We are all aware of the benefits of being outdoors for our young children and when we take regular music-making outside we harness even more benefits!
Settings are spending more time outdoors as we understand the many benefits for children of outside play and exploration, but they may miss out on the benefits of regular music activities, as these are traditionally thought of as indoor activities. Particularly the benefits of using recorded music so that children can work with the steady beat, the melody, dynamics, timbre and rhythm that motivate them to keep the beat, express themselves, move and sing, with all the associated benefits that this offers to cognitive development.
Boogie Mites trainer, Lizzie Lock, leads outdoor music makers groups and works with settings with a strong focus on outdoor play. She will share tips and ideas for outdoor music making.
Tasha will give an overview of Boogie Mites Pirate Adventure Workshop. She will cover 2 songs from the programme for you to trial outside with your children.
Course Details
Date: Monday 17th June 2024
Time: 7pm to 8:15pm
Where: via zoom (details provided after purchase)
Cost: £30 per person (including VAT)
Course Content
- Tips and ideas for outdoor music making
Song Resources
- Pirate Hello
- Ship Ahoy
Course Tutor
Lizzie Lock runs Boogie Mites in the West Berkshire and South Oxfordshire areas, delivering community sessions for family groups and supporting local nurseries and preschools with music provision. Lizzie has developed the Boogie Mites Making Music Outdoors guidance. She loves bringing the joys and benefits of music-making to everyone involved with children in the early years including parents, families and early childhood practitioners, and enabling everyone to find their musical voice. She is passionate about bringing music together with nature and sustainable living. Lizzie has a music degree, and alongside her Boogie Mites work she loves performing regularly with her saxophone quartet, local big bands and other community groups.
Tasha Bretten has been working as a Boogie Mites teacher and trainer for 2 years following 13 years as a Primary School Teacher working across all year groups, with a passion for supporting children’s literacy and musical development. Tasha is a trained opera singer but having said this she is first to say: “ You don’t have to be a trained singer to lead Boogie Mites. You can do it!”
Certification
A CPD Certificate will be issued following completion of a short feedback form