🎶 When Preschool Music Classes Stop — How to Keep the Music Alive for Your Child

Playing the xylophone builds early instrument skills in a fun, confidence-boosting way — making future piano learning feel natural and exciting.

If your child has just started Reception, there’s a good chance their much-loved preschool music class has come to an end.

Parents in Fleet tell us they feel their children are suddenly in musical limbo — they’ve outgrown the toddler music sessions they adored, yet they’re still a bit little for piano lessons or other instruments like drums, guitar or violin.

And you’re absolutely right to feel that way. For most Reception-age children, formal instrumental lessons can be a bit too soon. Sitting still, focusing on one instrument, and developing all the fine motor skills needed takes time — and readiness.

But here’s the good news: that doesn’t mean the music has to stop! 🎵

🌟 Why the Reception Years Are the Best Time to Learn Music

Tracking on a music map while listening to a beautiful piece playfully builds early sight-reading skills - great for reading both music and language!

Before the age of seven, children’s brains are incredibly receptive to musical learning — not through formal piano or violin lessons, but through movement, singing, and play.

This is the golden window where they can:

• 💃 Feel rhythm through dancing and movement

• 🎤 Develop their musical ear through singing and listening

• 🎲 Build a strong foundation for rhythm, pitch, and coordination — all through fun and games

In other words, they don’t need to sit at a piano to learn music. They need to experience it with their whole bodies.

🎼 The Bridge Between Preschool and Piano Lessons

(...or any other instrument!)

Musical contours - understanding higher and lower pitches through singing, movement and images such as staircases builds a multisensory understanding of pitch and melody

At Vivace Music School, we’ve created a special class that bridges the gap between early childhood music groups and later piano or instrumental lessons.

Our Music Explorers, Music Adventurers and Music Discoverers classes are designed especially for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children in Fleet, easily covering those Infant School Years.

Through singing games, moving to music, and playful listening activities, children learn to:

• ✨ Discover and develop their singing voices

• 🌈 Grow in confidence and expression

• 👂 Listen with intent and musical awareness

• 🎼 Understand how music works — from beat and rhythm to melody, form and notation

  
  

All of this happens in a joyful, social environment that nurtures curiosity and imagination — the perfect preparation for future piano or instrumental learning.

🎒 Join the Adventure — Try a Free Class!

If your child has just started Reception and you’re wondering how to keep their musical spark alive, Music Explorers is the perfect next step. For children in Year 1 and Year 2, please get in touch with us so we can help you find the best class for your child!

We currently run two Music Explorers classes in Fleet:

🎵 Tuesday afternoons

🎵 Saturday mornings

Both sessions are open for FREE trial bookings — so you can come along, see what we do, and watch your child’s love of music continue to grow. 🌟

👉 Book your free trial here

Vivace Music School – nurturing musical curiosity, creativity and confidence from the very first beat. 🎶