Mommy & Me
Join our Mommy & Me music classes, where kids and their parents can both enjoy a fun, creative and educational experience together. We offer two different classes for babies and toddlers of different age ranges. Please read below for more information.
WHY JOIN MOMMY & ME CLASSES?
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Music improves the sensory development of young children
Music stimulates senses: touch, smell, taste, movement, balance, sight and hearing. Sensory activities encourage a child to use scientific processes while they play, create, investigate and explore.
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Music Helps Improve Literacy Skills
Music instruction improves awareness of distribution and patterning in language (speech, sounds and pronunciations).Through phonological awareness, children learn to associate sounds with symbols, and create links to word recognition and decoding skills necessary for reading.
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Music Encourages Math Skills
A huge part of learning music is rhythm! Rhythm is essentially the mathematics in music. Performing music reinforces parts of the brain used when doing math. There are studies which show that children who play instruments are able to solve harder math problems better, than peers who do not learn music.
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Music Helps Improve Your Child’s Mood
Learning music stimulates different parts of the brain and hearing music causes the release of pleasure-causing chemicals in the brain which reduces stress, anxiety.
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Music Is a Great Tool for Improving Coordination and Gross Motor Skills
Physical coordination is a huge part of playing instruments. It trains people of all ages, especially babies and toddlers, to improve their motor skills.
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Music Is Social
An important part of Mommy & Me is the group setting. In this learning environment, interaction is very present through communication. Rhythmic patterns also requires a team effort, in addition to physical and verbal skills.
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Bonding Time
Mommy & Me classes is a productive and educational session, which also allows parents / guardians to bond with their babies and toddlers!
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Music Can Help Your Child Develop Coping Skills and Process Emotions
Music invokes empathy and vulnerability, therefore improving emotional awareness where children enhance their ability to translate physical sensations to emotions.