Class Description 2009/2010
DANCE CLASSES
Toddler Dance - This fun class is for toddlers along with Mom or Dad. This is a great introduction to dancing for children just developing their coordination. The teacher guides the parent/tot team in a way that makes discovering movement, balance and listening skills easy and fun. This class is an excellent first group activity.
Kindergarten Dance - In this class we explore the basic elements of dance: levels, shapes, time, force, space, etc. This class implements fun and games, as well as some basic dance technique. Kids will be introduced to the elements of jazz, ballet, hip hop and tap.
Jazz Hip Hop - This is one of the most popular classes in the school. This beginner program allows students to take the 2 most popular forms of dance in one class. The jazz/hip hop class teaches fundamental jazz steps and combines the elements of hip hop moves and contemporary music. We have found that the combination of jazz and hip hop is ideal for this age. Students learn the necessary elements of jazz which are crucial to success in hip hop, but also get to learn hip hop moves which require the coordination and balance learned from jazz.
Tap Classes - Our schools do not start children in tap until the age of 6. Tap requires a great deal of coordination and can be a challenging style of dance. Students between the ages of 6-8 will learn traditional tap techniques. Ages 9 and older can participate in street tap which is a funky, hip-hop inspired style of tap.
Ballet – explore the grace and beauty of ballet. Our schools offer the Royal Academy of Dance Ballet. The classes offered begin with pre-primary ballet for children aged 5 and older, primary for children aged 7 and older, grade 1 ballet ages 8-10 and so on. For kids ages 3-5 we offer Princess Ballet class.
Adult Classes: Modern - combination of jazz, ballet and hip hop; Ballroom – learn a variety of steps such as the rumba, cha cha, salsa, mambo, waltz.
ART CLASSES
Drawing Made Easy: Dec - Holiday Theme; Jan - Art-full Surprises; Feb - Caricatures & Portraits; Mar - Zoo Animals; Apr - Manga Art; May - Awesome Landscapes; June - Prehistoric Art; July – Cyborgs; Aug - Sketching Real Life
The mediums would be pencil, pencil crayon, markers, pastels, cut & paste, watercolours, plastercine.
KINDERMUSIK
Kindermusik Village (Ages: 0-1.5)
Cock-a-doodle-Moo! - In this class, you will sing songs about the farm, including “Old MacDonald,” Hayride,” and “Clever Cows.” You’ll engage in rituals and playful activities with your baby, including infant massage, lap bounces, exercise, and quiet time.Home Materials: A picture board book with charming farm animals and the sounds they make—Cock-a-doodle-Moo, a CD of the songs heard in class, a Sunshine Jingle instrument for music-making at home, and a set of Art Banners for the nursery wall.
DewDrops - In this class, parents and babies will play and move together to songs about flowers, such as “Jasmine Flower,” “How Does Your Garden Grow?,” and “White Coral Bells.” You’ll also hear traditional Irish music, dance a jig and move to the “Irish Trot.” Home Materials: CD of beautifully arranged songs from class, a board book of colorful flowers—DewDrops, a set of Art Banners for the nursery wall, and a Flower Bells instrument for music-making at home.
Kindermusik Our Time (Ages: 1.5-3)
Away We Go! - This class focuses on transportation, a favorite topic for toddlers who are on the go, go, go! Sing and play along with favorite songs, such as “I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad” and “Wheels on the Bus”. Explore fast and slow, smooth and bumpy, and high and low. Read stories about ways to get around. Shiny Dinah tells the story of a train, and Giddy-Up! has a horse, speedboat, racecar, and more to help you get where you want to go. Home Materials: Double CD featuring songs from class; two interactive story books—Shiny Dinah and Giddy-Up! to develop early literacy skills; Home Activity Book, and two harmonicas designed for toddlers.
Kindermusik Imagine That (Ages: 3-5)
Toys I Make, Trips I Take- We’ll use the theme of a toy shop to make our pretend-creations, using rhythm and songs with every imaginary saw, hammer, and nail. The result is building the preschooler’s sense of a sequence of events, which is good for storytelling, as well as making his ideas a reality. Home Materials: Two books—If I Had a Big Blue Boat and Tippity Tippity Too, Toys I Make, Trips I Take Play Set, Two Home CDs, Family Activity Book, and a drum.
Kindermusik Family Time (Ages: 0-7)
Here, There and Everywhere—This class center around different family outings: a visit with a friend, an outing at the park, a trip to the city, an afternoon at the aquarium, and a day on the farm. Move like animals with this unit’s story Flip-Flap, Sugar Snap! And follow a girl’s adventure as she loses her jambourine during the day’s outings and then finds it in the story Jingle-Jangle Jambourine. Home Materials: Two Books—Flip-Flap, Sugar Snap! and Jingle-Jangle Jambourine, Two Home CDs, Family Guide, board game, Waggs the dog hand puppet and finger puppet, and two jambourine instruments.
Kindermusik Young Child (Ages: 5-7)
Playing simple musical patterns and songs on the featured instrument from the first session—the glockenspiel—is a central focus this semester. While learning to sing a melody, and then play the pattern on the glockenspiel, we'll delve deeper into the understanding of musical concepts such as piano and forte through orchestra-style music such as the William Tell Overture and Peter and the Wolf. Music appreciation and understanding continues with a complete introduction to the instruments—and the families in which they're grouped—of the orchestra. Home Materials: Children’s Folder with stickers, games bag, and Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, and Home CD of music from class.
