ACTIVITIES

• Exploring movement concepts and participating in musical interactions with objects and others
• Discovering different ways instruments can make sounds and experiencing a wide range of musical concepts
• Identifying and vocally imitating sounds and learning to describe them
• Learning to associate a picture with a sound
• Singing songs with language patterns that explore rhythm, speech sounds, syntax, and rhyme

SKILLS & BENEFITS

• Increased alertness, self-control, and ability to regulate their own movements
• Stabilization of muscles necessary for healthy posture and overall balance
• Improved coordination and locomotor skills, fine motor skills, and finger and hand strength
• Strengthened ability to memorize, sequence, and predict patterns
• Development of early pre-literacy and number skills

CURRICULUM DESCRIPTIONS

Wiggles & Giggles
The more than 30 songs, 15 dances, and eight different instruments create these unique music activities, designed to reflect the importance of movement in the life of a toddler.

Home Materials: Digital access to 50 songs, sounds, and recordings of favorite activities from class; two story books—Watch Me! and Pete and P.J., to develop early literacy skills; Home Activity Book; and specially-made pair of zigzag blocks—instrument to develop rhythm and hand-eye coordination.

Fiddle-dee-dee
We’ll meet many animal characters in our books, activities, and songs—each specifically chosen for a toddler’s emerging interests and physical skills. With silly, bumpy lap bounces we’ll help toddlers develop rhythm while further developing their ever-emerging language skills. With a special stringed instrument emphasis in the music from class, parents can bring home the violin, cello, and orchestra sounds to help their toddlers stay happy and engaged learners at home, too.

Home Materials: Digital access featuring songs from class; two interactive storybooks—This Little Piggy Played the Fiddle and Animal Serenade to develop early literacy skills; Home Activity Book, and a pair of Fiddlestick instruments.

Milk & Cookies
Milk & Cookies makes everyday home activities and chores easier and more fun with music! Cook and sing to “The Muffin Man”; dust and clean to the original song “In My House”; get ready to wash clothes to the delightful poem “Washing Machine”. Baking cookies, eating cupcakes, blowing on hot cross buns, wiggling like jelly, going grocery shopping and making tea are all represented in familiar as well as new songs. Move, play, and sing together in developmentally appropriate activities created just for 1 ½ to 3-year-olds. Capture the familiar and new moments of the day and learn how music can impact your toddler.

Home Materials: Two Books—At My House and Cookies, digital access to all the music used in class, Stir Xylophone instrument, and a Home Activity Book.

 Away We Go!
Hop on the train, get in the car, board the plane, and Away We Go! This delightful, 13-lesson unit focuses on transportation, a favorite topic for toddlers who are on the go, go, go! Sing and play along with favorite songs, such as “I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad” and “Wheels on the Bus”. Explore fast and slow, smooth and bumpy, and high and low. Read stories about ways to get around. Shiny Dinah tells the story of a train, and Giddy-Up! has a horse, speedboat, racecar, and more to help you get where you want to go. Move, play, and sing together in developmentally appropriate activities created just for 1 1/2 to 3-year-olds.

Home Materials: Digital access to all the music used in class, a Home Activity Book, 2 storybooks (Shiny Dinah and Giddy-Up!), and 2 harmonicas.