Watch your little one discover the joy of rhythm and play. Our Boppin’ Babies program is a fun and engaging parent and child class designed for our youngest dancers, ages 12-24 months. It’s the perfect introduction to music, movement, and a world of creativity.
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Support Key Milestones Through Music And Play
Simple, guided movements like clapping, swaying, and reaching for props build your baby’s coordination and balance. This playful activity strengthens little muscles and improves body awareness.
Exploring new sounds, songs, and rhythms creates important neural connections. Our use of colorful props and sensory activities nurtures your baby’s natural curiosity and listening skills.
Share precious one-on-one time while introducing your child to a positive social setting. This class encourages early socialization and deepens the connection between you and your little one.
What To Expect In A Typical Class
We understand that every baby explores at their own pace. Our Boppin’ Babies class is a relaxed, no-pressure space where your little one’s curiosity leads the way. The focus is always on joyful participation, not perfection.
Each class follows a familiar journey to help babies feel comfortable and confident as they grow. We begin with a gentle welcome song to greet friends, then move into guided play using fun props like colorful scarves and shakers. Lively sing-alongs get everyone moving before a calm cool-down with bubbles and a sweet goodbye song brings our time to a close.
Why Families Love Apex Dance Studio
We offer a wide variety of class times designed for busy families. Our simple online portal makes it easy to find a class and manage your schedule.
Our instructors are passionate educators dedicated to creating a safe and positive environment. They focus on nurturing each dancer’s confidence and personal growth.
From your first class, you will feel the difference. We pride ourselves on being a supportive space where students and parents alike build lasting friendships.
Purposeful Play For Early Development
Free play is wonderful, but a structured music class offers unique benefits. Our Boppin' Babies program is designed to channel your child's natural energy into foundational growth. Here is how our approach makes a difference.
Traditional sports often prioritize physical skills and competition, which can sometimes overshadow the importance of emotional and personal development.
Team sports may involve competitive selections, which can leave less experienced children feeling left out or discouraged from participating.
The focus on winning in traditional sports can detract from learning the importance of teamwork, enjoyment, and fair play.
In large teams, individual attention from coaches can be minimal, which may hinder personalized growth and confidence in less naturally skilled children.
Unlike unstructured playtime, each class is led by a caring instructor. They guide you and your baby through activities specifically chosen to support coordination, balance, and other key milestones.
Our goal is joyful participation, not perfection. This class celebrates every child’s individual pace and personality. Every baby is a star, ensuring a positive and encouraging experience for all.
We use a variety of props, songs, and textures that you might not have at home. This multi-sensory approach is designed to spark crucial neural connections and build your baby’s curiosity.
In our class, your little one learns alongside peers in a safe, friendly setting. It’s a perfect, gentle introduction to group environments that helps foster early social awareness for both caregiver and child.
Building Strength Through Playful Movement
Every Boppin’ Babies class is a playful workout for your little one. We turn essential developmental movements into a joyful game, helping your baby build the physical skills needed for a lifetime of confident movement.
- Balance and Coordination: Through activities like swaying to music, sitting up to clap, and standing while holding onto a caregiver’s hands, your baby naturally improves their balance and body control.
- Gross Motor Skills: Simple actions like stomping feet, reaching high for scarves, and crawling or toddling across the floor strengthen large muscle groups that are crucial for walking and running.
- Rhythm and Body Awareness: By clapping hands or tapping instruments to a beat, your baby begins to connect sound with movement, building a foundational sense of rhythm and an awareness of their own body.
Engaging The Senses To Build The Brain
A baby’s brain grows at an incredible rate, and sensory experiences are the fuel. Our class is a sensory playground, using a variety of tools to engage your child’s sight, sound, and touch, which helps build crucial neural pathways.
- Visual Tracking: Following colorful, floating scarves and reaching for exciting props helps your baby practice focusing their eyes and tracking objects, a key visual skill.
- Auditory Development: We explore music of different tempos and styles and use instruments like shakers and bells. This helps your baby learn to listen carefully and discover cause and effect (“When I shake this, it makes noise!”).
- Tactile Exploration: Feeling different textures, from soft scarves to smooth ribbons, provides important sensory input that nurtures your child’s natural curiosity about the world around them.
Fostering Language And Social Bonds
This class is a special opportunity for connection. The songs, rhymes, and shared activities are designed not just for fun, but to strengthen the bond between you and your child while introducing them to a positive social environment.
- Parent-Child Bonding: Through shared movement, eye contact, and one-on-one interaction away from daily distractions, you create precious memories and deepen your connection.
- Early Language Skills: Singing action songs like “Wheels on the Bus” and reciting rhymes helps your baby associate words with meanings and actions, laying a strong foundation for language development.
- Positive Social Exposure: Being in a classroom with other babies and caregivers provides a gentle, safe first step into a group setting, helping your child become comfortable around others.
Building Confidence Through Familiar Routines
For a one-year-old, predictability creates security. Our class follows the same welcoming structure each week, which helps your baby feel safe and builds their confidence to participate more and more over time. This is how they progress.
- A Predictable Welcome: Starting with the same welcome song signals that it’s time for a fun, familiar activity, helping your child transition into the class with excitement.
- Anticipating The Fun: As the weeks go on, you’ll see your little one begin to anticipate their favorite parts, whether it’s the song with the shakers or the moment the scarves come out. This is their first taste of mastery!
- A Calming Goodbye: Ending every class with a peaceful cool-down and our special bubble goodbye provides a gentle a sense of closure, helping them learn to transition calmly from one activity to the next.
Why Parents Recommend Our Boppin' Babies Class
We love seeing our youngest dancers an their caregivers light up in class. But don't just take our word for it. See what fellow parents have to say about their experience with our music and movement program for one-year-olds.
Love this studio!!! The staff is exceptional!!! Talented staff😍 …
An amazing studio that feels like home when you walk in! The dance instructors truly care about your child and the life lessons that dance has to offer them. This is a technique focused studio to care for the long term health of you or your little dancers body. Such a super fun place to learn life long skills and make wonderful friends! Apex is easily 5 out of 5 stars!
We LOVE every teacher here! Everyone is so friendly and it feels like a big family!
We absolutely LOVE our Apex Dance family! We started last year and can't wait to get back again this year!
I love the teachers at this studio. They are great with my daughter and she always enjoys her time here.
Amazing dance studio! My 4 year old absolutely loves going!
We love Cassi and her staff...they teach excellent technique while providing their students a safe place to learn and encouraging confidence. Highly recommend!
Cassi, the owner, is top notch. I called around and looked at websites to get info, and Apex website was accurate, concise, and helpful. Prices are very reasonable, particularly considering classes are usually small so there is a lot of 1 on 1 time. My 4 year old daughter listens well and is shy. Cassi was her first instructor, and she was so patient and kind. She has moved on to the 5 year old class, but Cassi remembers her name and talks to her every time she comes in. I would love to see more people here supporting this local business.
I am so grateful to find a studio which teaches beginning dance to tweens and teens. My daughter resisted the rigidity of ballet classes when she was younger, but has always danced at home. Finally, at almost 13, she agreed to take classes. She left her first class beaming, told me about how great the teacher was, and how excited she was for next week’s class. I am thrilled.
Cassie, the owner and dance instructor, is friendly, knowledgeable and works well with kids of all ages and disabilities. She hires other dance instructors that follow her same level of excellence. No child ever fells like they are left out and parents are invited to watch their child's progress through a large picture window. While her studio instructs at a competitive level it also allows for children not interested in competing but rather learning the beautiful art of dance.
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FAQs
That is perfectly normal and expected! This class is a relaxed, no-pressure environment. The goal is joyful exploration, not performance. Some days your little one may be happy to just watch from the comfort of your lap, and that's okay. We encourage you to participate as you can, and your baby will join in when they feel ready.
Yes. Boppin' Babies is a parent and child class designed for one-on-one bonding. An actively participating adult (parent, grandparent, or caregiver) is required for each child. This interaction is key to helping your little one feel safe, confident, and engaged.
Comfort is key! For both of you, we recommend comfortable clothing that is easy to move in, like leggings or sweatpants. To help them feel the floor and prevent slipping, babies are often happiest participating with bare feet. Caregivers may also go barefoot or wear socks.
Our 12-24 month age range is a developmental guideline. If your child is walking or steadily cruising and you feel they are ready for a guided movement class, they will likely do great. If you have specific questions about placement, please contact the studio and we would be happy to help you find the perfect fit.
We understand that life with a toddler can be unpredictable. Please contact the studio office directly to discuss our most current make-up class policies. We'll do our best to be flexible so you and your child get the most out of your experience.
A Foundation For Lifelong Growth
Music and movement provide a fun, positive outlet for your baby’s energy. In our class, wiggles and giggles are celebrated as a form of happy self-expression.
Using props like colorful scarves and ribbons encourages early imaginative play. This lets your baby explore new ideas in a stimulating, multi-sensory environment.
This class introduces physical activity as a source of joy. It helps establish a positive relationship with movement that can last a lifetime, all while you bond with your child.
Connect with other local parents while your baby enjoys positive social exposure. Our friendly environment is a wonderful place to make new friends for both you and your little one.
Get more information about our classes and schedule on the next page!