Join Sorrel on Tuesday 17th September 7pm-8pm for our ‘Songs for September’ session. We will be sharing songs and musical activities suitable for use in family community groups, Early Years settings and classrooms as well as for around the house with little ones. Come along and get some new ideas and share some of your own! Free to attend, book your ticket Song for September
Tag: Babies
Exploring Music & the Parent-Infant Relationship
Tuesday 1st November 2022
7-9pm (online), £15
Led by Georgina Roberts this CPD session will explore whether music can effectively support the parent-infant relationship.
As part of her MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Well-being, Georgina gathered a cross-section of service provider reflections on the effectiveness of music to support parent-infant relationships.
During the session Georgina will unpack her findings and promote discussion around three themes:
- what does ‘music’ mean in the context of parent-infant relationships
- reflections on terminology associated with parent-infant relationships
- considering the musical and non-musical approaches to support the parent-infant relationship.
This session is suitable for music practitioners, early years practitioners and parent-infant mental health practitioners
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About Georgina Roberts
Georgina has been a freelance music therapist and early years music practitioner since 2011. She has worked extensively with children who have special educational needs and disabilities in a range of special school settings, delivering both individual and group based sessions.
Georgina has recently completed an MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Well-being at Edge Hill University. She has an interest in parent-infant mental health and perinatal mental health. She believes passionately that music can be used as a tool to support young children, help them connect with parents and others and break down barriers.
This session is part of the Note Weavers 2022 CPD series supported by Youth Music
Songs, Rhymes & Storytimes
Ben Lawrence
Children’s Librarian & Early Childhood Music Specialist
Saturday 14 May 2022,
Online, 09.30-11.00 £15
Picture books are some of the most useful and powerful tools for engaging children in the Early Years. This highly practical session led by Children’s Librarian and Early Childhood Music Specialist, Ben Lawrence will explore ways to combine songs and rhymes with picture books to engage and inspire young children. Find out top tips and discover different ways to bring stories alive through music and song and enable a positive experience of key musical concepts.
In this session Ben will be exploring the magical world of picture books and sharing stories with young children:
- Strategies for sharing stories in different ways
- How using pictures books can help embed music learning within early years provision
During the session there will be an opportunity to work in small groups, so please bring along your favourite picture books to share.
This session is suitable for all Early Years practitioners, Early Years Music Practitioners & others who lead family story time sessions in libraries & community settings.
Ben is Children’s Librarian for Calderdale Libraries and an Early Childhood Music Specialist. He is an Early Years methodology tutor for the British Kodály Academy & regularly presents at conferences & delivers training on using songs and rhymes for Children Centre and Early Years staff as well as Children’s Library professionals. He has recorded songs and rhymes for the charity Booktrust, for their National Bookstart Week celebrations and, with his colleague Shelley Bullas, he co-authored the chapter Music and Rhyme Time Sessions for the Early Years in the book “Library Services from Birth to Five: Delivering the Best Start” edited Carolynn Rankin and Avril Brock.
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.
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.