Music Making for Early Years - Online Course - Family Learning - 10:30-11:30

About this course

About this course

Join our fun family learning course aimed at families with babies and children under the age of 5. Music-making provides an engaging

and enjoyable activity for everyone and is led by a friendly and experienced teacher.

This practical course will give ideas about how to support your child with music making.

All sessions are mapped to the Early Learning Goals and follows the Government’s curriculum

What will be covered on the course? What will be taught to learners?

• You’ll learn songs and rhymes both familiar and brand new! 
• You’ll learn how to support your child to read simple musical rhythms.
• Learn some Makaton signing.
• You’ll use Jolly Phonics Songs to help with sounds and early reading skills.
• Engage with a curriculum theme such as: Space, Water, Story Characters.
• Celebrate various key events throughout the academic year such as:
• World Nursery Rhyme Week, BBC Music Day and more.

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

• A range of strategies and activities for supporting their child/ren with fun and interactive learning. 

You will need:

• Rattles/shakers or simple musical instruments – tuned percussion such as a simple Xylophone or chime bar set. Please contact jill.bellamy@inspireculture.org.uk for further help and advice.
• A tea towel/small blanket that can be used as a parachute
• Small soft toys to bounce on the ‘parachute’

As this course is online, a suitable device such as laptop, smart phone, tablet or computer will be required to access the course.  Zoom will be used for the live sessions and the link will be sent to you once your enrolment has been completed.

Booking your place and fee information

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
• Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking.  If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Greater London, Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, West Midlands and West of England.