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  • ABOUT US
    • PARTNERSHIPS
  • PARENT RESOURCES
    • NEXT STEPS AFTER A FAILED HEARING SCREENING
    • TECHNOLOGY
    • EDUCATION COORDINATOR PROGRAM
  • AGES AND STAGES
    • BIRTH TO AGE 3
    • PRE-K & KINDERGARTEN
    • 1st GRADE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
    • BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL
  • MUSIC PROGRAMMING
    • MTME SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM – EARLY CHILDHOOD & INSTRUMENT MUSIC CLASSES
    • SCHOOL BASED MUSIC PROGRAMS
    • MUSIC THERAPY
  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
    • LITERACY
    • EDUCATION COORDINATOR PROGRAM
  • CLINICAL & COMMUNITY OUTREACH
    • LOANER HEARING AID PROGRAM
    • POLICY AND ADVOCACY
    • LURIE CHILDREN’S PARTNERSHIP
  • ACCESS & INCLUSION
  • EVENTS
  • BLOGS
  • WAYS TO GIVE
  • ABOUT US
    • PARTNERSHIPS
  • PARENT RESOURCES
    • NEXT STEPS AFTER A FAILED HEARING SCREENING
    • TECHNOLOGY
    • EDUCATION COORDINATOR PROGRAM
  • AGES AND STAGES
    • BIRTH TO AGE 3
    • PRE-K & KINDERGARTEN
    • 1st GRADE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
    • BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL
  • MUSIC PROGRAMMING
    • MTME SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM – EARLY CHILDHOOD & INSTRUMENT MUSIC CLASSES
    • SCHOOL BASED MUSIC PROGRAMS
    • MUSIC THERAPY
  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
    • LITERACY
    • EDUCATION COORDINATOR PROGRAM
  • CLINICAL & COMMUNITY OUTREACH
    • LOANER HEARING AID PROGRAM
    • POLICY AND ADVOCACY
    • LURIE CHILDREN’S PARTNERSHIP
  • ACCESS & INCLUSION
  • EVENTS
  • BLOGS
  • WAYS TO GIVE

Our Year of Access & Inclusion

START YOUR CHILD'S MUSICAL JOURNEY

Our Early Childhood program focuses on children up to four years of age by providing a tuition free music enrichment class for the child and their primary caregiver. This class provides all the benefits of music class participation such as experiencing movement, rhythm, and percussion instruments; building sensory awareness and gross motor skills while interacting with other children their age through song and play; and bonding with their caregiver.  While our students are enrolled in a class with their hearing peers, these classes are accessible for a child with hearing loss as they are single voice, percussive, repetitive and include attaching movement to songs, all of which make the class enjoyable  for children.

We (mostly my husband) made up songs for basic family routines such as cleaning up, bathtime, brushing teeth, remembering to turn the lights off when you leave a room and more… the songs are silly but as I used to joke, my home life is like living in a Broadway musical.  Some more book titles to the musical ones… Doobie Doobie Moo!, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Tiki Tiki Tembo, Punk Farm and Punk Farm on Tour… I know I will think of more but these are a good start.  I personally loved when baby toys used modern rock songs instead of lullabies as their music base… we had a baby safe guitar toy that played The Police and a baby piano that played the Jackson 5.

 

– Heather, Mom of a DHH child
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EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS (UP TO AGE 4)

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Our partner schools, throughout the Chicagoland area  feature unique small group early childhood music enrichment programs, where the focus is on creating a musical experience for the child. These top level Early Childhood specialists incorporate song, chant, movement exercises, and instrument play to develop a child’s imagination, musical awareness, and expressiveness. Teaching our little ones childhood classics and new songs allows for learning the essential musical building blocks and taking their first steps on a lifetime journey of musical appreciation.

Our Music to My Ears (MTME) scholarship children are placed in classes with their hearing peers to encourage socialization. All of the teachers have been versed on the hearing needs of a deaf or hard of hearing child. Start your child on their music journey and connect sound to movement at one of our partner music schoolsExplore the wide array of classes available at our partner schools which include infant, toddler, sibling and bi-lingual music classes.

 

Started in 2019, we continue to expand our early childhood music school partners.  This allows us to reduce barriers to attend a class by strategically selecting schools close to our families.

Old Town School of Music
4544 North Lincoln Ave. &
909 W. Armitage Ave.
Chicago, IL

Joy Faith Knapp Music Center
38 South Peoria St.
Chicago, IL 60607

Encore music academy
Crystal Lake, Illinois

SCHOOL OF ROCK
NORTHBROOK
GLENVIEW

TINY TOES MUSIC
HINSDALE
LA GRANDE
BURR RIDGE
DOWNERS GROVE
CLARENDON HILLS

Music & Movement
1000 Elm Street
Glenview, IL 60025

Community School of the Arts
501 College Avenue
Wheaton, IL 60187-5501

 

MISS ANGIE’S MUSIC
FRANKFORT
HOMEWOOD
LAGRANGE PARK
OAK LAWN
ORLAND PARK
PALOS HEIGHTS
WORTH

APPLY FOR AN MTME EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOLARSHIP

The Music To My Ears Early Childhood Scholarship Program allows all deaf or hard of hearing children, regardless of financial need, to attend weekly music enrichment classes and experience the joy of music with their caregivers and hearing peers. The scholarship will provide one year of tuition-free music classes to children (up to 4 years of age) who are deaf or hard of hearing, through FHSR’s partnerships with leading music schools throughout the Chicagoland area.

A $900 donation will sponsor a year of classes for one deaf or hard of hearing child. This amount will allow children who might not otherwise be able to afford music to experience the joy of music with their hearing peers.

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CHEERS FOR EARS featuring LAURIE BERKNER

FHSR was so happy  to welcome nationally beloved children’s music artist, Laurie Berkner, as our Cheers for Ears  entertainment at beautiful Ravinia Park for the past three years.

Everyone who attended got to  do crafts, sing, dance and make music together. 

WATCH THE CHEERS FOR EARS 2021 CONCERT ON YOUTUBE
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VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR MORE VIDEOS

HOW AND WHY TO CREATE A MUSIC RICH ENVIRONMENT AT HOME

Creating a music rich environment in the home has many benefits for the child; from listening skills to speech perception and development, to turn taking and movement but perhaps the biggest benefit is the joy music gives to a child’s life.

By bringing music into your deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) child’s life in a joyful and meaningful way it can provide a respite from the doctor’s appointments and therapies giving the child and their caregiver a special bonding experience.  

BIRTH TO AGE 3 MUSIC ENRICHMENT PAGE
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OUR VIDEO SERIES

MORE MUSIC TO MY EARS (MTME) PROGRAMMING

Group Class & Instrument Programs

School Based Programming

Music Therapy

MUSIC RELATED BLOG ARTICLES

Growing Up Together: Roselynn and FHSR

Back in 2022, we introduced you to Roselynn – a vivacious, talkative Read More

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Every contribution to FHSR helps a child with hearing loss reach their fullest potential. 


We hope you will consider making a sound investment in our children.  Thank you!

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  • ABOUT US
  • PARENT RESOURCES
    • NEXT STEPS AFTER A FAILED HEARING SCREENING
    • TECHNOLOGY
    • EDUCATION COORDINATOR PROGRAM
  • AGES AND STAGES
    • BIRTH TO AGE 3
    • PRE-K & KINDERGARTEN
    • 1st GRADE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
    • BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL
  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
    • LITERACY
    • EDUCATION COORDINATOR PROGRAM
  • MUSIC PROGRAMMING
    • MUSIC CLASSES & INSTRUMENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
    • SCHOOL BASED MUSIC PROGRAMS
    • MUSIC THERAPY
  • CLINICAL & COMMUNITY OUTREACH
    • LOANER HEARING AID PROGRAM
    • POLICY AND ADVOCACY
  • EVENTS
  • BLOGS
  • WAYS TO GIVE
  • CONTACT
  • ABOUT US
  • PARENT RESOURCES
    • NEXT STEPS AFTER A FAILED HEARING SCREENING
    • TECHNOLOGY
    • EDUCATION COORDINATOR PROGRAM
  • AGES AND STAGES
    • BIRTH TO AGE 3
    • PRE-K & KINDERGARTEN
    • 1st GRADE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
    • BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL
  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
    • LITERACY
    • EDUCATION COORDINATOR PROGRAM
  • MUSIC PROGRAMMING
    • MUSIC CLASSES & INSTRUMENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
    • SCHOOL BASED MUSIC PROGRAMS
    • MUSIC THERAPY
  • CLINICAL & COMMUNITY OUTREACH
    • LOANER HEARING AID PROGRAM
    • POLICY AND ADVOCACY
  • EVENTS
  • BLOGS
  • WAYS TO GIVE
  • CONTACT

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