MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FOR BABIES AND BEYOND
‘…movement is an integral part of life from the moment of conception until death, and a child’s experience of movement will play a pivotal part in shaping his personality, his feelings, and his achievements.’
(Page 5, Goddard-Blythe, The Well-Balanced Child)
The Touch-Learn Rhythm Kids one day workshop has been designed to support Infant Massage Teachers who wish to enhance the service they offer to parents.
Because musical and movement experiences require multiple sensory skills, facilitating Rhythm Kids classes will give parents the opportunity to support their child’s cognitive, emotional, social, language and physical development.
The Rhythm Kids workshop style is interactive and very practical and is geared to your individual needs.
Programme
Practical sessions encompassing:- A suitable easy-to-follow exercise routine for babies
- Rhymes that support:
- The exercise routine
- The learning of the exercises (for both the delegates and subsequently the parents)
- An adapted routine for the older child
- Teaching practice
- Safety and Positioning
- How music and movement can help child development, with particular reference to:
- Brain development
- Effects of positive experiences in early childhood
- Building memories
- Language development and listening skills
- Physical development
- Primitive reflexes
- Gross motor development
- Implementing and marketing Rhythm Kids in practice
- Communication and non-verbal cues, in relation to using an exercise routine with babies
