Enlivening stories with music
Early years practitioners know about the value of storytelling and shared reading with children. In this part 4 of our parent involvement blog series, we consider how music can be used to enliven...
Parent Education Music Workshops
If you read our Revised Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) blog series in August 2021 you will be aware of the many links between music practice and the revised Early Learning Goals (EGLs) and...
There’s More to Early Years Music than Nursery Rhymes
If you read part 1 of this series, you will be convinced of the value of effective music practice in the early years and of sharing the information with parents. But what is effective music...
The Best Investment For Your Child’s Development
Music and the brain If you read our neuroscience blog series during October, you will be aware of the wealth of worldwide research surrounding music and brain development over the last 30 years....
Children’s Christmas Songs For Funky Festive Fun
What are your favourite children’s Christmas songs? I think we all have one or two that stick out in our minds – but to sing the same selection every year can get tedious… Spice up your Christmas...
Neuroscience Series: Bigger Better Brains
In parts 1, 2 & 3 of this blog series we have learnt a little about the significant findings of neuromusical research over the last 3 decades. In part 4 we learn about Dr Anita Collins and her...
Neuroscience Series: The Music Advantage
Neuroscientists term the neural network connecting all sensory information including taste and smell, auditory, visual and motor cortices of the brain the super sense. We take information from...