Music/Movement = Language/Literacy

Impactful Music Activities in the Early Years

Regular practise of music and movement in early years builds strong foundations for language and literacy.

This introduction video covers an overview of the neuroscience evidence and the importance of rhythmic awareness and sound processing skills. It will consider what music activities work to build strong foundations for phonological awareness, language and literacy.

You will gain access to two Boogie Mites songs, an action song and a junk percussion song, that are covered in the training for you to use within your setting.

Learn how to harness the power of music to support early years development with Boogie Mites tried and tested, fun music activities.

Here are a few comments from people who have taken this course:

“ Amazing course, gave clear ideas to develop music movement and speech”

“ Very interesting information given. Was kept engaged by the speaker. Nice to see how the songs are used.”

“Very informative, and really loved the songs.” 

“ The training exceeded my expectations and I really recommend it for everyone who is involved with children.”

“I really liked all the information presented during the course, it was really useful. The way that it was explained was very clear and made me feel with enthusiasm to put it in practice.”

“ I would recommend this course to any practitioner in any early years setting.”

“The songs were very good and the ways to use music in the early years setting was very insightful.” 

“I would highly recommend this to other childminders. It explains the musicology and activities in a really straightforward way. I was very impressed with how easy the message has made introducing music into a setting.”

 “I found the course very interesting and it has definitely inspired me to incorporate more music activities into my small setting.”

 “ I’ve always said, music is the start of language and communication and it was good to see it explained clearly”

“I enjoyed the short course. It explained how music helped children in their early development of language.”

 “Excellent. Love the bitesize video imparting knowledge and how music is beneficial in the early years”

 “Learnt music works the whole brain and is so important in the Early years. Really found this interesting and will definitely look to implement what I heard into my setting.”

 “I am sure that we all cannot wait to implement the same enthusiasm at Music time into our setting. The presenter was very clear, with lots of enthusiasm and fun!”

“Yes I would recommend this course”

“I was very happy with this course, it went into great detail, and helps you to find resources. I liked how the video went into depth with the slides.”

“ Two brilliant songs given through this module which have loads of good learning elements for children. Very good introduction to understanding why music is so impactful in the early years.”

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