NEW CLASSES this Term

JUNIOR KEYS COURSE (for 5yo to 6.5 yo)

There are still a couple more spots in Ms Pik's Tuesday 4:45pm class.

JUNGLE MUSIC COURSE for Tots & Friends (for 2 yo to 3.5 yo) 

Saturday at 10:20am

Jungle Music Program  for Babies (6 mo to 18 mo)

Tuesday @12:00pm

Our course is designed to prepare young children for learning and for optimal development in their early years from babies to preschoolers.  Early childhood educators and medical experts in brain development have found that the hind brain is foundational to brain development and all future growth. It has however, the shortest window for optimal development (ie from conception to 18 mo of age) and  thus it is important to focus on its development first (Reference - "Baby Bare" - a bottom-up approach to growing strong brains and bodies by  Stephanie Johnson)

Immersing young babies in songs, movements and nursery rhymes and encouraging a range of sensory exploration (hearing the sound and feeling different shapes and textures of a whole range of percusion instruments swing, rock, dance gallop, skip and twirl with your baby) are great ways to enhance the development of the hind brain.

Once the child becomes a "Tot"  and "Friend", we seek to  develop the 6 key musical skills - beat keeping, aural development - solfege, form/musical structure, tempo (fast/slow), pitch (high/low) and timbre (sound quality).

Classes are filled with songs, rhymes, instrument playing, circle dances, lap rides mixed with lots of fun and puppets that come to life! 

Our aim is to create a positive nurturing sensory-rich environment ideal for immersing children in music and learning.

We use a range of props and classroom resources  which help eye tracking, developing vestibular senses (awareness of where his/her body is located in space) , gross motor and fine motor skills and musical skills, primarily beat & rhythm.