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You're invited to sign up for classes through our website.  First consult the schedule to find the musical play classes designed for your child's age group.  The schedule will also list the price for each series of classes.  Then email us with the starting date and time of the class.  We will quickly confirm your registration for the class.  Payment is expected within a week of registration or at the first class. 
 
 musical play | goals of program | schedule Moving To The Beat  
 


You are welcome to read about the goals of our program.

This is What to Expect

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Importance of Music

 

Selections from Musical Play:

Introduction                    Part One - Beat
Part Two - Tension & Release
Part Three - Story         Part Four - Chase Games Part Five - Grounding   



What to Expect

Caregiver-accompanied classes are for 18-42 month old children.  Drop-off classes are for children aged 3-7.   All classes are 45 minutes long. Classes include age-appropriate musical play incorporating rhythm, tonality, movement, humor, role-playing and props.  The children sing, and use both small motor skills such as hand clapping and patting as well as large motor skills such as walking and marching.   The emphasis is on synchronizing movement to a beat, which improves attention, concentration, motor skills and academic performance.  But above all, the classes are a lot of fun for both children and caregivers.

 

We offer a playful, developmentally appropriate, non-performance-oriented musical experience that is immediately accessible and welcomes the child’s participation.  Musicianship, language and moral education, togetherness, and wonder are also goals of our program.  Additional benefits include improved focus, concentration and comprehension. 

Our musical play is largely based on the methods and principles of the Swiss educator Emile Jacques-Dalcroze.  It is designed to help children develop rapid connections between the ears that listen, the brain that analyzes, and the body that acts to interpret the messages encoded in the music.  

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