Connect with your child through developmentally appropriate art experiences.

Nurture your child’s creative process by allowing them to take the lead in art class.

Exercise your child’s imagination by introducing them to art materials, artists, and using non-art materials in a creative way.

Please join us for our Montessori Infant-Parent Program. A small group of parents and infants will come together as a community once or twice a week in a special Montessori prepared environment along with a Montessori Guide. The children explore an engaging environment designed specifically for their developmental needs, while parents practice supported, mindful observation and interaction. The infant-oriented prepared environment allows the child to have a wide range of social and physical experiences in an environment designed to stimulate their emerging independence, encouraging babies to become attentive, active, exploring individuals.

In keeping with Montessori principles, children will work in an environment that cultivates their curiosity, imagination and love for creating while developing confidence and artistic skills.  
Children will have fun discovering art on a sensorial and tactile journey. Kids’ creative expression will be stimulated by exploring various art techniques such as painting, sculpture, drawing, and collage, utilizing a wide selection of real art materials that are beautiful to the eye and satisfying to the touch.
Children will be exposed to artists, nature, music, and stories to inspire their own artistic creations. Parents and caregivers are welcome. Classes are taught in English and Spanish.

Words by the Handful teaches American Sign Language to babies and their families. These classes draw on baby's natural language learning abilities to teach the right signs at the right time. Words by the Handful introduces signs for the key first words your child needs. Reap the many benefits of signing with your precious little one, and delight in the earliest discovery of your child's 'voice.'

Instructor: Mimi Brian Vance
For hearing babies 6 months – 3 years

Tiny Tutus is a class for ages 18 months through 2 ½  years old. In this baby ballet class, the parent and child dance together focusing on the child’s fine and gross motor skills, musicality, creativity, and fun. We gently urge the child to begin to follow the teacher as opposed to the parent, helping to form stronger listening skills as well as independence.

Young dancers are taught basic warm-up and stretch exercises to instill the idea of getting the body ready to dance; through fun routines, very simple  ballet movements are taught in a playful environment; children learn to follow instructions, work in a group environment without a parent, and enjoy simple but effective early ballet practice. This is a class where creativity, musicality, and love of movement are nurtured. Parents are welcome to relax with light refreshments in our sitting area while children learn the basics of ballet.

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Prelude provides music and movement classes for children from birth through kindergarten who are accompanied by their parents or caregivers. Classes are held on weekday mornings, afternoons and on Saturdays.

Children and their parents experience live classical instrument demonstrations presented by world-class musicians. Families are encouraged to attend class together, so siblings can learn music and movement activities to enjoy at home.

Classes use the Music Together^® curriculum, a research based music and movement program. This curriculum develops a child''s basic music competence by encouraging interactive music experiences rather than learning information about music. Up to 12 children and their caregivers meet for 45 minutes each week for 10 weeks to experience new songs, chants, movement activities and play instruments that are developmentally age appropriate. Both adults and children participate. Every family receives two CDs of the music, a song book and parent education materials. Each semester, an evening of parent education is offered to those enrolled in the program.