This 45-minute class for 4- to 8-year-olds was designed to be a drum- and rhythm-centered variation of the Parent/Child class that serves as a transition to formal instrument training.  Focusing on hand-drumming and body rhythm helps the children to begin to hone their attention to the details of music.  Each animal-named semester features four rhythm patterns from a region of the world from where that animal is found.  Through the 18 songs in each semester, the children are exposed to a broad variety of language, rhythm, and tonalities.  Rhythm patterns are played in class each week along with various musical movement games.  Parents will attend the class as a partner to their child, and the children are encouraged to play-along at home with the online drumming videos.  This class is $175 per semester, which includes all the materials.  There is a three child minimum and eight child maximum for the class.