About The Classes

First Steps in Music classes engage children and their parents in singing folk songs, rhymes and games, and provide free play with percussion instruments. Through these activities these classes:
· Inspire children to listen, feel and move to music of all kinds
· Develop a child’s imagination through songs and movement
· Encourage positive social interactions with other children
· Are fun for kids and parents
Through singing, instrumental exploration, and games, children are given an appetite to love music. In a playful manner,  children develop sensory awareness, language, motor, creative and social skills, along with gaining a wide repertoire of  music. Word sheets and CD’s are provided so parents can reinforce what is learned in class at home.

Read Nothing Simple about a Lullaby  to learn more about First Steps and how musical experiences in the first five years can change the way a person learns during later stages in life.

CLASSES

Infant/Toddler (birth to 29 months)

Parents are taught how to play with their babies through a selection of bounces, wiggles, tickles, tapping, dancing and lullabies. Toddlers love to bang and tap to their own beat while they enjoy exploring sound through various percussion instruments at the start of each class. Parents are taught how to encourage beat awareness while playing with their children, and they learn how to sing to their children and encourage musical playtime beyond the classroom. This energetic playtime is followed by a calming time of lullabies.

Preschool (30 months- 5 years)

Children begin to share their musical development by moving to the beat and singing songs together with their parents. Children and their parents learn to vocalize with high and low sounds, they learn echo and call-and-response songs, movement, finger plays to rhymes, and steady beat activities with or without instruments. Singing, moving, creating and playing instruments make this time a wonderful musical experience.

Elementary (5-7 years)

Kids in this class learn to show their musical independence. They explore music through a variety of sounds, singing, instruments and recordings. Children love to sing and dance together through folk songs, rhymes, circle games and more! These youngsters begin to explore their own musical imagination as they create their own simple rhythms and melodies.