Check out this FREE program!
Baby Artsplay!™ is a FREE early learning program presented by Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA) in partnership with The Helis Foundation. Baby Artsplay!TM is offered as a series of six free 30-minute workshops held weekly to engage young children ages 12-24 months and their caregivers in research-based performing arts experiences that support their cognitive, physical, and social development. The Louisiana Wolf Trap Baby Artsplay!™ teaching method taps into children’s innate desire for active, multi-sensory learning through purposeful singing, dancing, and movement.
Baby Artsplay!™ workshops explore six key themes in early childhood development:
● Workshop 1 - My 5 Senses (sensory)
● Workshop 2 - Baby Says...(language)
● Workshop 3 - My Body (body parts)
● Workshop 4 - Let's Move! (movement)
● Workshop 5 - Up, Down, and All Around (spatial awareness)
● Workshop 6 - Get Your Motor Running (motor skills)
Free Baby Artsplay!™ workshops are offered at the following institutions. Registration is now open at yabap.eventbrite.com:
● New Orleans Museum of Art Saturdays 10:30 am - 11: July 29, August 5, 12, 19 and 26 Click here to register.
● Longue Vue House and Gardens Wednesdays 9:30 am - 10; August 9, 16, 23 & 30; September 6, 13 Click here to register.
Baby Artsplay!™ provides engaging activities designed to instruct parents, caregivers, and early childhood teachers in how to use the arts at home, school, and daycare to promote early learning. The 30-minute workshops allow children to explore, observe and investigate their world and the museum through song, dance and movement experiences.
“This program is a great way to get families into galleries and encourage kids to grow up appreciating art,” said Todd Shaffer, YALA teaching artist since 1999, and Baby Arts Play!TM facilitator. “Many of the parents who come to Baby Artsplay!TM tell me that they never thought they would feel comfortable bringing their toddler to an art museum!” Elise Solomon, Youth and Family Programs Manager at NOMA agrees, “YALA’s teaching artists have expertly crafted classes that give families and children an opportunity to experience our galleries a new way.”
To learn more about Young Audiences Baby Artsplay!TM presented by The Helis Foundation, visit: ya4la.org/baby-arts-play.php. Questions about the program and registration can be directed to Jenny James, Director of Education and Programs, Young Audiences of Louisiana, (504) 329-8503, jenny@ya4la.org.
About Young Audiences
Young Audiences of Louisiana was founded in 1962 with the mission to inspire, empower, and unite children and communities through education, arts, and culture. Over the last 55 years the organization has grown from presenting school performances of chamber music to our current position as the state’s largest provider of arts-integrated and afterschool programs. To learn more about our mission, please visit our website at www.ya4la.org.
About WolfTrap
Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts is a recognized leader in early childhood arts-integrated learning and instruction. Wolf Trap Institute is scaled nationally, with 17 affiliated organizations and numerous partners in 30 states that deliver arts-integrated education experiences to 60,000 teachers, parents/caregivers, and students annually.
About The Helis Foundation
The Helis Foundation is a Louisiana private foundation, established and funded by the William Helis Family. The Art Funds of The Helis Foundation advance access to the arts for the community through contributions that sustain operations for, provide free admission to, acquire works of art, and underwrite major exhibitions and projects of institutions within the Greater New Orleans area.
