Early childhood Music class

At the nursery from 2 months - 2 years

Between 2 months and 2 years old, children are hypersensitive to their environments. It’s about gently opening them to the outside world and stimulating their senses, particularly through active listening. Exploring noises and textures, discovering sounds, reproducing them, expressing oneself freely, are activities that will allow for little ones to develop not only their artistic sensitivity, and their musical ear, but also to contribute to their overall development (psychomotor skills).

The program :

*Rhymes told and sung, with or without instrumental accompaniment

*Songs of gestures

*Shaking, knocking or rubbing percussion;

*Mystery sounds to listen to and touch

*Sound exploration on the stomach (for babies who hold their heads)

*Small orchestra/Instrumental awakening (from 2 years old)

In primary school from 6 - 10 years old

Between 6 and 10 years old, it is the time for self-affirmation. This is about allowing children to begin to appropriate codes and musical repertoires through their voices, their bodies and instrumental practice, with or without an instrument (body percussion or idiophones). For this age group, we offer turnkey music workshops that can be adapted to the wishes of your establishment and your teachers. When the sessions have followed the school calendar, feedback is offered if you wish so that families can see the work accomplished during the year. It may be necessary to provide an additional budget in line with the agreed project for possible costumes and sets. If the sessions were occasional, we suggest sharing with parents in the form of “open days”.

The program :

*World music singing and Body Percussion Workshop

*Musical Theater Workshop

In kindergarten 3 - 5 years old

Between 3 and 5 years old, children are in full creative turmoil. They now understand their bodies independently and are curious about everything.

Musical awakening focuses on active listening, socialization, and openness to the world and others. Together we develop their creativity, their imagination, and their free expression.

The program :

*Learning nursery rhymes with or without instrumental accompaniment

*Learning Songs

*Call and response games, Imitation games

*Discovery of musical instruments (Presentation, Listening, Quiz)

*Small orchestra/instrumental awakening

About the teacher

Cynthia SAINT-VILLE has been a music teacher for over 14 years. Singer, graduated from the University of Paris 4-Sorbonne with a Master's degree in Musicology, and Award Certificates from the CNSM of Paris in classical singing, in 2015 she obtained her State Diploma as a Jazz Voice teacher.

She has worked in conservatories in the context of specialized artistic education, in primary schools, in kindergartens, in nurseries, and has intervened in the context of extracurricular and extra-curricular cultural activities in schools and leisure centers in the request of municipalities or private actors. She loves passing on to young and old and even more so sharing her love of Music with them.

What happens during a session ?

The musical interventions offered by La Cuisine Vocale take place during school time, or extracurricular time (between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m.), or extracurricular time (end of the last session 5:30 p.m.). Regardless of the age group of the children and the activities offered, musical interventions always begin with “welcome rituals” (hello songs, dynamic warm-ups, etc.) so that each child feels included. Depending on the children's effective concentration time, we will have fun through different activities allowing free or directed expression. In Music, the key word is “played”: Music is a recreation for children, and learning is always about “playfulness”.

We use a quality instrumentarium (small percussions made of wood, metal and skin, bat'toodoos, flute, ukulele, etc.), and accessories adapted to each age (scarves, paper or fabric to crinkle, small balls , puppets, stuffed animals, feathers, masks, etc...). Active musical listening can be offered to them to explore sound textures through danced or sung improvisations. The session always ends with a “Goodbye ritual”.

Prices

At the nursery .

30-minute session for a group of 15 children maximum with early childhood supervisors or any other agent responsible for the children.

In kindergarden & preschool

45 minutes to 1 hour session as a whole class in the presence of the teacher or any other agent responsible for the children.

At primary school

Workshop of 45 minutes to 1 hour with the whole class, in the presence of the teacher or any other agent responsible for the children.

A session not provided will be due if the absence has not been justified within the 48 hours prior.

In the event of the teacher's absence, the session will be taken from school or extracurricular time at the convenience of the establishment, and according to the teacher's schedule. Otherwise, the session and travel costs will be fully reimbursed by La Cuisine Vocale.

Please note that sessions to be recovered, after a justified cancellation within 48 hours preceding the session, must be recovered during school or extracurricular time (between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m.) or extracurricular time (end of the last session 5:30 p.m.), between September and June of the same school year. No session not recovered may be carried over to a new agreement.

Be careful for obvious questions of responsibility, the teacher will never be left alone with the children, La Cuisine voix is not a structure authorized to look after young children.