Parent and Toddler (to 4 years)
Dance with your darling, sing with
your sweetheart!
Music in early childhood creates a foundation upon which future music learning is built. Early interaction with music positively affects the quality of children's lives.
The North York Suzuki School of Music offers this program for young children and parents. It assists you and your children to interact though music.
Classes are designed to teach young children the basic elements of music in an age appropriate way, beginning with finger plays, bouncing rhymes, and clapping games. The teacher will move to more active games as the children get more comfortable with the environment and each other. More focused time with simple instruments helps to bring the class to a lower energy level in preparation for a gentle goodbye song.
This class prepares children for instrumental lessons in the future by focusing on concepts of rhythms, beat, pitch and tempo. As well, the routine of regular classes helps get the children ready for formal schooling.
Parents need not have a musical background, just the desire to make music an important and joyful part of their home environment. One way to do this is to use these songs and games at home so that music becomes a part of the child's daily experience of warm family time.
Classes meet for 45 minutes on a weekly basis for a specified term. New students may join at any time.
If you have any questions, please contact us or the teacher directly.