrote a poem. ??‍♀️ Grab your kids and their blankies and enjoy!

This blog has a cacophony of links to explore relating to the song's 2 educational goals, so don’t miss the ballroom dancing, Egyptian percussionists, or amazing musical marble machine! (It all ties together - we promise.)

Johnny Giraffe is an indisputable all-time favorite song. Want proof? Just look at how your kids start moving as soon as you turn it on! This week’s blog is all about learning music through movement and features some excellent cute kid video examples!

This blog features the folk tune “Mole in the Ground” and Ms. Raina’s amazing students singing their own versions of the song! Check out the blog for some banjo, some AMAZING cute kids, and some inspiration do it yourself!

Thi Song of the Week features “Sravana,” a South Indian melody that features the Tabla drums. If your child likes drums, you have to watch the amazing videos of Tabla players chanting their rhythmic patterns before performing featured on the blog!

Attention! It’s time to sing about (and play with) toys and dogs! Check out this post on “You Can Play Too” for step by step instructions on making music meaningful with your favorite toys/pets.

This Song of the Week is a tale of a little kid who grew up in a house full of music and loves the song “Elephants on the Web.”

This blog walks us down memory lane with Judy Garland, barbershop quartets, and sayings like “Tootsie Wootsie.” It’s our “Summer Medley"! There’s no wrong way… to eat a Reeses or to enjoy this blog.

Welcome to the first Dolphin Collection Song Of The Week! Today we’re going to do some fun facts about “Triumphal March from Aida.”

Here’s a really fun way to practice tempo with your kids! We took “Little Bird” and changed the tempo so that you can practice dancing to different tempi! Grab your kiddos and get ready to dance!

This week’s blog is all about the ridiculous, hilarious, and effective things we do to get our kids’ attention. Read it now!

The Song of This Week is “Bunny Bunny” and it is perfectly topical for a few reasons, read more to find out what they are!

The Song of this Week isn’t really a song. This week's blog has you covered both with cute videos and answers to all of the things about this iconic Music Class activity: WHY patterns are an educational powerhouse, HOW to practice with your kid, and MORE!

This week I thought the most helpful thing to write about would be some At Home activities to occupy your At Home kids, and what could be a better fit than making your own musical instruments?!

I'm sharing this post with you all in the midst of the Covid-19 outbreak, which means that if you're like me, you are looking for at home workouts! This is why I'm so happy to share this blog with all you families out there who need workouts you can do WI

The reason Elephant is such a cool song is that it features the Phrygian scale. This is a super unusual scale, and I had a hard time finding recognizable song examples to share. But persevere I did, these challenges are irrelephant.

It’s a new Music Class session, a new season, and a new world-wide viral epidemic? Our SOTW has some surprising tie-ins to the Coronavirus (and also spiders?), check this post out to find out more!

Guest author today for our first edition of "Family Spotlight". The Wallace Family was kind enough to share their awesome and unique Music Class journey with us!

Many of the visitors to our blog know about our classes in Atlanta. But did you know that there are teachers all over the WORLD bringing TMC into their communities?! Read more to take a tour of TMC around the world!

If you've noticed that your child is unknowingly trying some yoga or if you love yoga and want to introduce it to your kiddo - this post is for you.

Traveling with little ones can be one of the most stressful aspects of the holiday season. We are bringing you some tried-and-true tips to make your trip both enjoyable AND musical!