3 to 5 years|16 weeks x 45-Minute classes
(includes family sharing time of 10-15 minutes)
At Home Materials:
- Backpack
- 2 CDs
- 2 storybooks
- Activity Book
- Kindermusik instrument
- Playset and/or manipulatives
From 2007 – 2010, Musikids was awarded the largest Imagine That! program in Australia and New Zealand. We pride ourselves on our ability to understand and communicate with this group of creative thinkers.
These little troopers arrive with a smile, lots of conversation and a home activity that they were asked to do with the family at home that week, and leave Musikids with a song and a new beat – all in safe fun!
Imagine That! continues creative musical development while building on preschool learning. To foster fine motor skills, more instruments are introduced, as the children are encouraged to handle them with care. Basic elements from the concepts such as rhythm, pitch, and timbre are developed. As expressive language is just beginning to emerge, exploring the use of the voice develops their singing voices as well as vocal expression.
The parent and child have fun participating together in the last 10-15 minutes of class during Sharing Time, where they’ll also learn about Home Activities they can enjoy together throughout the week.
What a Parent and Child Will Experience in Class:
- Pretend Play — Pretend play activities are integrated with music, vocal development, storytelling, listening, movement, and literacy aspects of each class. When based upon a child’s real life experiences, pretend play helps develop language, sensory, motor, and cognitive skills.
- Musical Variety and Singing — Activities include a mixture of musical genres and styles and provide a setting for children to explore their many voices and to use a “singing voice.” Singing helps with memory and recall, physical development, creativity, and socialization.
- Storytelling and Literacy — Each class is built on the development of a story, so you’ll hear preschoolers search for the word to say what they mean and try to keep up with their busy minds, emerging wants, needs, likes, and dislikes.
- Parent Involvement – Preschoolers are learning to be self-sufficient in a group setting of peers, while many times still needing the emotional security provided by a parent. The preschooler experiences both in Imagine That! Caregivers participate in the last 10-15 minutes of class. Plus the At Home Materials ensures the learning continues at home with each child’s best teacher—the parent!
Enrolment includes:
- Developmentally appropriate curriculum for parents and preschoolers, ages 3 to 5 years
- 16-week semester
- Weekly 45-minute class includes a variety of activities, with the last several activities in class shared with parents
- One set of At Home Materials (see above & below)
What unit are we doing this semester?
See What I Saw is a favourite program! We meet Johnny & Katie who go to Grasshopper Park & swing so high on the swings! There is a lot of pretend play to feed the young creative mind here. We find things in the park too – such as rocks, leaves, & feathers – all the while singing about them!
We read our books – “Can You Find Me?” and “The Ant Picnic Feast” and play our instruments – the Slide Whistle & Lumi Sticks. The slide whistle can be a tricky instrument to play, but with some practice, we know we will get there!
This will be so much fun!!
Home Materials: Two books—Can You Find Me? and The Ant Picnic Feast, Two Home CDs, See What I Saw Play Set, a Family Activity Book, a slide whistle instrument, a slide whistle and lumi sticks instruments, and a backpack.
