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Tag: earlyyearsmusic
Connecting Threads!
Following their appearance at the AMP/Note Weavers conference on 1st March, Alison Turpin and Claire Thompson will be hosting a FREE hour long discussion event on Wednesday 24th April 7pm-8pm. At this session you are invited to share how you have worked to make your work more inclusive and accessible, challenges you have overcome and your greatest successes. Alison and Claire look forward to being in conversation with you, book your tickets at the link below 
(Please note: this event is free however there is the option to make a donation if you would like to help us to keep running these Connecting Threads events)
New Musical Storyland CPD Session
We are holding a ‘Song Share’ style event on Monday 18th March 7pm-8pm where we sing and play the programme resources for Ananse and the Monkeys, Little Fir Tree and Jack and the Beanstalk and invite you to sing along with us! We will also be sharing extra activities for you to do in your home or setting. Please note this event will NOT be recorded. ONLY £5! Click HERE for tickets
Musical Storyland CPD
**BOOKING IS NOW OPEN*** for our online Musical Storyland CPD Event on Monday 29th January 7pm-8.30pm!
In this session Sally-Anne Brown and Vic Holmes, who co-wrote the resources for Musical Storyland, will look at two of the programmes in the current series – ‘The Great Race’, in time for Lunar New Year, and also Three Billy Goats Gruff. They will demonstrate how to use the teaching resources, show how to chart progression and share extra musical learning activities. There will also be the opportunity for discussion at the end of the session.
This Zoom event costs just £5 and is suitable for teachers, childminders and EY practitioners as well as parents who may want to use the resources at home. The CPD element will be recorded so that if you can’t make the event in person you can still receive the video afterwards to watch later. **Please note that the discussion/Q&A section will not be recorded**
Please book your place at the link below
You can find the programmes, synopses, teachers notes and more at the following links on BBC Teach :
The Great Race
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Early Years Music Conference
HUGE Announcement!
Tickets are now available for our Early Years Music Conference with NYMAZ! 1st March 2024 at Skipton Town Hall.
We have special early bird tickets on sale now – be quick as it’s only 3 months until the big day!!
Find out more information and grab your tickets here:
Christmas Songshare
Another date for your diaries! On Friday 17th November, 7pm-8pm Sorrel and Liz will be leading a FREE online festive songshare as we head towards Christmas! Grab a brew and bring along your favourite seasonal songs and musical activities to share with the group, and get ideas from others to add to your repertoire.
‘In Conversation’ Series
We are looking forward to hearing Zoe Challenor from B’Opera ‘In Conversation’ with Note Weavers. Taking place on Tuesday January 31st 7-8pm come and listen to Zoe chatting about how she strives to create inclusive, relevant and accessible musical experiences for families with their young children! Only £5! Book now! 
Music in Parent-Infant Relationships – a blog from Georgina
Hi, I’m Georgina and I’m one of the Note Weavers directors. I’m a music therapist and an early years music practitioner. I’ve worked for a long time in SEN/D settings, but just recently I’ve completed an MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Well-being at Edge Hill University. I’d enrolled on the course because I’d started working on a well-being project with young people, and I wanted to update my knowledge. This blog is about my musings over how music connects with parent-infant relationships and parent and infant mental health and well-being. 
I’ve always had an interest in parent-infant relationships and how musical activity can support families in the first few years.
Read Georgina’s blog here