Teaching Children About Music, Reading, & Giving Back

Parents can talk about charity and giving with children for hours, but seeing what mom and dad actually do to make the world a better place is how they will learn to give.  As explained by Executive Director of Young Philantropists Foundation (YPF) Alexis Boian  “The number one place children learn to give is in the home. When asked by parents how to ‘teach’ giving, my first response is always ‘What do you do to give back?’ and ‘Do they see you do it? Is there an opportunity for them to do it with you?’ Creating a culture of giving in the home is very important.”

What we know at Music Together, is that it is truly the adult model, the person with whom the child is emotionally attached, that a child will want to emulate.  If you want your child to read, read to your child.  If you want your child to learn music, and sing, then sing and play musically with them.  If you want your child to be a giving person and learn about charitable giving, bring them with you when you make a donation of food, books, personal toiletry items, clothing….whatever you choose to donate.

By joining us on Friday, June 20th at our Singalong Storytime event, you can accomplish all three of these things. Matawan Music Together & Manda's Music Together are joining forces to help collect food for Freehold Area Open Door Food Pantry* and donations for JBJ Soul Kitchen** with this fun filled musical event!   Help us bring storybooks to life through SONG!  We will "sing" through beautifully illustrated picture books based on songs from Music Together's award-winning Family Favorites CDs, as well as some other traditional tunes you may already know.  Let us inspire you to support pre-literacy learning, music development, and imaginative play while spending quality family time together and supporting two fantastic local organizations!

Event Date: June 20, 2014, 3:30 PM
First Presbyterian Church
118 W. Main Street, Freehold, NJ
Admission: Suggested Donation of $15 plus a donation of non-perishable food or a personal toiletry item.

Families with children zero to six. Space is limited. 
Please register at www.mmt-events.com/events.html

 * Freehold Area Open Door, Inc. (Open Door) is a non-profit 501(c3) interfaith agency that provides emergency food, emergency funding, mentoring and scholarships to those in need from the Freehold area. For their most needed items please click here.

 **JBJ Soul Kitchen, located in Red Bank, NJ, is a community restaurant with no prices on the menu; customers donate to pay for their meal.  If they are unable to donate, they may be able to do volunteer work in exchange for their family's meal.  The Soul Kitchen is a Community Restaurant, a non-profit community program run by the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation. 

Lisa Hearns is a professional jazz singer, music educator with 19 years of experience teaching music, and the Center Director for Matawan Music Together, offering Mixed Age family music classes for families with children from zero to five years of age. Classes take place in Freehold, Matawan, Middletown and Red Bank.