My Music Starts Here

09/14/2026

Calling all early childhood educators and administrators heading to Washington, DC, this December! 's session, “Let’s Play! Research-Based Musical Learning, Exploration, and Play Activities to Support Early Childhood Classrooms” is on Sunday, December 6th from 1:00 - 2:30pm during NAEYC’s Annual Conference.

Learn how musical learning and play can support literacy, language development, and social-emotional learning while creating calm, joyful, inclusive classrooms where all children thrive.

And here’s another exciting bonus: this session has been selected for IACET Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits! How AWESOME is that?! 🎉

Come ask questions, swap stories, and take home ideas you can use right away. That’s what this conference is for!

09/02/2026

This week, early childhood educators from across the country came together for “Musical Learning and Play in the Early Childhood Classroom: Supporting Transitions, Routines, and Learning Outcomes,” presented by My Music Starts Here Founder Mary Anderson through edWeb.

Together, we explored how musical learning and play can be woven into the routines, transitions, relationships, and learning experiences already happening in early childhood classrooms — supporting language and literacy, social-emotional development, self-regulation, connection, and readiness to learn.

We’re grateful to the more than 1,000 educators who registered and to everyone who helped make this conversation possible. If you missed the webinar — or would like to revisit it — the full recording is now available to watch on demand.

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08/29/2026

Coming up Monday! 🎶 Music isn’t just an “extra” in the early childhood classroom. Research shows that meaningful musical learning and play can support language and literacy, social-emotional development, self-regulation, connection, and readiness to learn.

On Monday, My Music Starts Here Co-Founder and Director Mary Anderson joins edWeb for a free webinar focused on turning that research into practical strategies educators can use within the routines and relationships already shaping their classrooms.

📅 Monday, August 31
⏰ 3–4 p.m. EDT
💻 Free online edWeb webinar

There’s still time to register — check out the link in our bio!

08/20/2026

🎶 Join us for a free edWeb webinar! On Monday, August 31, My Music Starts Here Founder and Director Mary Anderson will lead Musical Learning and Play in the Early Childhood Classroom: Supporting Transitions, Routines, and Learning Outcomes.

Together, we’ll explore what early childhood brain research tells us about the power of music and, more importantly, put it into practice. Mary will share specific musical activities, strategies, and tips educators can use right away to support transitions, strengthen routines, encourage learning, and build a happy, healthy classroom community.

📅 Monday, August 31
⏰ 3–4 p.m. EDT
💻 Free online edWeb webinar designed for PreK teachers, librarians, and school leaders. Register here: https://home.edweb.net/webinar/music20260831/

08/17/2026

A new school year begins with a thousand little moments. A warm welcome at the door. A familiar song. A steady rhythm that helps everyone settle in. A classroom that begins to feel like a community!

Whether your school year is already underway or you’re getting ready to welcome children back, we’re celebrating the educators who make those moments possible every day.

At My Music Starts Here, we believe music can help turn everyday classroom routines into opportunities for connection, learning and joy.

From classroom resources and educator certification to professional development for schools and districts, we’re here to help you make music a meaningful part of every child’s day. Explore our programs and discover how My Music Starts Here can support your classroom, school or district this year. 🎶 www.mymusicstartshere.com

08/05/2026

The smiles. The high-fives. The songs that help children feel safe, connected, and ready to learn.

Every school year begins with moments like these — and music helps make them possible. At My Music Starts Here, we equip educators with research-backed tools that make joyful learning part of every day. From our 36-week classroom music program to inspiring professional development and our new Certification Pathway, we’re here to help teachers feel just as confident and supported as the children they serve.

Because when we start with music, we grow happy, healthy children.

🎵 Explore our resources and let’s make this your most joyful school year yet. www.mymusicstartshere.com

07/27/2026

Whether your classroom incorporates technology, embraces screen-free learning, or thoughtfully blends both, we’re honored to partner with educators and school leaders by providing research-backed resources that strengthen classrooms, support teachers, and help children flourish.

Created by a music educator who refused to accept the status quo, My Music Starts Here empowers early childhood and special education teachers to seamlessly weave music into everyday learning. Our research-backed, curriculum-informed approach helps build early literacy, language development, STEM foundations, social-emotional skills, and inclusive learning environments where every child has the opportunity to thrive.

Whether you’re looking for:
🎵 Our 36-week, seasonally organized digital classroom resource
🎵 Professional development workshops delivered nationwide
🎵 Or the My Music Starts Here Certification for individual teachers, schools, administrators, and school districts

We’re here to help equip teachers with practical, joyful strategies they can use every day to transform learning. Thank you for believing, as we do, that when we start with music, we grow happy, healthy children.

🔗 mymusicstartshere.com

07/21/2026

Too many professional development sessions leave teachers with a handout and a headache. Ours leave them with a toolbox full of musical learning activities they can use the very next morning — and the confidence to actually use them.

Our workshops cover:

🎵 Early literacy and language development
🎵 Social-emotional skill development
🎵 Supporting challenging behaviors
🎵 Infants & toddlers
🎵 Neurodivergent learners and children on the autism spectrum
🎵 Teacher self-care and burnout prevention
🎵 Classroom management and transitions

Every session is customizable, curriculum aligned, rooted in current neuro-musical research, and designed to be immediately applicable. Schedule now to kickoff the new school year. Link in bio to book.

We strive to ensure that all young children regardless of their race, gender, location, school, childcare, or socioeconomic status have the very best music learning experiences.

07/16/2026

This July, Mary Anderson () will join music educators from across the country as a presenter at the 6th Biennial FAME (Feierabend Association for Music Education) Conference in Chicago.

Her session, Early Musical Learning for ALL: Using First Steps in Music as a Foundation to an Inclusive Early Childhood Classroom, will highlight practical ways educators can build music-rich learning environments where every child feels welcomed, supported, and empowered to participate.

As a certified First Steps in Music educator trained by Dr. John Feierabend and Lillie Feierabend, Mary has spent years blending the principles of this respected approach with her own research and experience in inclusive early childhood education. Those insights continue to shape both the My Music Starts Here curriculum and the professional learning experiences we provide for educators nationwide.

We’re grateful for the opportunity to join educators from across the country in Chicago and contribute to important conversations about inclusive, research-informed music education.

07/13/2026

🎉The latest issue of The Beat, our monthly newsletter filled with joyful resources for early childhood educators, has just landed in subscriber inboxes.

This free resource is designed for educators who create moments every day that help children feel safe, seen, connected, curious, and ready to learn. Whether you teach in a preschool, public school, private school, Head Start, homeschool, special education program, or somewhere in between, our goal is to support the important work you do as you help shape our future.

At My Music Starts Here, we believe educators deserve resources that honor both their expertise and their time. Decades of brain research and best practices in early childhood education show that weaving music and playful learning into everyday classroom routines strengthens literacy, language development, social-emotional growth, and the behavioral and cognitive skills children need to thrive. Just as importantly, it creates calm, connected classrooms where children feel they belong, teachers feel empowered, and joyful learning comes naturally.

That’s why we’re here. Our goal isn’t to add one more thing to your day—it’s to make something that already works simple, practical, and joyful to implement. Whether your classroom incorporates technology, embraces screen-free learning, or thoughtfully blends both, we’re honored to partner with educators and school leaders by providing research-backed resources that strengthen classrooms, support teachers, and help children flourish.

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