Watch Your Child Grow
Fridays 11am, Level 2 mixed ages (This class is OUTDOORS).
Fridays 5:30 pm, Level 2 mixed ages
0-3 years
Did you know what some of the benefits of a mixed ages class are?
*Development of a steady beat--essential for playing instruments and sports later in school years. Music=Sports.
*Rhythm Notation: Quarter Notes & Rests.
*Development of a healthy singing voice.
*Beginning Ensemble Skills: playing at specific times during a
song; changing instruments at certain times in a song.
*Waiting for our turn during certain parts of a song.
*Musical direction: up & down
*Tempo: Fast, Slow, Accelerando.
*Listening: exploration of instrument timbre; animal sounds, and sounds found in nature and around town.
*Songs/rhymes from a diversity of cultures.
*Musical Contrasts: High/Low, Quiet/Loud.
*Exploring, creating movement, and playing to musical concepts such as crescendo, decrescendo, piano, forte, staccato and legato.
*Introducing social skills: patience, cooperation, team-building, leadership and mastery of essential school-ready skills like self-regulation, and self-control.
