Park District Offers New Music and Movement Course for Tots

Submitted by the Elmhurst Parks District.
Photo: Beverly Schuller, instructor

Zumbini is headed to the Park District! The early childhood music and movement course for infants to age 3 (with parent) will be available this spring, and instructor Beverly Schuller guarantees a positive, energetic first musical experience.

“We use a lot of contemporary music with world beats,” she says. “From Latin music to polka, we get everybody moving and feeling great.”

Based off the popular Zumba program, Zumbini provides youngsters an opportunity to sing, dance, and move using their bodies, rhythmic instruments and scarves to encourage, develop and enhance their natural rhythm and musicality.

The program also serves as a time for parents and caregivers to nurture and bond with their child over music, and offers opportunities for early socialization.

“We use bright, colorful scarves to draw out even the youngest babies and engage their senses,” Schuller says.

Parents will receive a CD so they can become familiar with the songs at home and in the car.

For more information or to register for Zumbini beginning Feb. 28, click here.

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