Sensory Integration/Motor development
Both the entire class and the individual songs are consciously planned in such a way that they provide an arc of managed energy and excitement, building our energy up and bringing it back down again. During the course of each class we offer a spread of sensory experiences, what Sensory Integration specialists term a balanced sensory diet. Our musical activities work on gross and fine motor skills, balance and moving through space, offering juxtapositions of visual, auditory and tactile sensations. For example, we do fingerplays, jump and spring and spin, play with colorful scarves and the parachute, use rhythm instruments, and hug and rock and bounce. While humming, singing, dancing and listening our way through a new collection of fun and musically enriching songs every 10 weeks, we become a community of active music makers.
