Forest City Little Music Makers

About Forest City Little Music Makers

Forest City Little Music Makers is a training center located on St James St in the Bishop Hellmuth neighbourhood of London, Ontario. The business serves babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and their caregivers by providing early childhood music and movement education. The program is designed for children from birth through kindergarten, offering a family-like setting where infants, toddlers, and preschoolers can participate at their own developmental levels. The center offers Music Together® classes, which are non-performance-oriented sessions where children and grownups share songs, rhymes, movement, and instrument play. Each weekly class features a dozen songs and rhythmic rhymes, including fingerplays and small- and large-movement activities. Families who enroll receive a new CD each semester with a digital download code, along with an illustrated songbook containing music-making ideas for home use. Additionally, the business can bring the Music Together curriculum to schools, childcare centers, and in-home care settings. The program is led by trained teachers, including Ian Mackay, a professional drummer, percussionist, and educator who holds a Masters of Education and a BA in Popular Music Studies. The business emphasizes a research-based approach that fosters creativity, confidence, and social-emotional development through imitation and play. They describe their environment as a safe space where parents do not need prior musical skills to participate. Classes are held three days a week at St John The Evangelist Church, and the business offers a free class visit for new families.