	{"id":11972,"date":"2018-06-27T07:54:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T07:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=11972"},"modified":"2018-07-02T10:34:36","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T10:34:36","slug":"enhance-a-childs-development-with-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/living\/enhance-a-childs-development-with-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhance a child\u2019s development with Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Music making is superfood for a child\u2019s developing brain. It helps children develop speech and vocabulary as well as enhancing their listening, motor, social and cognitive skills.<\/p>\n<p>The wonders of music are combined with joyful discovery at Mini Maestros, an Australian program developed by early childhood music and education experts.<\/p>\n<p>An Australian program for pre-school children, Mini Maestros combines music and joyful discovery to encourage confident and happy learner. Delivered by highly trained professional teachers, the fun and educational music classes are for children aged six months to 5 years of age.<\/p>\n<p>The classes enhance a child\u2019s development while they are having fun &#8211; singing, dancing, playing percussion instruments and enjoying musical games.<\/p>\n<p>As well as introducing musical concepts such as beat, rhythm, dynamics, form and notation, Mini Maestros classes are nurturing spaces that develop the whole child, celebrating their social, cognitive, physical and emotional breakthroughs.<\/p>\n<p>As the longest running and most successful Australian business of its kind, Mini Maestros methods are tried and tested.<\/p>\n<p>Mini Maestros offer classes from Monday \u2013 Saturday at venues across Geelong and on the Bellarine. They also offer FREE come and try classes each school holidays providing families the opportunity to trial the program. They also visit playgroups and mother\u2019s groups to run interactive demonstration classes.<\/p>\n<p>Further details are available by phoning Mini Maestros \u2013 Geelong and Bellarine on 0424 047 822, emailing mm.geelong@minimaestros.com.au and visiting minimaestros.com.au.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music making is superfood for a child\u2019s developing brain. It helps children develop speech and vocabulary as well as enhancing their listening, motor, social and cognitive skills. The wonders of music are combined with joyful discovery at Mini Maestros, an Australian program developed by early childhood music and education experts. 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