Calendar of New Programmes

Parent-child sessions start up this September at exciting new venues!  Register now to reserve your spot, as the venues have restricted numbers.  Venues and course descriptors for this term are below:

• Musicaliti Babies (with parent/carer)
• Hollands Garden Nursery, Darwen Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9AB
• MONDAYS
• 11.30-12.15

For accompanied children from birth to 2 years, Musicaliti Babies is a gentle musical time, encouraging your little one to keep the perfect pitch and rhythm they were born with, and strengthening your growing bond with baby.

• Musicaliti Nursery (with parent/carer)
• Hollands Garden Nursery, Darwen Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9AB
• MONDAYS
• 10.30-11.15

For accompanied children from 2 to 4 years, Musicaliti Nursery encourages movement and exploration, discovering how your child learns and building a trusting relationship to last a lifetime.

• Musicaliti Primary Infants (WITHOUT parent/carer)
• Sunshine Dance Studios, 79 Newport Street, Bolton, BL1 1PF (next to Salvation Army charity shop near Morrisons)
• SATURDAYS
• 11.15am-12.45pm

For unaccompanied children from 5 to 7 years or reception to year 2, Musicaliti Primary Infants takes little ones to a new level of experiencing music through movement, applying this to reading/writing notation and giving children the opportunity to identify musical interest through playing woodwind (ocarinas), strings (ukulele) and keyboard (glockenspiels) over the year.

• Musicaliti Adult Training (over 18's or teaching adults)
• Friends Meeting House, 50 Silverwell Street, Bolton, BL1 1PP
• LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH
• 10am-1pm (incl break, refreshments provided)

For adults over 18 or those interested or involved in teaching music to children, Musicaliti Adult Training covers childhood music education including singing, movement, lesson planning, personal musical development, instrument play and repertoire.  Each of the 10 sessions covers different aspects, with a Musicaliti certificate awarded at the end, detailing each session attended.  See the Classes page for more information.

 Topics

Each term, each age group begins to explore a new topic - this is what is coming up next term:

• Musicaliti Babies
  So Shiny
  Babies use their senses to explore different ways of being sparkly and shiny.  This term we take full advantage of the 'magical' properties of music, to stir the heart and soul, to inspire and to bond. Alternating between baby/carer bonding to group dances, quiet rocking to bounces and instrument play, you will get to know your little one even more and learn about how they learn, what they respond to and how you can best support them for life.  The optional music pack includes a baby book full of songs encouraging that special relationship, along with a cd and a musical instrument to keep.
• Musicaliti Nursery
  Little Princess, Little Prince
  Toddlers and Preschoolers turn into royalty this term based on songs from our rich and vast history.  Developing fine and gross motor co-ordination, movement is strongly encouraged, introducing children to musical concepts through physical experience.  Our focus is on maintaining a steady beat towards creating a sense of 'inner hearing' the ability to continue a song in your head.  The usual variety of instruments will be available along with assorted props, and gradual introduction to tuned percussion like ukuleles and glockenspiels. The optional music pack includes an A4 book of royal songs, a cd, and a musical instrument to keep.
• Musicaliti Primary
  Musical Food
  Sing a song of six pence, oranges and lemons, peas pudding hot ... songs through the ages have used food, but what was peas pudding?  And blackbird pie?  Let's have a try!  Sometimes literally, sometimes, imaginatively, each week will introduce a different song, with a different 'dish' - with a dance and a shaking-tappity-clang or two!  This term will focus on the development of regular beat into glockenspiel play using basic notation.  The accompanying music pack includes the Fantastic Food Folder for songs - and recipes - with a cd, and surprise take home instrument.  (Glockenspiels available for optional discounted purchase, but one will be provided for each child each week.)

Upcoming Events

Looking ahead to Spring 2011:

• Yum, yum in my Tum
  For now it's milky and mushy, but not for long ...
• Ready, Steady, Eat
  Singing about food is almost as good as eating it!
• Under the Sea
  Our musical underwater adventure begins ...

This term:

• Babies discovered different ways to move with carers, singing songs about different vehicles and loving the suspense created as they stop and go with scarves, movement and music.
• Toddlers and Preschoolers explored different musical meters through modes of transport, from cars and bicycles to boats and planes.  (Optional music pack included a cd, A4 book of transport songs and rhythm sticks.)
• Primary Infants brought their Magical Musical folder each week, adding new characters each week to the Magical Musical Kingdom, exploring different notation values each week and consolidating on glockenspiels. (Music pack included a cd, folder with sheets and stickers and rhythm sticks.)

 

 

“I’ve come up with the theory that the music is within.  We don’t bring it in; it’s already there.  We have to figure out how to get it out.”  ~Howard Roberts, guitarist