Your child's in-class musical experiences nurture creativity and help instill the basis for playing and expression through feeling and understanding music. Lesson activities include: Hearing: Listening to music helps children develop emotional sensitivity, develop an ear for music, and feel and express music in time rhythmically. Singing: Children love to sing! Singing develops self expression, correct tempo, rhythm, pitch, and understanding of note names. Keyboard Playing: Performing songs and keyboard playing introduces children to the joy of expressing music by themselves. Keyboard playing also helps students get familiar with the five-line staff and piano keyboard and express music with both hands.