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Looking into a child’s eyes as the power of music ‘clicks’ cannot be described adequately in words. It is so powerful!

- Jenna Day, Education Coordinator, Day Violins

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Early Childhood is critical time to support children's natural desire to sing, move and play with sound. Furthermore, research shows that music and music experiences support the formation of important brain connections that are being established over the first three years of life (Carlton, 2000).

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