The Music Garden 
Early Childhood Music Classes
Spring Session-ll
This child-centered music program is rooted on the research and method developed by Dr. Gordon and his colleagues called "Music Learning Theory for the Newborn and Young Children." The objective of these classes is to foster the newborn and toddler's potential in music. The program presents a succession of activities based on the developmental stages of music learning for newborns up to 5 years old. The teacher creates a musical environment where children make music in its most spontaneous and natural form, fostering confidence and creativity in their music making. Ultimately, through singing, chanting and movement and the appropriate sequence of activities, children take their first steps toward the natural understanding and ownership of melody and rhythm. The teacher will also guide parents in learning to recognize and nurture the signs of their child's musical development.
Classes are divided into three groups:
Pre-walkers
Through singing, chanting and movement children are exposed to a wide variety of tonalities and meters which help to build their musical vocabulary and stimulate their cognitive development.
Walkers up to 3 years old
In addition to singing and chanting the teacher and the parents facilitate and model informal instrumental experiences and independent free movement encouraging spontaneous musical responses.
3-5 years old
In order to nurture the more purposeful musical and movement response, proper of this stage, the teacher incorporates imaginative play and coordinated movement. Special attention will be given to encouraging children in their singing and chanting of tonal and rhythmic patterns.
Times
Please arrive 10-5 minutes earlier before classes begin to allow babies and children to familiarize with the new environment.
Friday
Pre-walkers: 9:30– 10:00 am
Walkers up to 3 years old: 10:15 – 11:00 am
Mixed age class, pre-walkers up to 3 years old:
11:15-12:00 pm
Saturdays
Pre-walkers: 9:30– 10:00 am
Walkers up to 3 years old: 10:15 – 11:00 am
Spanish sing-along class (3-5 years old):
11:15 – 12:00 pm
Cost and Dates
Friday March 28, April 4, 11,18, May 2, 9,16, 23 (no classes April 25).
Saturday March 29, April 5, 12,19, May 3, 17, 24 (no classes April 26).
$80 per student, $70 per sibling. There is a maximum of 8 students per classes.
Contact Information and Location
To register please call (574)-339-7676 or email paulinahayden@sbcglobal.net
http://paulinahayden.typepad.com/themusicgarden/
Classes will be held at: Christ the King Lutheran Church
17195 Cleveland Rd., South Bend, IN 46635
About the teacher: Paulina Hayden is a certified Early Childhood Music teacher by the Gordon Institute for Music Learning and a graduate from Temple University with a Masters in Music Education. For three years she taught Early Childhood Music classes at Temple University Music Prep in Philadelphia, PA to children ages 0 to 4. Also in Philadelphia she worked as Kindergarten classroom teacher in a full Spanish Immersion charter school. This is her second year teaching Early Childhood Music classes at her home studio in South Bend, IN. A native of Chile, she has been living in the U.S. for the last 7 years, she is also the happy mother of two year old son, Marat.
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