Royal Conservatory of Music:
Smart Start (birth - 4 years)
Unleashing young minds through the power of music in a nurturing environment immersed in a world of imagination and creativity.
Our Music and Movement classes are designed for little ones from birth through 4 years of age accompanied by the grown-ups who love them. Through delightful activities and engaging exercises, Smart Start nurtures your child’s brain development, natural sense of rhythm, coordination, and love for music.
Watch as their confidence soars and their passion for creativity takes flight!
Smart Start™: 0-1 Years
Begin making lifelong connections with music and developing the foundations for basic cognitive skills through fun parent-child activities.
The positive atmosphere of this class helps foster lifelong connections with music, builds strong parent-child emotional bonds, and develops the foundation for basic cognitive skills including attention, memory, perception, and cognitive flexibility. Through Smart Start’s neuroscience based curriculum, you and your child will learn about the fundamentals of music by moving your bodies, singing, and playing.
In every class session, you will learn multicultural songs and games with particular attention paid to beat, rhythm, and listening skills.
You’ll also receive access to the parent portal which includes downloadable activities to try at home, curated articles and content on childhood development, and updates on your child’s growth throughout the course. A care provider accompanies their child for all classes for this course.
Smart Start™: 1-2 Years
Expand your child's musical skills through movement, and further develop cognitive skills in fun and engaging ways.
The positive atmosphere of this class helps foster lifelong connections with music, builds strong parent-child emotional bonds, and develops the foundation for basic cognitive skills including attention, memory, perception, and cognitive flexibility. Through Smart Start’s neuroscience based curriculum, you and your child will learn about the fundamentals of music by moving your bodies, singing, and playing.
In every class session, you will learn multicultural songs and games with particular attention paid to beat, rhythm, and listening skills.
You’ll also receive access to the parent portal which includes downloadable activities to try at home, curated articles and content on childhood development, and updates on your child’s growth throughout the course. A care provider accompanies their child for all classes for this course.
Smart Start™: 2-3 Years
Develop your child's musical abilities through more independent activities and expand cognitive skills through creativity and self-awareness.
Set your child on the right path by engaging them in multicultural music, movement-based play, and neuroscience-based learning. This class focuses on cognitive skills relevant to music, such as sustaining attention, remembering songs, and recognizing perceptual cues as well as developing gross motor function in toddlers by encouraging them to move their bodies in time to sounds and music. Children will also practice listening and singing, playing simple instruments like maracas and drums, and taking turns, leading to musical competence, confidence, a sense of belonging, and increased social skills.
You and your child will participate actively in the class, while you support the development of your child's musical creativity and build further skills for musical interaction together. You’ll also receive access to the parent portal which includes downloadable activities to try at home, curated articles and content on childhood development, and updates on your child’s growth throughout the course. A care provider accompanies their child for all classes for this course.
Smart Start™: 3-4 Years
Singing, dancing, playing games - children adore this active, play-based learning environment.
This neuroscience-based class supports the growth of your child’s cognitive skills through activities such as recognizing musical patterns, focusing on the most important aspects of music, and understanding connections across artistic representations. Your child will learn foundational musical skills such as tempo, meter, pitch, and volume, and play a wider variety of percussion instruments. They’ll also play with picture-based pre-notation and collaborate in musical activities with other children designed to foster basic musical knowledge and encourage individual and group creativity.
You’ll also receive access to the parent portal which includes downloadable activities to try at home, curated articles and content on childhood development, and updates on your child’s growth throughout the course. A care provider accompanies each child in Smart Start™ (3 Years) for the first few sessions only.