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What the class is

You are not dropped in the lobby. You are the second dancer. Songs, laps, a little spinning, and a teacher who expects noise. Walking helps. If the child is still mostly carried, call before you book. We will tell you if they will be frustrated. The youngest useful age is a toddler who can move, not a newborn in a carrier for the whole class.

You do not need dance training. You need knees and a sense of humor. If you are pregnant or you cannot kneel, say so. Standing participation is fine. We will not assign floor work that hurts. Wear clothes you can crawl in. They need clothes they can spin in. Ballet slippers are optional until the child cares about them.

Daytime and Saturday blocks beat 6 p.m. for this age. The studio hours are Monday–Thursday 4:00–8:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m.–noon, and this class is scheduled when a toddler can actually attend. Ask before you book against bedtime. The room is at 212 Harding Blvd Suite P, Roseville, next to Sherwin Williams.

How it relates to preschool and two-year-old ballet

There is heavy overlap with a two-year-old ballet class. Mommy and me is the relationship: you stay. A ballet label is the vocabulary: plié, freeze, bow. We place you in one room. We do not charge two tuitions so a webpage can rank for both phrases.

The point of the class is not to stay in it for years. When they start peeling off your lap, we talk about preschool dance or pre-ballet in the same hallway. That transition is a conversation, not an automatic enrollment on their birthday.

Melissa Reich has taught since 2005 and trained in early childhood education. The pacing is built for short attention. A teen warm-up pasted onto toddlers is how these classes fail. Jayde King, who has danced since age two and studies child education, is part of the same faculty.

Practical details parents ask before they drive

Call 916.276.8408 or use the contact form and say “parent and tot” so we do not put you in a drop-off preschool block. The trial is the point. See if they like the room before you buy slippers and a recital plan. Tuition, if you stay, is quoted by phone and billed on the 1st. It is not pro-rated for missed weeks or the two-week breaks. Leaving takes 30 days of written notice.

There is one studio. Searches from Rocklin, Folsom, or anywhere else still end at Harding Plaza. We do not run a mommy-and-me room in each city. Adult dance classes are not offered. This class is for the child, with you as the partner, not a workout for you.

Who the adult is, and what the child can do

The class name matches the search. The door policy matches the child. Mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, or a nanny can be the adult, as long as it is the person the child will actually follow. One adult per child on the floor. You are not auditing from a chair with a coffee. If you wanted a drop-off, book preschool once they can separate, or ballet once they can do a short class without you.

Walking matters. A child who is still carried for the whole class will not get the songs in their body, and you will spend the time shifting weight. Call first if you are not sure. We would rather turn you away for six months than take the tuition for a class that frustrates both of you. There is no dance résumé required from the adult. Knees help. If you cannot kneel, because of pregnancy or an injury, say so. You can stand. We will not assign floor work that hurts.

Clothes: they need something they can crawl and spin in. You need shoes you can move in. Ballet slippers are optional until the child notices other children wearing them. Do not buy a recital costume for a toddler class before you have survived the trial. Noise, wandering, and a sudden need to leave are the age. A silent parent-and-tot class is a fantasy sold by people who do not teach toddlers.

One room, then the next class

Mommy and me overlaps a two-year-old ballet class. The difference is whether you stay. The vocabulary, a plié or a freeze or a bow, can show up in either label. We put you in one room. We do not bill both. When they start to peel off your lap and try the teacher, we talk about preschool dance or pre-ballet in the same hallway at 212 Harding Blvd. That move is a conversation at the desk, not an automatic charge on their birthday.

Daytime and Saturday are the sane times. A 6 p.m. toddler class fights dinner and bedtime. Studio hours are Monday–Thursday 4:00–8:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m.–noon, and this class is placed where a toddler can attend. Ask for the current block. The live schedule in the header is the list. This paragraph is the rule, not the clock.

Book it by saying “parent and tot” on the contact form or at 916.276.8408, so the office does not drop you into a preschool class that expected you to leave. Melissa Reich has taught since 2005 and trained in early childhood education. The pacing is for short attention. Tuition, if you stay after the trial, is quoted by phone, billed on the 1st, not pro-rated, and stopped with 30 days of written notice. The two-week summer and winter breaks are not credited. The studio is Suite P, Harding Plaza, next to Sherwin Williams. Families drive in. We do not run this class in a second city, and we do not teach an adult dance class under this name.

What you do in the room is simple and physical. You sit, you stand, you turn while holding a hand, you freeze when the song says freeze. If you spend the class on your phone, the child does the class alone and the product you came for is gone. Put the phone in the bag. The other adults are doing the same slightly silly thing. That is the point. A toddler copies the grown-up they came with, not the teacher they just met.

Illness and missed weeks are not credited. A fever stays home. A runny nose is your call, and the call should include whether they will be on the floor with other toddlers. Tell the office if you are skipping so the teacher is not waiting at the door. The absence still does not move the 1st. If you are going to be gone for a month, the 30-day notice rule is the conversation, not a hope that the month will be free.

When the class stops working, it usually looks like this: they want the teacher and not your hands, or they want neither and only the door. The first one is a graduation toward preschool. The second one is a break. Both are allowed. Forcing a third month so the tuition “isn’t wasted” wastes the evening instead. Call and say which one you are seeing. We would rather re-place them than keep a lap class that has already ended.