Songs for Seeds introduces early
childhood music education to LIC
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monthly model, and starts
whenever a parents signs
up so there’s no 16-week
commitment.
The first class is always
free to try, and $115
per month afterward.
They currently have a
discount, offering the
first month for $90.
Apple Seeds co-founder
Bobby Berna said LIC’s
recent boom in “residential
spaces, shops and
restaurants” and its short
commute to Manhattan
make it the perfect place
for a Songs for Seeds.
“Molly has known this
all along,” Berna said.
“We can’t think of anyone
better than Molly, and her
incredible band of teachers,
to introduce songs for
seeds to this area.”
For more
information, visit
songsforseeds.com.
BY ANGÉLICA ACEVEDO
Songs for Seeds, an
early childhood music
program with a mission
to bring “a little rockin’ a
lot of learnin’” to families
and their young ones, just
opened up its first Queens
location in Long Island
City.
Songs for Seeds is a
music education franchise
by Apple Seeds, a
children’s amusement
center that first opened in
Manhattan’s Upper West
Side and has various locations
nationwide.
Molly Pfeifer, an
early childhood educator
who taught pre-K for
seven years, said she was
looking to get out of the
classroom and start her
own business, but didn’t
know where to start. After
meeting Apple Seeds
and Songs for Seeds’ cofounders,
Allison and
Craig Schlanger and Alison
Qualter and Bobby
Berna, she found their
franchise appealing.
Apple Seeds co-founder
Allison Schlanger said
Pfeifer was “weighing the
options” of either opening
up in Williamsburg
and Long Island City, but
“ultimately decided to
launch in the neighborhood
she knows best,”
which was Williamsburg
in 2018.
“Soon after her opening,
we got interest in
Long Island City from another
potential owner and
Molly jumped on the opportunity
to secure it for
herself,” Schlanger said.
Pfeifer said she wanted
to bring the class to
the LIC neighborhood
after seeing that there’s
a greater need for more
educational resources
as more young families
move in.
“The opportunity
came up to open in Long
Island City, and it was too
perfect to pass up,” she
said.
The music class is
located in the Renew
Queens building at 47-20
11th St., and celebrated
its grand opening in
January.
Pfeifer described the
program as “essentially,
a mommy-and-me” class
that is meant to engage
children through musical
activities and lay the
foundation of early childhood
education. The children’s
ages range from
newborn to 6 years old.
Classes are usually
once a week and are about
45 minutes long. They’re
led by a three-piece band
and have various activities,
including “Music of
the World,” where they
teach students authentic
sounds and languages
from different cultures.
Pfeifer emphasized that
students also learn letters,
numbers and shapes.
“They’re learning so
much just through songs,”
she said. “It’s really cool
to see week after week
what they’re getting.”
Classes run on a
Photo courtesy of Songs for Seeds
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