Updated 31st December 2020
December 2020
Musical Learning & Progression in the Early Years
2 part online training workshop 
with Zoe Greenhalgh
Sunday 28 February & 7 March 2021, 10-12am £30
**Please note that attendance on both dates is essential **
Zoe will look at ways to support young children’s musical development using joyful approaches that engage both children and adults in playful, confidence building learning.
During these two sessions Zoe will lead us in singing games and rhymes to support children’s musical development and:
- show how material can be developed to deepen & progress musical skills
- develop understanding of the planning, structure & delivery of music sessions
Who is it for?
Early years practitioners & teachers, musicians working with children 0-5 years , anyone working with this age group. No musical knowledge required.
What will you gain?
- information, ideas & resources
- increased confidence through a better understanding of how to use singing games & rhymes to support musical & holistic development with links to the EYFS framework
- the development of knowledge, skills & understanding of selecting quality songs & rhymes & using songs & rhymes appropriately for different age groups.
Comments from previous training:
- Wonderfully inspiring and everything felt achievable
- Fantastic training, well presented, questions answered
- Very good training, feel inspired and refreshed
- Great session, highly motivational
Zoe Greenhalgh is an early childhood music educator, author, consultant and researcher with wide experience of working with babies, children, parents, carers and educators in early years and community settings. Well known for her work in the North West, Zoe also enjoys a national reputation as a consultant, workshop provider and author; her book “Music and Singing in the Early Years” (Routledge 2018) has been well received. Zoe is a Course Director for the Certificate for Music Educators: Early Childhood (CME:EC) at the Centre for Research in Early Childhood (CREC) and an Associate Tutor in Early Years Education at Edge Hill University. She is also Early Childhood Tutor for The British Kodály Academy.
Practical information
We will be using online video software Zoom, so please ensure you have downloaded the app on a desktop or mobile ahead of the session.
For security, we’re asking you to sign up via Eventbrite and you will be emailed the Zoom ID and password after you register.
Connecting Threads – The Big Sing!
Thursday 14th January 2021 from 7-8.30pm
An opportunity to share your favourite Early Years music material and pick up some fresh new ideas for the New Year.
We invite you to bring a song from each of the following categories:
- ‘Chant-a-rhyme.’
- ‘Your favourite prop songs.’
- ‘Simple songs that burst with endless possibilities.’
We will have 3 breakouts during the evening, one for each of these categories, and hope to put together a recorded archive of this new collection of songs and rhymes for those who attend.
Come and join us for some conversation and inspiration. We are looking forward to singing with you!
This is the 5th Connecting Threads session from Note Weavers
*Please be aware that this event is for North West England practitioners only.
Practical info
We’ll be using online video software Zoom, so please ensure you have downloaded the app on a desktop or mobile ahead of the session.
For security, we’re asking you to sign up via Eventbrite and you will be emailed the Zoom ID and password after you register.
Find out more about the Connecting Threads community here
Vocal & Instrumental Musical Play in the Early Years
2 part online training workshop with Jane Parker
24th & 31st January 2021, 10-12am
£30
**Please note that attendance on both dates is essential **
Jane is Early Years Music Lead for Take Art’s ‘The SoundWaves Network’ Youth Music funded programme which involves Early Years Music practitioners working alongside Early Years practitioners in settings. The ethos of the programme is very much the belief that babies and very young children are spontaneous music makers. As facilitators, we don’t need to start from scratch when we ‘do’ music, but support, reinforce and extend what our little music makers can already do. Our work aims to brings together a community of learners – learning with, from and alongside each other.
These two sessions will provide opportunities to:
- Notice and understand the musical behaviours of babies and very young children.
- Think and discuss how best to support and value our babies and very young children’s spontaneous music-making
- Ask questions on the design of the SoundWaves Network Early Childhood music programme and how it works ‘on the ground’
Who is it for? Early years practitioners & teachers, musicians working with children 0-5 years , anyone working with this age group
What will you gain? An understanding of:
- the musical abilities of babies and very young children
- that music is play and reflect on our role to be musically playful
About Jane Parker: Jane comes with a wealth of specialist Early Years music experience and knowledge, as a project coordinator, an educator training practitioners and a researcher practitioner with very young children. She firmly believes we should recognise in all our work and resources that everyone is born musical.
Having completed an MA in Early Childhood Education, Jane possesses both a theoretical knowledge and practical understanding of current issues in the Early Years music sector. As well coordinating Take Art’s ‘The SoundWaves Network’ – Early Years Music Network for the South West – Jane is also one of the tutors on the Certificate for Music Educators (CME): Early Childhood course.
Practical information
We will be using online video software Zoom, so please ensure you have downloaded the app on a desktop or mobile ahead of the session.
For security, we’re asking you to sign up via Eventbrite and you will be emailed the Zoom ID and password after you register.