Music is a precious way to ‘unplug’, but also to re-encode daily emotions by transforming them into sounds. The music courses also enrich culturally, with a language devoid of linguistic and geographical limits, contribute to acquire a better coordination capacity, stimulate creativity, get used to the sense of rigor and discipline. The guitar course is aimed at children from 6 to 10 years; that of piano and solfeggio to children from 5 to 10 years, as well as that of violin.

Since October 2015, the Serena Andersen Institute organizes afternoon English language courses for children aged 3 to 10, with a view to further enhancing their language skills.
The teachers, qualified native speakers with the skills necessary to provide children with the best language learning experience, will involve them in games and activities aimed at stimulating learning in a peaceful and fun context.

Our ceramics course teaches children how to perceive materials, and to mold them, smiling and marvelling at the work of their own original creativity. This course is open to children from the age of 5 and above.

“Imagine” is a photography and image education workshop aimed at children aged 6 to 11. A theoretical and practical project whose purpose is to teach children to use photography as a means of communication. A very powerful medium, because the image allows you to communicate in a strong and immediate way. The moment it is seen, it also allows you to perceive the message it brings. The particular strength of the photographic instrument also adds the universality of the language that it allows to express, without linguistic and geographical limits. The course, directed by Renata D’Alessandro, professional photographer, includes 12 afternoon lessons.

Judo is a sports discipline through which it is possible to contribute to the personal development of children, favoring, in particular, the acquisition of the concept of respect for others and strengthening courage as an inner strength that allows participants to face their limits, their fears and their defeats. The course is aimed at children aged 4 to 10 years.

The afternoon play-dance course gives children the opportunity to acquire rhythm, posture, conception of space and self-discipline with playful and expressive activities. Through play, dance becomes an instrument capable of expressing moving emotions and ideas in an artistic, but above all spontaneous way. The course is aimed at all children of the Institute from 3 to 10 years old.

The afternoon mini tennis and mini volleyball courses are pleasant, fun and stimulating activities, where children develop the basic motor patterns of these sports disciplines in a playful and preparatory way for tennis and volleyball. The courses, held in our large and well-equipped gym, are open to all children of the Institute from 5 to 10 years old.

The skating course takes place in our gym. Roller skating, or roller skating, involves the use of roller skates with four wheels, parallel two by two. The course aims to improve the balance of children and their motor skills. Skating start-up schemes are always focused on pleasant and playful methods. The course is open to all children of the Institute from 5 to 10 years old.

This is an initiative that provides advice from external professional operators. The project, reserved for pupils of third and fourth primary school, foresees:

a) theoretical information lessons on the body’s bone structure;
b) practical breathing lessons, on the mobilization of the spine, on the correct position of how to sit, on the correct lifting of the weights, on relaxation.

The aim of the project is to help children pay attention to their back in order to prevent pain and acquire the ability to implement self-relaxation techniques. In the years following the first, the project foresees moments of reflection for the maintenance of the techniques learned.

Yoga for children is a way to integrate their training, also allowing a greater physical and character balance. Yoga practice has a significant impact:

a) physical, as it strengthens the skeletal structure, improves breathing, flexibility and motor coordination;
b) behavioral, because it develops patience, tranquility, constancy, security and tends to channel aggression and energies into commitment.

The practice of this discipline, performed in a playful version, acts on psycho-physical well-being, allowing the child to identify and enhance their abilities. The course is aimed at children aged 4 to 10 years.