Class Description
BABIES
Activities include bouncing and rocking songs, peek-a-boo games, dancing, moving, playing simple instruments and singing which develops listening skills, the sense of beat and establishing the foundation of singing
and musical thought. Involvement in music at an early age is advantageous to all round child development.
TODDLERS
Activities include bouncing, singing, chanting, moving,dancing, listening and playing simple instruments.Turn taking, social awareness, and impulse control skills are fostered.
Your child’s involvement in such intentional music and movement will enhance learning in all other spheres.
3-YEAR OLDS
Activities focus on seasons of the year and the child’s love of nature; they are designed to build attention and self-expression through singing, chanting, moving,
focused listening, musical games, exploring musical instruments, creative movement and story telling.
4-YEAR OLDS
We build a wildlife repertoire as we visit four different settings: home, the woodland, the cattail marsh and the meadow. Activities introduce visual musical notation
(simple rhythm and melody) and instruments of the orchestra. Classes include singing, creative and structured movement, playing instruments and ensemble work,
ear training, guided listening and writing notation
5-YEAR OLDS
Explore the music, dances, and stories of other culture: British, Amerindian, African-American, and German. We focus on reading and writing music, developing ear training, playing instruments in ensemble work, and learning simple choreographed dances. This enhances cultural awareness, advances listening and vocal skills, and body movement, as well as music literacy, and accentuates symbolic thinking, concentration, memory and self-expression.
6+-YEAR OLDS
Small group lessons at the keyboard capitalize on your child’s delight in making music with others and teach a new song each week. Your child will learn to play by ear and to read music fluently with this repertoire of familiar songs, resulting in pride and excitement in making music!