Video Music Lessons for Kids Ages 0-12
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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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Thank you for the magical thing that your program has done for her!”
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.”
They know the solfege and the notes well. The videos are delightful and effective. The workbooks are fun and help reinforce everything. We haven’t even gotten that far into the program. I am so excited about doing recorder, ukulele, and more!”
He can already sing on pitch and knows several of the solfege names and their pitches. Just because he is two doesn’t mean he has to do “cute, off pitch” singing. Teach them early.
Boo spends about 30 mins doing this…not because I make him but because he wants to. He gets so excited when I get his bells out.“
When he can’t think of the name of a note he wants to hear, he says stuff like “Mom, I want the song that starts with a G Note! Prodigies music lessons are amazing!”
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Infants will listen to calming, Solfege filled music inside of “Totigies” and enjoy simple music lessons inside of Playtime Prodigies.
This is a great age to introduce Solfege and our rhythm lessons like Sweet Beets. Babies at this stage can begin to play with the Deskbells, can play movement and imitation games with mom, and begin to prime their ears for a life filled with sound and music!
2 & 3 Year olds are ready to start playing 1 note studies inside Preschool Prodigies. This is also a great age for rhythm lessons, movement songs and our Solfege videos.
At this age, your child is at the perfect age to explore Pitch. Your child will develop Pitch Training abilities as they learn to identify notes and tunes. They will also build their ear training to hear a note without seeing it. Your child will begin basic skills worksheets, practice notes, colors & numbers, and learn to play their first instrument!
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 two of the best years for ear training because kids are still sponging up the sounds and developing absolute pitch. They’re more physically capable of playing more difficult melodies than their younger selves.
Your child will be exposed to all the notes of the C Major Scale, a good introduction to chords and closely related keys and a solid foundation for rhythm and performance.
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. Your child will clap & stomp in various time signatures. They will learn to identify notes in the treble clef as well as the grand staff with piano. They will also be introduced to chord symbols & learn to identify notes through association of color, sound, placement—standard notation and iconic notation.
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. If your child has some musical experience, check out both our Primary & Performance series. We will dive into more difficult performances and practice sheet music in the treble clef. Your child will focus on learning more musical vocabulary, transition to black and white music, discuss chordal and harmonic relationships through intervals, cover basic I IV V analysis, ear-training, rhythmic dictations & more!
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 is Free for 30 Days and then costs $14.99 per month. Your one membership unlocks all 650+ 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 Prodigies.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?
Prodigies 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 this page, or from right inside your account.
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