Music for Little Ones
Smart Start: 0-1 Years
10 Wednesdays
1 hour each, date & time TBD in Fall 2024
Begin making lifelong connections with music and developing the foundations for basic cognitive skills through fun parent-child activities.
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The positive atmosphere of this class helps foster lifelong connections with music, builds strong parent-child emotional bonds, and develops the foundation for basic cognitive skills including attention, memory, perception, and cognitive flexibility.
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Through Smart Start’s neuroscience-based curriculum, you and your child will learn about the fundamentals of music by moving your bodies, singing, and playing.
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In every class session, you will learn multicultural songs and games with particular attention paid to beat, rhythm, and listening skills. You’ll also receive access to the parent portal which includes downloadable activities to try at home, curated articles and content on childhood development, and updates on your child’s growth throughout the course.
A care provider accompanies their child for all classes for this course.
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10 Wednesdays Date & TBD in Fall 2024
Tuition: $280 (plus registration fees) (includes access to Smart Start's parent portal)
Location: Studio 15, Leir House
Smart Start: 1-2 Years
10 Wednesdays
time changed to 10:30-11:30am
Expand your child's musical skills through movement, and further develop cognitive
skills in fun and engaging ways.
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The positive atmosphere of this class helps foster lifelong connections with music, builds strong parent-child emotional bonds, and develops the foundation for basic cognitive skills including attention, memory, perception, and cognitive flexibility. Through Smart Start’s neurosciencebased curriculum, you and your child will learn about the fundamentals of music by moving your bodies, singing, and playing. In every class session, you will learn multicultural songs and games with particular attention paid to beat, rhythm, and listening skills. You’ll also receive access to the parent portal which includes downloadable activities to try at home, curated articles and content on childhood development, and updates on your child’s growth throughout the course.
A care provider accompanies their child for all classes for this course.
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10 Wednesdays, April 17 to June 19, 2024
10:30-11:30am
Tuition: $280 (plus registration fees) (includes access to Smart Start's parent portal)
Location: Studio 15, Leir House
Smart Start: 2-3 Years
10 Thursdays
10:00-11:00am
Develop your child's musical abilities through more independent activities and expand
cognitive skills through creativity and self-awareness.
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Set your child on the right path by engaging them in multicultural music, movement-based play, and neuroscience-based learning. This class focuses on cognitive skills relevant to music, such as sustaining attention, remembering songs, and recognizing perceptual cues as well as developing gross motor function in toddlers by encouraging them to move their bodies in time to sounds and music.
Children will also practice listening and singing, playing simple instruments like maracas and drums, and taking turns, leading to musical competence, confidence, a sense of belonging, and increased social skills.
You and your child will participate actively in the class, while you support the development of your child's musical creativity and build further skills for musical interaction together. You’ll also receive access to the parent portal which includes downloadable activities to try at home, curated articles and content on childhood development, and updates on your child’s growth throughout the course.
A care provider accompanies their child for all classes for this course.
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10 Thursdays, April 18 to June 20, 2024
10:00-11:00am
Tuition: $280 (plus registration fees) (includes access to Smart Start's parent portal)
Location: Studio 15, Leir House
Smart Start: 3-4 Years
10 Thursdays
11:15-12:15pm
Singing, dancing, playing games - children adore this active, play-based learning
environment.
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This neuroscience-based class supports the growth of your child’s cognitive skills through activities such as recognizing musical patterns, focusing on the most important aspects of music, and understanding connections across artistic representations.
Your child will learn foundational musical skills such as tempo, meter, pitch, and volume, and play a wider variety of percussion instruments. They’ll also play with picture-based pre-notation and collaborate in musical activities with other children designed to foster basic musical knowledge and encourage individual and group creativity.
You’ll also receive access to the parent portal which includes downloadable activities to try at home, curated articles and content on childhood development, and updates on your child’s growth throughout the course.
At this level, a care provider accompanies each child for the first few sessions only.
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10 Thursdays, April 18 to June 20, 2024
11:15-12:15pm
Tuition: $280 (plus registration fees) (includes access to Smart Start's parent portal)
Location: Studio 15, Leir House
Music for Little Mozarts 4-5 Years Old
A Parent and Tot Class
10 Tuesdays
3-3:45pm
Meet Mozart Mouse, Beethoven Bear, and other music friends, who will introduce your little one to the language of music.
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This 10-week class consists of exciting lessons with singing, listening, movement, rhythm activities, and the basics of piano playing. Mozart Mouse and Beethoven Bear and many other music friends join each class to help introduce all these music elements.​
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The lessons centre around music adventures - learning about and exploring music. Students learn music note time values, Hi/Lo sounds, musical dynamics (quiet and loud sounds), and how to use the voice to sing. They experiment with rhythms using rhythm instruments, start to learn how to play the piano, and explore how to create and navigate their own musical world. This class is a social way to experience music and learn how music exists in society. The class works around children's learning styles and auditory, tactile, visual, and movement are all incorporated into each lesson.
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10 Tuesdays April 16 to June 18, 2024
3-3:45pm
Tuition: $250 (plus registration fees)
Location: Studio 15, Leir House