Southport Performing Arts Conservatory

CLASS DESCRIPTION

Mommy and Me

Toddlers are introduced to the joy of making music and dancing with mommy or daddy through massage therapy. Rhymes, songs, rhythmic movement basic feet and arm positions nurture the child's musical instincts. Infant Massage is a positive interaction between caregiver and infant. The therapeutic purpose of the massage is to promote circulation of the blood and lymphatic system, relaxation of the muscles, relief of pain, restoration of metabolic balance, and spending quality one-on-one time with your baby.

Our experienced instructor will combine and work on both rhythmic movements and therapeutic massage for strength, flexibility and relaxation. The class focuses on the basic concepts of movement, balance, rhythm and coordination, utilizing colors, shapes, numbers and using systematic manual manipulation of the body’s soft tissues. Mommy and Me classes help babies to learn, listen, focus through imitation, short dance combinations and create a stronger bond between parent and child.

Mondays 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Age: 18 months – 36 months

Literacy Through Dance

Dance communicates feelings and from these feelings, ideas are communicated.

Students begin to learn the fundamentals of literacy at an early age. We all need to learn how to read, write, and speak. The art of dance can be instrumental in this learning process with the grace of movement. Students can learn to compose ideas through dance movements. Thus, performing a dance is telling a story.

Dance organizes and transforms our thoughts, feelings, ideas, and images into communicative movement sequences that are personally and socially significant. Communication is possible through dance just as ideas are expressed through writing or speaking.

Students can also begin to formulate thoughts about movement by analyzing and discussing dance in the class. Moreover, students can begin to read about dance and develop a historical and aesthetic context for the art.

S.P.A.C.E. introduces Literacy through Dance Classes for students who are ages 4 to 6 yrs. old as part of S.P.A.C.E. Fine Arts Day Program at its Peterson location.

Dress Code:

GIRLS: Pink Leotard, Pink or White Tight, Ballet Shoes (not slippers)
BOYS: White T-Shirt, Black Tight, Ballet Shoes (not slippers)

Mondays 10:00 am – 10:45 am
Age: 3 – 6 years

Creative Movement Dance Classes

Creative Movement is an unique form of dance education. It is a self-expression activity that gives the child the opportunity to express thoughts, feelings and ideas through the use of their body. It is also known as an art form that emphasizes creativity, symbolic play and problem solving through dance steps.

Children can discover and learn a lot about self-awareness, imagination and ideas with movement experience. Moreover, a child can develop awareness of the movement elements such as body, space, time and force. Movement experience is an important creative art and has a special role in the development of kinesthetic awareness and awareness of the elements of movement through a functional and expressive purpose.

Mondays 11:00 am – 11:45 am
Age: 3 – 6 years

Creative Art Classes

This "art studio" is a wonderful environment for the active energy level of students. Children enter a creative and magical world where they create, design, and are encouraged to fully explore their creativity and strive for excellence through their imaginations.

Each week class will begin with a short music or dance story to introduce students to the class theme. Inspired by the story theme, students will move to different areas of the studio. The projects will involve cutting, sticking, crumpling, painting, drawing, modeling, tracing, sculpturing and much more...

Mondays & Wednesdays 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Age: 3 – 6 years

Reading with Music

The successful acquisition of reading and writing in early childhood depends on a solid background in oral language skills. Oral language is an interactive and social process, and music is a natural way for children to experience language in an enjoyable way. Young children seem to be naturally "attuned" to sound and rhythm.

Besides providing enjoyment, music can play an important role in language and literacy development. Beginning in Pre-School, strong social bonds are encouraged through music and songs. Toddlers can begin to experiment with grammatical rules and various rhyming patterns in songs and other written text. Establishing a sense of rhythm can be used to increase a student's awareness of rhyming patterns and alliteration in various areas of reading and writing. For this reason, S.P.A.C.E. offers an advanced literacy through music program for young children.

Every four to six weeks parents are invited to observe the student's reading through music performance. After each performance students will take home treats with photocopied reading books.

Materials: READING SONGS BOOKS, INSTRUMENTS, CD's, DVD's and PLAYERS
All materials will be provided by S.P.A.C.E

Wednesdays 10:00 am – 10:45 am
Age: 3 – 6 years

Sing & Play

Sing & Play is a class for children 3 ½ - 6 years old. It serves as a preparation for families interested in studying an instrument within the Suzuki environment, and is an opportunity for anyone who enjoys music to have fun. In Sing & Play, children will be introduced to the Orff approach of music education, which uses very rudimentary forms of everyday activities for the purpose of creating music by young individuals. This includes singing in groups and performing voice instrumental music, rhymes and playing instruments such as the metallophone, xylophone, glockenspiel, and other percussive instruments.

The music generated is largely of improvisational and original tonal constructions. This builds a sense of confidence and interest in the process of creative thinking. Children also make music together in a group and hence realize the joys of group co-ordination and cohesion. It may also involve the participation of other adults and parents in music making. Thus it brings the role of parent in child education in a central position. During class time, in addition to learning the beginning rhythms, the student develops coordination, the ability to listen carefully and respond physically, to start and stop at a set point in time (pre-ensemble skills), and to take turns. Musical concepts such as dynamics & tempo will be introduced. Each child develops individually and moves to instrument lessons at his or her own pace. Remember that regardless of how much he/she participates or seems to "get it", ear-training will always be in progress!

You and your child's efforts are very important to make Sing & Play a great start for a lifetime of musical enjoyment.

Wednesdays 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Age: 3-6 yrs.