location: SoHo at 579 Broadway, Prince

KIDS CO-MOTION offers an opportunity for constructive play and learning in a big space. In an urban environment where not everyone has access to a playground, families welcome a place for their children to be dynamically active in a wholly positive way. Exposure to the arts at an early age from the pre-schooler to the middle school child, stimulates the kind of cognitive development that children need and don't get from passive activities like TV and video games. Dance and performance ignite the imagination.

KIDS CO-MOTION builds movement vocabulary, while playfully exploring music and a broad range of movement skills which build self esteem and confidence. Classes encompass the social skills involved in working in groups or as leaders, taking turns, remembering sequences, assuming responsibility for one's "conduct" as well as making riends and treating each other with respect. KCM uses a variety of fine music exposing families to the pleasures of moving to classical, folk, popular, and ethnic selections.

WEEKDAY PROGRAM, Ages walking to 40 mo
In Parent/ Child classes language and song are used as a means of guiding and promoting active listening and focus in young children. Because KCM's programs bring children together with adults, children also are exposed to and develop important interactive social skills.

AFTER-SCHOOL CLASSES, Ages 3.5-18 years
Offered weekday afternoons in SoHo. The program is designed to develop confidence, self-awareness, self-discipline, and careful music listening skills, along with a growing movement vocabulary. The After School Program continues with increasingly formal training in creative movement, modern dance, ballet, and performance

Creative Movement and Dance Basics for ages 3.5-12 years includes a variety of drop-off classes. Students are introduced to ballet vocabulary and dance basics by learning short dances to great classical music as well as rock 'n roll, funk, and country and more. Find out if your 3.5 -year is old ready. Click here

The serious study of classical ballet begins between 8-10 years old, when some children begin to be physically and mentally ready for the discipline, strenuous work, as well as the math of ballet. The age at which classical instruction begins is not as important as making a good start with a good teacher, and being able to concentrate on the activities. Only regular participation, persistence, and much practice makes a dancer.

Most classes are pro-rated, and you can join at any time. Fall, or Winter/ Spring sessions. Let us share our 25-year experience creating positive learning experiences for children. Kelly and Brashear are available as Guest Lecturers for Panels and Parenting Discussion Groups. Kids Co-Motion is also offered throughout Westchester, the Lamm Pre-School in Brooklyn, for developmentally delayed children, in several pre-school cooperatives in Manhattan, as an URBAN FIELD TRIP (PS 198 Bronx), and in the Northern Adirondacks rural outreach program in the summer.

NURSERY SCHOOLS and PLAYGROUPS
Kids Co-Motion has been included in the curriculum of many Nursery Schools and Playgroups including the Riverdale Neighborhood House in Riverdale, Lamm Institute Pre-School for Children with Developmental Delays in Brooklyn, the Barrow Street Nursery, The Children's Aid Society in the West Village, and Creative Steps, the Children's Corner Playgroup,and University Plaza Nursery School in Soho. Call us to design along-term or short term program tailored just for your organization, 212-431-8489.

ADD KCM TO YOUR PRIVATE PLAYGROUP'S ACTIVITIES! We can supply a KCM dance teacher and our program for your playgroup (6-10 families) organized in your building - usually in 8-10-week sessions. It's easy to arrange! For all schedules, registration forms, current prices, call, or contact us at RKBallet1@verizon.net