For More Than 130 Years, The Royal Conservatory Has Translated The Latest Thinking About Creativity Into Inspiring Courses.
Smart Start, a transformative early childhood music program, was created at The Marilyn Thomson Early Childhood Education Centre by the RCM's Neuroscience Research Centre in collaboration with expert music educators. Tailored specifically to the developmental stages for children ages 0-3, the program's curriculum consists of age-targeted, weekly classes delivered by a trained and certified Smart Start teacher.
3 Reasons To Choose Smart Start For Your Child Or School
With more than 60 years of thought leadership in music education paired with science-backed research, Smart Start delivers rich, developmental benefits to all children in their earliest possible stages of learning.
Putting decades of research into practice, the age-targeted curriculum was created to foster achievement beyond normal development and is based on content standards specific to each of the four early childhood age groups.
Our extensively trained teachers employ a diverse and inclusive repertoire of songs, games, rhymes, and activities designed for each child's developmental needs.
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