Clubs & Classes Under 12 months and music & movementcontinued ‘Musical Bumps’ classes Godstone Baby Sensory Caterham (New from 6th
September) Baby development classes from birth-13 months Gerrie Chadwick: 07882 10 52 98 & Carmen Hung: 07576 62 26 98
OXTED and Villages Jo Jingles at Limpsfield Chart (and
Godstone 3mths-5yrs) 3mths-5yrs. Carol & Nick Bell Tel: 01883 712881 / 724800 www.jojingles.com/esurrey-egrinstead
Rhythm Time Surrey, Oxted and Hurst
(also Westerham and now in Edenbridge) Miriam Tel: 01732 454 826 or 01732 321 217. www.musicalbumps.com
Prams in the Park 12wks-4 yrs. All year. Sarah Lowe Tel: 07958 944467 www.pramsinthepark.co.uk
Free Buggy Walks Hurst Green and Lingfield. Carol Tel: 01737 355304 www.actionforlife.org.uk
LINGFIELD Jo Jingles 6mths-5yrs Carol & Nick Bell
ART AND CRAFTS Messy Monster Art Classes Reigate
1-5yrs. Rachel Pengelly Tel: 01342 833885 www.messy-monsters.co.uk
East Surrey Young Embroiderers
Redhill. Embroidery, silk painting, batik, dyeing, beading, making felt, patchwork. Embroiderers’ Guild. From 8+ yrs unaccompanied. Thelma Cooper Tel: 01883 713782
Messy Time Horley. Under 5’s
Deborah Dansie Tel: 01293 820068
Imagine Art Tandridge Leisure Centre
Introduction to art. 4.5-6 yrs. Term time. The Arts team Tel: 01883 724599
Junior Art School Tandridge Leisure Centre. 7-12 yrs. Tel: 01883 724599 www.tandridgeleisure.co.uk
How Music and Activity Encourages Early Development
Tel: 01883 712881 / 724800 www.jojingles. Green. 0mths-pre-school, term time. com/esurrey-egrinstead Melanie Vinall Tel: 07940 244 798 Free Buggy Walks The Community TT Ad 87x60>20410 aw:Layout 1 20/4/10 10:40 Page 1 www.rhythmtime.net Centre. Carol Tel: 01737 355304
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It’s fun to find an activity to do together with your baby. As soon as s/he is born, the new world of outings and activities begins. Many new mums will have already exposed their unborn children to the rhythm of music. Exposure to music helps to ‘wire up’ the brain, encouraging neural connections, and this may be effective even in the womb. The first classes that welcome babies are those that combine music with simple, stimulating experiences. Bubbles, bells, coloured streamers and puppets are used alongside songs and rhymes. Even just listening to music starts the long process of cognitive development: it activates areas in the brain used for speech, abstract reason and spatial awareness. Listening to the patterns in music – its rhythm and pitch – are thought to enhance the ability to visualize and manipulate shapes and objects in your mind, which helps develop mathematical skills, too. From just a few months old, there are classes that involve movement and, soon after, your baby will be able to join in by singing, too! Active participation in singing, playing instruments or dancing all strengthen a child’s neural pathways, helping them to fulfill their intellectual capability. It’s fun, too and, as Nick Bell of Jo Jingles says, ‘Children learn better and faster when they are enjoying learning.’ Nursery rhymes play an important role in a child’s ability to sound out and master new words, helping them to read and spell as they get older. When rhymes are learned with music, it’s easier to learn the sequences of words and phrases. As your little one starts to walk, a whole host of music and movement activities are out there, which together help your child learn language skills, motor skills, social skills and coordination. These classes also provide the basis for building many relationships as well as self-esteem and confidence. Do call the teachers listed here: they will be happy to explain in more detail how their class can help your child. And you’ll soon be enjoying the company of other new mums, and finding out how much that helps you too! More information: www.jojingles.com/musicmanifesto.asp www.bbc.co.uk/music/parents/yourchild/why_musicmatters.shtml www.nncc.org/Series/good.time.music.html Thanks to Nick at Jo Jingles and Maggie of MAD Academy for their help in supplying the research information for this article.
Fa m i l i es S urre y Ea st S e p te mb e r- O c to b e r 2010