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OUR PHILOSOPHY
All of us want our children to develop
sensitivity and leadership. We want them to
have the tools for creativity, cooperation, and self-expression. Music, more than any other art
form, is a perfect vehicle for teaching these essentials in life.
Speaking, moving,
dancing, and singing are a natural part of who we are. Current
research tells us how essential early childhood musical experiences are to
the young child in developing language, gross motor, analytical, social
and listening skills--all of which are necessary before a child is ready
to read music and study an instrument. A child's experience of making
music, however, is simply one of complete absorption and happiness.
By engaging a child's joyful energy in fun and creative ways that spark
the imagination, we at Musical Munchkins® strive to reach our goals of nurturing each child's
natural musicianship, building self-esteem, and enhancing the ability for
joyful expression through music.
OUR HISTORY
Music teachers and early childhood educators
Eileen Oddo (photo, right) and Chris Patella, co-creators of
Musical Munchkins®, began developing their methods of music instruction for very
young children in the living room of their own homes in
Westchester County,
NY, in 1982. What began as one
small music class for two year-olds, grew into an entire music school for
children ages 4 months to 5 years old, with over 12 locations and over 850
students in Westchester
County alone. Chris and
Eileen's methods were so captivating to children and parents that they
began training and licensing other teachers to bring this highly reputed
musical program to other parts of the
Hudson
Valley as well as surrounding
areas.

Andrea Soberman, early childhood educator,
preschool specialist, and now Director of Musical Munchkins®
of Orange County opened the first
Musical Munchkins®
school in Goshen ,
NY, in 1993. Initially a school
with only 35 students we have now expanded to hundreds of
students in locations throughout Orange County. Winner of the Hudson Valley Parent Magazine Award for Best
Children's Music Classes, Musical Munchkins has delighted babies,
toddlers and preschoolers in
the Mid-Hudson Valley for the past 15 years.
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