{"id":19796,"date":"2026-10-14T11:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/?page_id=19796"},"modified":"2026-10-21T10:49:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T14:49:00","slug":"a-year-of-classes-for-7-9-year-olds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/a-year-of-classes-for-7-9-year-olds\/","title":{"rendered":"A Year of Classes for 7\u20149 Year-Olds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/teaching\/teaching-children\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/teaching\/teaching-children\/\">By Age<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These posts follow a series of Dalcroze classes for children ages 7\u20139, documenting activities, musical subjects and reflections on what happened in the room. They are arranged from oldest to newest so you can follow the classes as they unfolded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-455 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dalcroze-reference tag-1st-2nd-grade tag-7-9-year-old-class-series tag-children tag-single-class-documentation\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/7-9-year-olds-september\/\" target=\"_self\" >7-9 Year-Olds: September<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Welcome parents and family members of the new Dalcroze class for 7 to 9-year-olds at the Lucy Moses School.&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/7-9-year-olds-september\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-458 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dalcroze-reference tag-1st-2nd-grade tag-7-9-year-old-class-series tag-children tag-single-class-documentation\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/week-2-92716\/\" target=\"_self\" >7-9 Year-olds: 9\/27\/16<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The 4:45 group (7-9 year-olds) had their best session yet. Here\u2019s what we did: Explore ways to walk (heels,&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/week-2-92716\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-461 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dalcroze-reference tag-1st-2nd-grade tag-7-9-year-old-class-series tag-children tag-single-class-documentation\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/7-9-year-olds-11216\/\" target=\"_self\" >7-9 Year-olds: 11\/2\/16<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We had a long break (4 weeks) after only a few classes. It was as if we had just&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/7-9-year-olds-11216\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-463 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dalcroze-reference tag-1st-2nd-grade tag-7-9-year-old-class-series tag-children tag-single-class-documentation\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/7-9-year-olds-11816\/\" target=\"_self\" >7-9 Year-olds: 11\/8\/16<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Here&#8217;s what we did this week&#8230; Move to the music; when the music stops, stop and clap 4 times.&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/7-9-year-olds-11816\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<nav class=\"wp-block-query-pagination is-layout-flex wp-block-query-pagination-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Pagination\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query-pagination-numbers\"><span aria-current=\"page\" class=\"page-numbers current\">1<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"?query-4-page=2\">2<\/a>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"?query-4-page=3\">3<\/a>\n<span class=\"page-numbers dots\">&hellip;<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"?query-4-page=5\">5<\/a><\/div>\n\n<a href=\"\/jovialaworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19796?query-4-page=2\" class=\"wp-block-query-pagination-next\">Next Page<\/a>\n<\/nav>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to By Age These posts follow a series of Dalcroze classes for children ages 7\u20139, documenting activities, musical subjects and reflections on what happened in the room. They are arranged from oldest to newest so you can follow the classes as they unfolded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19796","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9ohMj-59i","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19278,"url":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/teaching\/teaching-children\/","url_meta":{"origin":19796,"position":0},"title":"By Age","author":"Michael Joviala","date":"November 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Articles about Dalcroze pedagogy organized by age. 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