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Central Minnesota Music School, Early Childhood Instruction

Children's Creative Arts Connection

 

With Programming devoted to developing:  
  • Creativity and independence through personal choices in music and dance.
  • Confidence through opportunities to share ideas and perform.
  • Cooperation and respect for others through shared activities with parents, grandparents, or other students.
  • International awareness through world music and dance.
  • Appreciation of art through interacting with great works in music, art, and literature from around the globe.
  • Curiosity through passionate teaching and learning.

Baby Beethoven I:

 Ages: 8 Months to 1 Year
Toddlers build their musical awareness through shared activities with their parent, grandparent, or caregiver. Through bouncing songs, steady beat games, clapping rhymes, fingerplays, movement songs, playing instruments, and eye/hand coordination activities, children develop a love for music!
Session A: Wednesdays, 9:30-10 a.m. Session B: Thursdays, 9:30-10 a.m. Instructor: Brenda Handel-Johnson  
Cost: $128/16 sessions (Specify Time and Session on Registration Form)  

 

Baby Beethoven II:

 Ages: 2 to 3 Years
Here's a musical experience for toddlers together with their parent, grandparent, or caregiverr. Children explore the world of music through songs, instruments, movement and shared activities to nurture relationships.
Session A: Wednesdays, 10:15-10:45 a.m. Session B: Thursdays, 10:15-10:45 a.m. Instructor: Brenda Handel-Johnson  
Cost: $128/16 sessions (Specify Time and Session on Registration Form) Baby Beethoven Slides

Mini Mozart:

 Ages: 4 to 5 Years
Children expand upon beginning musical concepts through beat activities, fingerplays, songs, cooperative games, instruments, and creative dance. Activities encourage children to perform independently, while other activities encourage children to enjoy music and movement with a parent, grandparent or caregiver!
Session A: Wednesdays, 11-11:45 a.m. Session B: Thursdays, 11-11:45 a.m. Instructor: Brenda Handel-Johnson  
Cost:$192/16 sessions (Specify Time and Session on Registration Form)

Nighttime Music:

 Ages: 2 to 4 Years
Enjoy time with your “little one” through this musical experience! Together with a parent, grandparent or caregiver, children experience musical concepts at their own level through varied musical activities using rhymes, fingerplays, instruments, songs, and movement.
Session: Tuesdays, 6:30-7:00 p.m. Instructor: Debbie Baumgartner  
Cost: $128/16 sessions

Music and Movement for Little Ones: (also listed on our Dance page)

 Ages: 3 to 5 Years
This is a class for preschool and kindergarten children who love to move!  Activities include rhythmic warm-ups, fingerplays/body chants, movement songs, imaginative stories, and simple dances with opportunities for children to add their own dance ideas.
Session: Thursdays, 4-4:45 p.m. Instructor: Danielle Moriarty  
Cost: 8 Weeks $96 | 16 Weeks $192 | 32 Weeks $384

Creative Dance and Ballet: (also listed on our Dance page)

 Ages: 6 to 8 Years
Watch you child’s imagination grow! Activities include rhythmic warm-ups, movement preparation for technique work in ballet, jazz and modern dance, exploration of dance concepts, imaginative stories, songs, folk dances and choreography. Students express themselves through guided movement choices, empowereing them to become dance makers.
Session: Thursdays, 4:45-5:45 p.m. Instructor: Danielle Moriarty  
Cost: 8 Weeks $120 | 16 Weeks $240 | 32 Weeks $480

Contemporary Dance and Ballet: (also listed on our Dance page)

 Ages: 8 to 12 Years
This class will be based in the Martha Graham Technique (Modern Dance) that utilizes floor work, posture, upper body movement, and ballet that is rooted in the Russian Vaganova Technique. Each weekly class will be divided between these two disciplines. This is a structured class focused on movement, vocabulary, imaginative expression, and attention to musicality.
One Session: Tuesdays, 4:30-5:45 p. m. Instructor: Julia Tehven-Sutton  
Cost: 8 Weeks $144 | 16 Weeks $288 | 32 Weeks $576