What We Do In Our Classes
Children and babies can concentrate for only a short time so we have action packed half hour classes with lots of short duration activities. It is important to offer different courses for different age groups since a 3 year old needs more challenging material than a baby who is at a different stage developmentally. The courses we offer are:
Baby (2 months - 15 months)
 Singing - to help language development. All children sing before they can talk- Dancing - to help eye tracking, balance and spatial awareness
- Exercise - to help with muscle development and to gain more control over their movements
- Massage - to help with bonding, relaxation and circulation
- Exploration - to help hand eye co-ordination, develop small motor skills and to encourage speech
- Social - to help parents and children create new friendships
 Toddler (15 months - 3 years)
- Unaccompanied singing - to encourage children to find their singing voice and to help them sing in tune
- Listening - to encourage this activity as something special
- Percussion playing - to explore different timbre, to help with co-ordination and to develop a sense of pulse
- Dancing - to develop confidence and self-expression through movement
- Rhythmic Imitation - to develop listening skills and imitation of rhythmic patterns
- Rhymes - to help develop and extend speech
- Interaction with parent - to have a special time together and to develop social skills (sharing, waiting, etc.)
 Pre-School (3 years - 5 years)
- Rhythmic reading introduced
- Pitch and rhythm games played
- Listening to a wide variety of music
- Learning how instruments sound and are played
- Introduction of musical signs
- Singing lots of songs and encouraging individual vocal responses
- Lots of percussion playing with quality tuned and untuned instruments
- Conducting and leading the group
- Social skills developed while learning to work together
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