SCHEDULE AND FEES
| Smart Start™ | 0-12 months | 12-24 months | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $400 | $800 | $800 | $1,090 |
| Number of sessions | 14 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| Duration per class | 45 minutes | 45 minutes | 45 minutes | 60 minutes |
| Parent participation | Parents must stay entire time | Parents must stay entire time | Parents must stay entire time | Parents required to stay for the first 2 months only |
| Available time slots | Monday - 9am, 1pm; Thursday - 10am, 12pm; Saturday - 10am | Monday - 9am, 1pm; Thursday - 10am, 12pm; Saturday - 11am | Monday - 10am, 1pm; Thursday - 9am, 12pm; Saturday - 12pm | Monday - 10am, 4pm; Thursday - 9am, 4pm; Saturday - 1pm |
INSTRUCTORS
Jessica Jin
Lindsay Johnson-Rodriguez
Tony Rodriguez (Director)
SMART START™ COURSES
Smart Start™: 0-12 Months & 12-24 Months
0-12 Months: Enjoy rhythms and rhymes, learn some new lullabies, and have fun with your little one!
Children are naturally curious about music from a very early age. The positive atmosphere of this class helps foster lifelong connections with music, builds a strong parent-child bond, and provides a weekly forum for social interaction. The goal of this course is to expose you and your child to the basic concepts of music through sensory awareness and active participation, with particular attention paid to beat, rhythm, and listening skills.
Infants are just beginning to explore the world around them, and that includes their musical world. Even before they are born, children can hear music all around them, and our classes start from the very beginning. In this class, you and your child learn about the fundamentals of music through movement, singing, and play. The course is designed to foster basic cognitive skills through a musical framework, and to help parents and care providers learn ways to interact with their children through music.
A typical class begins with a greeting song, followed by gentle bouncing games, finger plays, movement, instrument activities, and many songs. The class concludes with lullabies or other songs for all to enjoy.
A care provider accompanies their child for each class for the full session. A Smart Start™ Songbook is given to every care provider to enable home follow-up.
12-24 Months: Toddlers are almost always on the move! Channel your child's natural energy through music and movement learning.
The active, music-based activities in this class help support your child's cognitive, social, emotional, intellectual, and physical development, while facilitating parent-child bonding. Coordination, body control and spatial awareness skills are developed through games built around walking, dancing, and age-appropriate percussion instruments such as shakers, drums, and bells.
As infants grow into toddlers, their musical abilities and needs develop as well. This class works with a toddler's ever-expanding cognitive skills through rich and engaging musical activities for the child and care provider. Activities support the growth of musical memory, creative artistic play, and active imitation. Care providers participate with their children, providing musical role models for the children.
The activities in this class have been specifically designed to develop listening skills and improve memory through repetition, as well as to enhance a range of important cognitive skills. The toddler's social skills are also developed through experiencing music in a group setting.
A care provider accompanies their child for all classes in this course. A Smart Start™ Songbook is given to every care provider to enable home follow-up.
Smart Start™: 2 Years
Confident, active kids become confident, active adults!
Set your child on the right path by engaging them in music and movement-based play. This class focuses on developing gross motor function in toddlers by encouraging them to move their bodies in time to sounds and music.
At age 2, children are beginning to develop more complex cognitive skills that will aid them later in life. These classes focus on cognitive skills relevant to music, such as sustaining attention, remembering songs, and recognizing perceptual cues. Children in these classes learn how to apply these skills towards musical exploration, gain greater musical independence and acquire basic musical skills. Care providers participate actively in the class, supporting the development of their child's musical creativity and building further skills for musical interaction with their child.
With an emphasis on the fundamentals of listening and singing, playing simple instruments like maracas and drums, and taking turns, this course develops musical competence and fosters the children’s confidence, belonging, and social skills.
A care provider accompanies their child for all classes for this course. A Smart Start™ Songbook is given to every care provider to enable home follow-up.
Smart Start™: 3 years
Singing, dancing, playing games - children adore this active, play-based learning environment.
In this class, children learn foundational musical skills such as tempo, meter, pitch, and volume together through educational, movement-based games.
By age 3, children are beginning to develop their singing voices, so singing a wide range of songs is a vital component of the Smart Start™ curriculum. Smart Start™ also supports the growth of cognitive skills through activities such as recognizing musical patterns, focusing on the most important aspects of music, and understanding connections across artistic representations. Children work in musical collaborations designed to foster basic musical knowledge and spur on individual and group creativity. The children learn techniques for playing a wider variety of percussion instruments, and work with picture-based pre-notation.
Socialization and personal growth are strengthened by experiences working with larger and smaller groups and partners.
A care provider accompanies each child in Smart Start™ (3 Years) for the first two months. A Smart Start™ Songbook is given to every care provider to enable home follow-up.