Hola y Bienvenidos! If you’d like to introduce your child to Spanish, or are looking to support your bilingual child’s language and love for Spanish, come and enjoy my dance and Spanish classes! Vea abajo para español.
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Cuento y Canto are classes in Spanish for children and their families, including stories told with table puppets, finger plays, rhymes, and songs in Spanish. Every third Saturday at Natural Resources in San Francisco, Sliding scale available!
These gentle stories and songs are ideal for young children. The rhythmic and repetitive sounds, combined with simple movements and the story’s images, help develop children’s cognitive abilities and their emotional connection to the language, through the joy and magic of play. Rhymes and songs like these can support children’s language, communication, attention, concentration, memory, future academic success, and emotional development, especially when you, the parents, learn them and continue them at home!
Cuento, Canto y Danza, held at Calliope Dance Studio, adds the Calliope method to the class, using dance and creative movement especially designed to meet the needs of young children, while building ability in Spanish. The rhymes and songs combined with movement support children’s natural connection to their own bodies, others and space, coordination, communication skills, attention and memory. Enjoy dancing to Latin rhythms and benefit from a second language at a young age!
Samba & Brazilian Dance at Calliope Dance Studio (in English) adds Brazilian dance to the Calliope method. With samba’s poses students feel the confidence of a queen, the strong rhythm of a heartbeat. Samba’s off-the-beat polyrhythms stimulate children’s minds, like learning a new language. In this class, children will learn the samba basic step, how to move to the different drums, to follow the breaks, and to solo. Build your child’s confidence in a musical moment of total joy!
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CLASS SCHEDULE
• Register Now for the 2016-2017 School Year, Saturdays at Calliope Dance Studio, Castro & 26th Street in San Francisco.
• Third Saturday of the month at 11am at Natural Resources (click for details) — Valencia & 25th Street in San Francisco. Drop-ins welcome!
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Cuento y Canto son clases en español para niños (de 3 años y en adelante) con sus familias, y incluyen teatrillos (cuentos) de títeres, juegos de dedos, rimas y canciones en español.
Vengan a disfrutar conmigo! Si usted busca apoyar el desarrollo del lenguaje de su hijo y también su entusiasmo para el español, estos cuentos y canciones infantiles son ideales. Los sonidos rítmicos y repetitivos, junto con movimientos sencillos y las imágenes del cuento, promueven el aprendizaje cognitivo de los niños y su conexión emocional con el lenguaje a través de la alegría y la magia del juego. Rimas y canciones como éstas promueven el lenguaje de los niños, la comunicación, la capacidad de atención, la concentración, la memoria, su futuro éxito académico y su desarrollo emocional, especialmente cuando ustedes, los padres, las aprenden y repiten en casa!
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