Early childhood enrichment classes:
Baby Class, Messy Art & Music, Music & Movement, Petite Ballet, and morning Drum & Tumble classes, are all classes where the caregiver stays in the room and gently participates.
Classes for 3yrs and up:
All classes for 3 year olds are drop off. Caregivers are allowed to come in and view the final 5 minutes of class as long as the volume in kept to a minimum. We will have an observation class at intermittent points within the year for parents and friends to see what the children have been learning.
Baby Group 10-24 months
It's all about exploring! Tumbling, obstacle courses, water and sand play, parachute, dancing with bubbles, singing, playing instruments, and meeting new friends. This is a great opportunity to introduce your young child into a friendly environment with no concrete structure.
Messy Art & Movement 2-3 years
Our signature class for two year olds. Tactile art, hand, foot and face painting, Gak, Play dough & foam-play, sand, water, glue, and take home art projects each week. Drumming and singing, dancing with bubbles, and playing under the parachute make this class a favorite for your 2-3 year olds. All art supplies are washable, but best not to dress you child in their finest.
Music & Movement
In this class, Ben brings his unique musical gifts to your child through inventive song singing, instrument playing & body movement. This class is wonderful for siblings. Class begins with a shaker warm up, seamlessly transitions into a drum circle, and ends with movement. The final segment is a calming down, bonding moment for parent and child, with soothing lullaby’s and goodbye songs.
Drum & Tumble
Drum & Tumble is a bilingual, imagination based physical movement class using afro-brazilian rhythms and movements in a drum circle. The children sing and drum on handmade djembes from Ghana and create their own characters for treasure hunts, obstacle courses, and all sorts of spontaneous adventures.
Ballet Petit 2 to 3 years
This class is the perfect combination of your little girl’s interests. Ballet warm-ups and stretches, dancing with bubbles, magic wands, scarves and ribbons, and a take home art project each week. Classroom tools are woven into the children’s play throughout class in an age appropriate manner. Getting along with friends, sharing the props, and using kind manners are all a big part of the Ballerina’s experience.
Pre-Ballet, Ballet I, Ballet II, Ballet III, Ballet IV, Ballet V, Ballet VI, Ballet VII
Stephanie's creative and original ballet curriculum captivates your child’s imagination, and most importantly makes ballet fun. As the children grow, they are introduced to more and more ballet structure. Pre-Ballet is the child's first experience into the world of ballet and all of its magic. This class is free of concrete structure, rather, uses imagination based tools to find the children dancing from their hearts. As the children enter Ballet I, they are starting to lengthen their bodies and legs, and are beginning to understand proper alignment. Ballet II brings more of the same, and begins to add steps at the barre and across the floor into combinations. Ballet III really starts to look like a proper ballet class. Each ballet class, Pre-Ballet and up, consists of a circle warm up, uses the ballet barre, travels across the floor, and builds center combinations. Each class leaves time for an “free dance.” This is an important part of class where the dancers utilize all of the steps they have learned, and sharpen the ones they are trying to learn. The year end recital is held in May or June, with all dancers, Pre-Ballet and up.
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