Curriculum Descriptions, Summer 2010
More than just a curious story, Mother Goose games like peek-a-boo help
babies understand language. In this special camp, uncover more ways to
say "I love you" using American Sign Language, soap bubbles, and
parent-baby dances. Plus, parents can meet with other newborns and
families in the community and learn how music improves the child
development process.
Home Materials: Peek-a-Boo! I Love
You! board book, Home CD, duck wash mitt, baby duck Gertie ball, and
poster.
Come explore the ocean through music and dance! Sing sailor songs and
make the ocean count. "Five little seashells lying on the shore: Swish!
Went the waves and then there were four." Make homemade kites and
"fish" sandwiches.
Home Materials:
Home
CD, pair of seashell castanet instrument, a set of 10 story cards
and 5 picture folders.
On the Road—3 to 5 years, adult joins final 15 minutes of class
Re-live your childhood, with your child. Every
song is likely to revive a memory from your summers' past. Play "Eye
Spy" and find shapes in the clouds to pass the time. Take imaginary
trips in a bus named "Van Go" to fun-filled vacation destinations such
as the carnival, a summer cottage, and the beach.
Home Materials: On the Road
book, Home CD frog guiro instrument, and poster.
Give children something to sing about in their own backyards. Be the
flower from the "seed's" perspective. Run and jump in rain puddles made
from hula hoops. Shoo real flies and sing "Shoo Fly."
Home Materials:Home CD, Bunny hand puppet, and a set of 5
picture folders.
Is your child ready to begin an instrument? Learn the basics for any
beginning instrument, including rhythm, musical alphabet, and solfegge.
Explore the voice by singing a song and then figuring out how to play
it on the piano. Use your bodies as drums to keep the beat, and
experience music by moving the entire body. Children will benefit from
lessons twice a week: a weekly 60-minute group class as well as a
weekly 20-minute one-on-one.
*Piano Class Location: 9036 SE Morrison Street, Portland, Or 97216
8 classes: Tuesdays, combined class, 2:30 -- 3:30
Thursdays, private 20 minute lesson, between 2pm and 4pm
June 22 - July 15
Tuition and Materials: $150
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