Preschool
For ages 2-5.
Check out Summer Camps for day camps for ages 4 through 15.
Drop-In Studio Days
July 11- August 15
Anna Birch
Ages 4-8 | Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00 pm
This Drop-In Studio geared just for kids will feature a variety of art forms and projects to bring out the individuality and creativity of children ages 5-8. Each drop-in session will have two or three art stations set up to explore different forms of painting/drawing, printing, paper-making, book-making, small sculptures, and other paper, glitzy, and nature crafts. Come create new types of art in a fun, lively and supportive atmosphere with something a little different every time! $20.00 per session
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Workshops
(Classes listed below)
Your Baby Needs Music - workshop
Ages infant-2 (side by side, one child per caregive)
Saturday, August 18, 10:00-11:00 am
Before birth the fetus is aware of pulse, movement and sound. At birth these familiar experiences can be recreated through music. Music stimulates movement so important for the baby's physical and mental development, while singing to the baby triggers speech. Music encourages the ability to listen and thus to concentrate. Songs encourage speech and auditory discrimination. In every music class babies are introduced to high, low and medium pitch through vocal and instrumental sounds and learn to distinguish between quick and slow, loud and soft. Music helps the baby to understand a variety of concepts, such as high and low, fast and slow, loud and soft. Music classes provide babies from birth to three years of age with a sociable non-threatening form of communication. A music group helps both mothers and babies to socialize, and most of all, such a group provides enjoyment.
Want to see if the program is right for you? Come to this preview workshop and try it out. Attendees of this workshop who register for the 10 week class before August 31 receive a $10 discount.
Listen, Like, Learn - workshop
Ages 2-4 (side by side, one child per caregive)
Saturday, August 18, 11:30 am-12:30 pm
The title of this program sums up the Cass-Beggs philosophy of teaching music to babies and young children. First they must LISTEN, as music is a listening subject. Then they must LIKE listening, otherwise they will not learn, and from listening and liking they will LEARN. One must start with the child as every child has a body and a voice therefore movement and singing are of prior importance. However, to enjoy music a child needs to understand the basic elements of music - rhythm, melody, harmony, dynamics, expression and form. These elements can be acquired easily and happily through listening, moving, singing and participating in a program which encourages experimentation of sound, using a variety of percussive and melodic instruments. By degrees the child learns to read music through the Paris Chevre time names and the Cass-Beggs Musical Family combined with the Curwen Solfege. Because young children do not distinguish between music and other arts, the L.L.L. program relates closely to the arts of poetry, painting, dance, movement and drama. Musical ability is important but the aim of these classes is to assist the development of the whole child so that s/he can gain a sense of self-confidence and security.
Want to see if the program is right for you? Come to this preview workshop and try it out. Attendees of this workshop who register for the 10 week class before August 31 receive a $10 discount.
Fall Classes
Your Baby Needs Music
Rahel Limor
Ages infant-2 (side by side, one child per caregive) | 10 weeks (no classes week of November 19)
Tuesdays, September 18 - November 27, 11:15 am-12:15 pm
Thursdays, September 20 - November 29, 4:00-5:00 pm
Before birth the fetus is aware of pulse, movement and sound. At birth these familiar experiences can be recreated through music. Music stimulates movement so important for the baby's physical and mental development, while singing to the baby triggers speech. Music encourages the ability to listen and thus to concentrate. Songs encourage speech and auditory discrimination. In every music class babies are introduced to high, low and medium pitch through vocal and instrumental sounds and learn to distinguish between quick and slow, loud and soft. Music helps the baby to understand a variety of concepts, such as high and low, fast and slow, loud and soft. Music classes provide babies from birth to three years of age with a sociable non-threatening form of communication. A music group helps both mothers and babies to socialize, and most of all, such a group provides enjoyment. $180.00
Attend the demonstration workshop and register before August 31 to receive a $10 discount.
Listen, Like, Learn
Rahel Limor
Ages infant-2 (side by side, one child per caregive) | 10 weeks (no classes week of November 19)
Tuesdays, September 18 - November 27, 10:00-11:00 am
Thursdays, September 20 - November 29, 6:00-7:00 pm
The title of this program sums up the Cass-Beggs philosophy of teaching music to babies and young children. First they must LISTEN, as music is a listening subject. Then they must LIKE listening, otherwise they will not learn, and from listening and liking they will LEARN. One must start with the child as every child has a body and a voice therefore movement and singing are of prior importance. However, to enjoy music a child needs to understand the basic elements of music - rhythm, melody, harmony, dynamics, expression and form. These elements can be acquired easily and happily through listening, moving, singing and participating in a program which encourages experimentation of sound, using a variety of percussive and melodic instruments. By degrees the child learns to read music through the Paris Chevre time names and the Cass-Beggs Musical Family combined with the Curwen Solfege. Because young children do not distinguish between music and other arts, the L.L.L. program relates closely to the arts of poetry, painting, dance, movement and drama. Musical ability is important but the aim of these classes is to assist the development of the WHOLE child so that s/he can gain a sense of self-confidence and security. $180.00
Attend the demonstration workshop and register before August 31 to receive a $10 discount.