Learning by doing is integral to PreschoolPianoKids education. Experiential learning takes place through activities that include multisensory projects, collaborative efforts, and just plain fun!

Media Production

For a few Saturdays per year, regular classes are set aside and students undertake a variety of music-educational adventures. Either in December or June, they join students from our Average Age and Teenage program to produce a DVD. Led by PPK and ZPA faculty and parent volunteers, students work hard to prepare their pieces, then record them. The sales from these DVDs always go to a charity to benefit other children who are not as fortunate.

Students also record often for their own web page, which can bee seen at www.pianokidsite.com. This site recently won an award from Google Maps for being a "favorite place," due to the number of hits per month the site receives (nearly 4,000 hits per month!).

Experiential Education

Every March, PPK students join students from all over the area to participate in the Dana Foundation’s Brain Awareness Week, to learn about their brains in music study. Cognitive neuroscience is fascinating, even to preschoolers! Parents often learn much about their child's capabilities.

Service Learning – how music affects others.

Sharing their time and talents helps students develop awareness of needs outside themselves and the value of community involvement and service. Participation in fundraising events, recitals and internet media is how they bring their gifts to the world.  They decide what to wear, what to play (with our help here) and how they want to present their pieces. Everyone gets a chance to share their art with one another, AND, they love their performance to be included on their own website as well as on the main website. Sharing their gift of music is exciting and fun, and helps society. They want other children to enjoy their playing as much as they do!

In keeping with our support of a well-rounded education, we avidly support students' choices to play in school and church talent shows, family events, and for their friends. Our students then report to us such performances, and the list can be seen on every student’s own webpage (see www.pianokidsite.com).