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