MOVEMENT

Develop confident walkers’ muscles and minds through playful movement. Toddlers and caregivers will interact with multimedia and props through imaginative play. Each class includes learning experiences such as: stretching, dancing, rolling, climbing, following directions, cross-lateral motion, balance, obstacle courses, open play and expert guidance from Bubbles Academy teaching artists.

Class Activities: Each Creative Movement class session is a high-energy adventure! We embark on themes like transportation, sports, the seasons and more!

Gross Locomotor Movement: Your teacher leads across the room run, dance and stop-and-go games, which exercise not only young feet, but also ears. While stomping, marching, galloping or even mowing with toy lawn mowers, Creative Movement students extend arms, legs and their vocabulary!

Sensory & Fine Motor Development: Your teacher leads students in the creative use of instruments, inflatables and colorful pom-poms as props when acting out stories within class. The transitioning between objects, as well as exposure to a variety of colors and textures, strengthens your child’s fine motor and sensory skills.

Cause and Effect: We erase images from the magic screen by shaking pom-poms, we tip toe under the parachute before it falls, and we pop waves of floating bubbles. Our teachers encourage an understanding of cause and effect and instill an early sense of accomplishment in students.

Cognitive and Social Development: An underlining element of Creative Movement is to grow children’s ability to listen, to focus and to embrace new interactions! 

Snap, clap, shuffle-ball-change and away we go to rhythmic fun in Bubble Tap!

In this lively class, children are introduced to basic rhythm and tap dance concepts with Master Teaching Artist, Rich Ashworth. Rich dances and teaches internationally and has the great balance of being an excellent professional artist while having the knowledge and silliness necessary to translate his skill into a fun and dynamic class for preschool students!

Young dancers will enjoy tapping out rhythms and learning dance concepts in a supportive and playful environment! Join us each week as we explore dance, costumes, songs, stories and more! Grown-ups are welcome to observe class or just peek back in during the closing dance.

Vocabulary:  Students will be introduced to various dance and rhythm terms throughout their time in Bubble Tap. They will also begin to understand syllables, beat, rhythm and rests.

Gross Motor Development: Students will engage in a group warm-up each week, re-visit class terms, vocabulary and basic movements, often trying out rhythms with their feet as well as percussion instruments.

Social Emotional Development: Students will work on learning to take turns as they demonstrate steps across the floor, regulate their bodies as they engage in dance steps with their grown-up or a peer partner in class.

Learn Ballet, the Bubbles’ way! This imaginative and playful class is a wonderful first introduction to ballet for our youngest dancers. We introduce ballet through a thematic, storytelling approach, so little ones get to be a part of a new dance adventure with props and costumes each week.

Vocabulary: Students are introduced to ballet terms in a kinesthetic, musical and fun way to make learning stick!

Gross Motor Development: Students will warm up and stretch together, practice following their teacher (and their grown-up, in the 2’s class) and engage in all basic ballet movements such as plie, releve, jete, pas de chat and more.

Social Emotional Development: Students will work on learning to take turns as they demonstrate steps across the floor, regulate their bodies as they engage in dance steps with their grown-up or a peer partner in class.

The Chicago City Soccer Class is a fun, energetic soccer program run by professional coaches from Chicago City Soccer Club. Whether your child is brand new to soccer or has already developed a love of the game, our age appropriate curriculum will allow all players to have fun developing their physical, social and soccer skills. 

About Chicago City Soccer Club:

Chicago City Soccer Club prides itself on professionalism, passion, and dedication to provide a unique soccer experience within the Chicago community. Our club fosters a culture that nurtures intellectual, cultural, social, and physical development through soccer. As the only Illinois 5 Star Club in the City, CCSC provides the most comprehensive programming for its players creating many opportunities through the sport of soccer.Chicago City Soccer Club prides itself on professionalism, passion, and dedication to provide a unique soccer experience within the Chicago community. Our club fosters a culture that nurtures intellectual, cultural, social, and physical development through soccer. CCSC provides the most comprehensive programming for its players creating many opportunities through the sport of soccer. Find out more at: http://www.chicagocitysoccerclub.com