Foundations
Ages 0-18 months
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Our Foundations classes offer a sensory-rich yet caring, gentle environment where infants & young toddlers can explore and react to new sounds, sensations, objects, and movements!
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ACTIVITIES
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Listening to and experiencing songs and rhymes
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Back-and-forth vocal plays and other parent-child interactions that build neural pathways in a baby’s developing brain
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Exploring baby-safe instruments and other object play
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Baby-caregiver bonding exercises, including story time, massage, and relaxation activities
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SKILLS & BENEFITS
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Increased balance and control over movements and strengthened core muscles
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Ability to embrace both familiar and unfamiliar social experiences
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Development of listening and communication skills
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Introduction to a variety of spoken sounds and rhythms that will support language and literacy development
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CURRENTLY OFFERED:
Thursdays, 10:15-11:00
Mills River Studios (4023 Haywood Rd., Mills River, NC)
Starting as early as June 15th!
Only
$60/month!
Level 2
Ages 18 months - 3
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Level 2 classes encourage older toddlers to initiate their own ideas, nurturing social-emotional growth and cognitive development in a playful, exploratory environment.
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ACTIVITIES
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Exploring movement concepts and participating in musical interactions with objects and others
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Discovering different ways instruments can make sounds and experiencing a wide range of musical concepts
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Identifying and vocally imitating sounds and learning to describe them
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Learning to associate a picture with a sound
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Singing songs with language patterns that explore rhythm, speech sounds, syntax, and rhyme
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SKILLS & BENEFITS
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Increased alertness, self-control, and ability to regulate their own movements
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Stabilization of muscles necessary for healthy posture and overall balance
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Improved coordination and locomotor skills, fine motor skills, and finger and hand strength
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Strengthened ability to memorize, sequence, and predict patterns
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Development of early pre-literacy and number skills
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CURRENTLY OFFERED:
Mondays, 10:15-11:00
Fairview Studios (3086 Cane Creek Rd., Fairview, NC)
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Tuesdays, 10:15-11:00
West Asheville Studios (40 Westgate Pkwy, Asheville, NC)
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Tuesdays, 11:30-12:15
West Asheville Studios (40 Westgate Pkwy, Asheville, NC)
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Starting as early as June 15th!
Level 3
Ages 4-5
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Level 3 classes are designed to engage preschoolers’ natural love of music and activate their imaginations, while developing their growing language and social-emotional skills.
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ACTIVITIES
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Experiencing a variety of sounds and learning how sounds are produced by playing musical instruments, speaking or singing
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Playing instruments with an emphasis on steady beat, repeated rhythm patterns, graphic notation, and ensemble music
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Ensemble Development, an activity that builds the skills preschoolers need in order to create music within a group
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Engaging in creative expression and language play, expressing feelings and ideas through movement and music
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Pre-reading music and learning to interpret graphic notation symbols, a precursor to learning traditional music symbols
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SKILLS & BENEFITS
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Increased attention and focus; growing ability to memorize and recall
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Growing ability to detect patterns, nuances, and timbre in sounds, a critical skill for music and language development
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Experience waiting patiently, taking turns, working cooperatively in a group and communicating effectively and respectfully
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Wider vocabulary and knowledge of story structures; critical thinking and problem-solving skills
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Learning how to decode and interpret symbols, skills necessary for reading, math, and music
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PENDING ENROLLMENT:
Let us know if you are interested, and we will do our best to accommodate you!
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