Musical Conexión — A Program to Unfold Musicality in Early Childhood
Musical Conexión was born from a deep conviction: we are all born musical. Musicality is an innate human faculty, always present, and it naturally unfolds when children are offered a safe, caring and meaningful environment. In early childhood, this unfolding becomes essential: it offers a pathway for expression, supports emotional regulation, and strengthens self-esteem, helping children feel connected, understood and confident.
Through the years I have seen how music opens doors that words alone cannot, and how even the simplest gestures —a rhythm, a melody, a movement— can organize a child’s inner world and help them feel grounded, joyful and seen.
What Is the Program About?
Musical Conexión is a bilingual music and movement program designed for children from birth to age six. Through traditional and original songs, musical games, instrument exploration and expressive movement, children:
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Unfold their natural musicality
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Recognize rhythms, patterns and core musical elements
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Regulate emotions and build self-esteem through play
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Absorb Spanish organically through participation and imitation
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Develop attention, memory, listening, and self-regulation
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Strengthen positive connections with peers and adults
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Engage their bodies, imagination and sense of wonder
Each class follows a clear, gentle structure: a welcoming opening, active exploration, guided musical play and a closing ritual.
What Inspired Musical Conexión
Musical Conexión was inspired by a simple but powerful realization: when children are offered a musical space filled with warmth, play and genuine human presence, something inside them opens. They express more, connect more and begin to trust their own voice.
Throughout my years of working with children, families and communities —and in hospitals with people in vulnerable situations— I witnessed how music can organize the inner world, soothe emotions and strengthen self-esteem. I saw children discover new ways to communicate, and adults reconnect with their own musicality, even when they believed they didn’t have it.
I created this program so that anyone —parents, caregivers, educators— could have an accessible and meaningful way to support that unfolding. Musical Conexión is built on the belief that musicality is an innate human faculty that grows when nurtured with care, play and presence. It is my way of sharing a path that music revealed to me: one where expression, connection and wellbeing naturally meet.
Where the Program Lives
Musical Conexión is currently offered in schools, libraries, community centers, hospitals and family settings across the United States, Chile and Europe, reaching hundreds of children every year. It is supported by a companion book, complementary videos, and training opportunities for educators who wish to integrate this philosophy into their classrooms.
Below you can choose between material for Pre-K & Kinder, 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade.
Canciones del Jardín, is the first songbook of children's music by Musical Conexion. The songs were carefully selected from a wide repertoire of traditional Southamerican and Chilean children's music to teach the elements of music in harmony with movement for early childhood development. Each song is presented with the respective chords as well as movement indications. This allows mothers, fathers and teachers to interpret the songs, creating a personal musical connection with the young children in their care.
Bilingual Songs, includes some of the most recognized and loved songs world-wide in Spanish and English. These timeless and intergenerational songs bridge cultures and languages and are an important part of our children’s music and movement program for early childhood.
Estaciones en Canciones (“Seasons in Songs”) is the first Musical Conexion album that gives focus to children ages 7 and older. The songs were created and selected as a way to promote the development of musicality through certain elements of music. These include rounds, polyrhythm, and rhythm changes. Children are invited on a musical journey through imaginary worlds of the four seasons. While on this journey, they acquire an understanding of a new language (Spanish), and are also exposed to learning through geometric forms, numbers, colors, and a diversity of musical instruments.
