Rock N' Roll Pre-school is the oldest age group at School of Rock-a-bye Babies, teaching classes for 2-4 year olds. Each class is limited to a maximum of 12 children to facilitate maximum one-to-one instruction. Classes will celebrate, develop, and strengthen your child's inherent musicality and creativity by encouraging his/her growing independence and ability to follow simple instructions, move and play along to the music, sing, and listen. Rock N' Roll Pre-school will develop your child's understanding of sharing and taking turns as part of a group, enhance verbal communication skills and vocabulary, and support increased confidence all while giving him/her a solid introduction to the fundamentals of music and music theory.
__ Active listening
__ Independent music making
__ Playing music as a group
__ Singing, playing and moving to the beat
__ Exploring movement and space
All School of Rock-a-bye Babies classes will involve the following:
__ Exposure to different styles of music - in every class, your child will
___ hear and learn a variety of different styles of music which will enhance
___ their overall musical development.
__ Real Instruments and Real Musicians - your child will have the
___ opportunity to see, touch and 'play' a variety of musical instruments
___ and meet real musicians.
__ Smaller Numbers of Children in each class - all classes will have
___ a maximum of 15 children (plus carers). Smaller classes will allow
___ Elizabeth to give your child more one-to-one time and provide an
___ opportunity for you and your child to get to know the other children
___ and carers in the class.
__ Progressive series of lessons - Each SRBB stage develops what is
___ taught in the previous stage(s) to provide your child with a progressive
___ and evolving programme of learning that corresponds to his/her physical
___ and mental development.
__ Engaging Visuals - from funny shaped instruments to bubbles, scarves,
___ puppets and lights, SRBB classes will be full of visual aids that will
___ engage your child with what s/he is learning.
__ Games - classes will involve fun musical games which you will be able
___ to play at home with your child(ren) to strengthen their listening and
___ motor skills and their understanding of playing together.
__ Actions and Movement - every class will involve singing and listening
___ to music with a variety of actions and movement which will enable your
___ child to develop his/her language and meaning, coordination and
___ memory skills.
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