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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm intrigued, where is it in the country that there are string programs for ES-aged children?

It sounds like they start around MS age in FFX.

There are a thousand reasons not to choose DCPS, but that they don't offer strings to 3 year olds strikes me as silly.

OP, it's my understanding that most private schools in the area don't offer strings at the early ES level during the school day. You can do it in after school for additional money though.

OP, I don't think you're being realistic.

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Really? I am the OP and have a degree in music education. The norm in the state I'm from and in every FFX county elementary school that I've researched while looking at houses (virtually every ES in Burke/springfield - about 10) is to start both strings and band in either 4th or 5th grade. This is the best time to start students on an instrument because they are physically large enough, they are excited about trying new things, and their minds are still like little sponges. Plus you get them interested before they start getting self-conscious and "clique-y" in middle school. It is totally normal to start band and orchestra in the last years of elementary school and I do think it's a big disadvantage to a school to not have the programs. Luckily, there are programs to supplement this that many in this thread have suggested. Because of that, I think it would be workable for my family to attend a school without a good music program since there are other programs available. But to suggest that no one offers elementary school instrumental programs is simply not true. [/quote]

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