Discover the Magic of
Music!
Confidence, Creativity, Coordination
Children certainly learn from an early age that actively making
music with others is a wonderful experience. Week by week, as they
develop, so does their CONFIDENCE, CREATIVITY and COORDINATION.
Rhythm Time is a really enjoyable experience for children but it
is much more than just a sing-along. It is a well thought out
musical experience which uses lots of exciting songs and activities
to help a child's development and life skills.
Music Classes For Babies
Developing confidence, creativity and coordination should start
from an early age!
The age range for Rhythm Time's music classes for babies is from
birth to 15 months. Music is fundamental to every baby's
development and Rhythm Time's sessions for babies are designed
specifically to help this process.
Babies and young children really enjoy being part of a group and
mixing with others is essential to a baby's growth and development.
When key worker and baby are together in the class it
helps with bonding and the group environment enhances the
experience for the babies and key workers.
Research shows that babies need to have their senses stimulated
and so during rhythm time we aim to stimulate vision, listening and
sense of touch. Each session there is something new although the
structure remains the same, giving children a sense of security and
continuity. The leaders in the class use their natural singing
voice. They don't sing along to backing tracks as this actually
gets in the way of the children's learning.
The content of our music classes for babies up to 15 months is
as follows:
- Singing - to help language development. All children sing
before they learn to talk
- Dancing - to help eye tracking, balance and spatial
awareness
- Exercise - to help with muscle development and to gain more
control over movement
- Massage - to help with bonding, relaxation and circulation
- Exploration - to help with hand eye coordination, develop small
motor skills and to encourage speech development
- Social - to help staff and children create new
friendships
All the courses have been created by Kathy Doolan (DRSAM, LRAM),
who trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in
Glasgow. Kathy previously was head of music in a Scottish school
and shares with all franchisees and teachers a real passion and
belief in the importance of music during a child's formative
years.
Courses taking place within the First Steps
room dovetail with the national curriculum and are also an
excellent preparation for any child who may want to play an
instrument when they are older. But more importantly the children
learn at a very early age that actively making music with others is
a wonderful exciting experience. This is something they will never
forget and friends made in these early formative years could well
be friends for life!
For more information please click the following link http://rhythmtime.net/