Video Music Lessons for Kids Ages 2-12
Safe & Fun for Kids 2-12
How Prodigies Works
1 Open Up the Prodigies App (TV, Web, Mobile)
2 Pick a song, lesson or course
3 Sing, hand-sign or play through age appropriate music lessons
4 Add instruments or books to maximize your #HappyMusicing
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Video lessons allow me to float around the room to correct students hand positions and provide one on one instruction where needed. I am able to provide better feed back & it is saving my voice. I ❤️ this program!”
Thanks very much for making such great material available. And thank you for opening up some new teaching avenues for me. I’m 50 years old, I have a degree in music, and I’ve been teaching piano since I was 15, but this curriculum has made me a better teacher. Thank you.”
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Infants will listen to calming, Solfege filled music inside of “Totigies” or they can begin to enjoy simple music lessons inside of Playtime Prodigies.
Babies at. this stage can begin to play with the Deskbells, can play movement and imitation games with mom, and they can begin to prim their ears for a life filled with sound and music.
2 & 3 Year olds can start playing 1 note studies, can enjoy movement songs inside of Playtime Prodigies, and can begin basic skills worksheets with the helping friendly bells inside Prodigies!
By age 4 and 5, most kids are playing 3-5 note melodies and working up to melodies featuring 8 or more notes.
These are 2 of the best years for ear training because kids are still sponging up the sounds and developing absolute pitch, and they’re more physically capable of playing more difficult melodies than their younger selves., but thye’re more physically
Kids beginning at age 6 or 7 can still develop a strong sense for pitch, but they’re more likely to develop relative pitch than absolute pitch.
Kids at this age are ready for more complex melodies, concepts, chords & patterns
Older students can work through more difficult General Music concepts or continue onto other instruments like the Recorder, the Ukulele or the Piano.
Students starting here will have the advantage of being able to learn the basics quickly.
Practice & Learn with a Variety of Instruments
Deskbells
The core curriculum focuses on bells that are colorful, easy & fun to play.
While they are ideal for beginners & children with special needs, they are also quality and expressive enough for mature players.
Look for Chromanotes(TM) colored Deskbells On:
Amazon.com
OptimumPercussion.com
Musicinmotion.com
Voice + Hand-Signs
Prodigies combines singing Solfege (Do Re Mi etc) with simple hand-signs to make pitch development concrete, memorable & fun.
This way, you always have an instrument with you!
The hand-signs help to make the abstract idea of pitch more concrete and memorable.
Plus, by combining two hands with our voice, we’re activating multiple areas of the brain for more points of access to pitch.
Free Bell App
Go digital with our free Prodigies Bells App!
The app features a C Major Scale & a more Chromatic instrument.
Digital bells are also available on our site, or you can download the standalone bell apps below.
Available On
iTunes Store
Google Play
Recorder
Learn to play your first wind instrument with our medieval themed series, Recorder Prodigies.
We recommend the Aulos 3 Piece Student Recorder, but any decent soprano Recorder will work.
Available On
ProdigiesMusic.com/shop
Amazon.com
RhythmBand.com
Musicinmotion.com
Ukulele
Discover Hawaii’s favorite stringed instrument in Ukulele Prodigies, a colorful introduction to the Ukulele.
When starting with a Ukulele, we recommend choosing a soprano, concert or Tenor Uke to begin.
Available On
Amazon.com
RhythmBand.com
Mallet Percussion
Prodigies works wonderfully with Xylophones, Glockenspiels & other mallet percussion.
Mallets present more challenging alternative to the deskbells, which is good for kids ages 5+.
Add some colorful stickers for a more error-proof instrument.
Available On
25 Note Glockenspiel on Amazon
Colorful Stickers on Amazon
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Piano
You can also follow along with a piano, and we recommend color coding your keys with Chromanotes Stick Ons.
Note that Piano Prodigies IS NOT yet available, though the bell lessons are easily followed by piano as well.
Available On
Touch Sensitive Keys on Amazon
Colorful Stickers from Prodigies
Colorful Stickers on Amazon
Percussion
Most of the rhythm lessons in Prodigies can be followed by tapping, clapping & stomping.
However, if you want to make it a little more fun, look for some of the popular kids percussion instruments listed below.
Available On
Remo Kids Drums on Amazon
More Percussion from RhythmBand.com
Boomwhackers
A standard in the music education classroom, all of our materials match the colors for Boomwhackers.
These musical tubes are great for large groups, movement activities, and playing 1 or 2 notes by yourself.
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Amazon.com
RhythmBand.com
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Prodigies?
Prodigies is a streaming music program for kids.
Whether you’re a parent at home with no musical background, or a music teacher with 20 years experience, Prodigies will help make teaching your kids music easier than ever.
Prodigies combines fun video lessons & songs with easy-to-play instruments (like bells, books, recorder & ukuleles).
How much Does Prodigies Cost?
Prodigies Play, our suite of streaming apps, costs $14.99 per month. Your one membership unlocks all 600+ video music lessons and corresponding curriculum for you and anyone watching in your household.
The $14.99 option is also good for teachers using Prodigies as a front-of-class instruction tool. For student memberships, LMS features and student/teacher reporting, check out Prodigies Academy
Where Can I Watch Prodigies?
Prodigies videos are available in our app, Prodigies Music Lessons to stream on ProdigiesMusic.com and through our app, Prodigies Music Lessons (AppleTV, Roku, fireTV, iOS, Android, Chromecast).
We recommend a colorful set of Deskbells to follow along, which are durable & easy to play.
Don’t have any deskbells? That’s okay!
You can also follow along with the hand-signs or with mallet instruments, a piano, or our free Prodigies Bells app.
Many of the lessons don’t even require an instrument, as we’re often focused singing, hand-signing, tapping, clapping, or listening to musical quizzes.
You can simply get out your bells and play along with the videos, or you can take things further with songbooks, workbooks, lesson plans & group activities. Teachers can even enroll students at a discounted price to enhance their studio offerings & student engagement.
What Instrument Can I Learn Using Prodigies?
Our general music curriculum is built around a combination of singing with the Solfège Hand-Signs, and playing a colorful set of Deskbells.
We love the Deskbells because they’re easy to play & super durable.
Don’t have any deskbells? That’s okay!
You can also follow along with the hand-signs or with mallet instruments, a piano, or our free Prodigies Bells app.
Many of the lessons don’t even require an instrument, as we’re often focused singing, hand-signing, tapping, clapping, or listening to musical quizzes.
You can simply get out your bells and play along with the videos, or you can take things further with songbooks, workbooks, lesson plans & group activities. Teachers can even enroll students at a discounted price to enhance their studio offerings & student engagement.
What’s unique about Prodigies?
Most early music programs focus on movement, songs & life-skills learned through music.
Prodigies instead focuses on music theory, pitch training & playing a pitched instrument during your child’s critical period for auditory development.
We use colors, Solfege, numbers & hand-signs to make the musical notes accessible, memorable and fun.
By focusing on the language of music & music theory while kids are in this critical period for auditory development, Prodigies helps kids internalize the sound of the musical notes to make music almost second nature.
What skills will my child learn by using Prodigies?
As your kids progress through Prodigies, they will develop a variety of musical skills & talents.
- Pitch development through songs, games & activities about the musical notes
- Rhythmic development through fun call and response songs (like Sweet Beets)
- Listening & aural comprehension skills with “Name that Note” & other listening games
- Play their first instrument, either on the Deskbells, xylophone, piano, recorder or Ukulele
- Cross-curriculum skills like patterning, sequencing, early math & hand-writing
- Composition skills using composition activities
In addition to the above skills, learning music will help develop your child’s creativity, problem solving skills, perseverance & more.
Learning a musical instrument helps unlock the recipe for learning ALL skills and with Prodigies, learning music is fun & easy (even for parents and kids with no prior musical experience).
What ages is Prodigies designed for?
Most Prodigies materials are designed for kids ages 2-12, with different video series & course progressions covering different difficulties.
Our Playtime material is expanding the curriculum to infants & toddlers, and our Recorder, Ukulele & Bell Curriculum is progressing into more difficult concepts like intervals, harmonies & roman numeral analysis.
With your video membership, you unlock ALL of the videos for all of the different ages, which makes it easy to get started.
You can can learn more about the scope & sequence in the infographic below.
How do I cancel?
Canceling is super easy from ProdigiesMusic.com/cancel, or from right inside your account.
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