Music Making for Early Years - Autumn - Mansfield Central Library - Adult Learning

Join our fun family learning course aimed at families with babies and children under the age of 4. This practical course will give ideas about how to support your child with music.

Music-making provides an engaging and enjoyable activity for everyone and is led by our friendly and experienced Primary Music Specialist and Jolly Music teacher.

All the EYMM course sessions are mapped to the Early Learning Goals and the 2020 Development Matters Guidelines.

What will be covered on the course?

• Songs and rhymes on the theme of Autumn – extend your repertoire with new songs and new vocabulary for your little one.

• Jolly Phonic Songs for phase 1.

• Build your own musical confidence in pulse and rhythm. - You’ll learn how to support your child to read and play simple musical rhythms.

• Use key Makaton signs in songs helping support your child’s language development.

What you will need to bring to the course:

• A blanket to sit on.

• Water and snack.

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield

• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

• Greater London

• Greater Manchester

• Liverpool City Region

• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland

• Tees Valley

• West of England

• West Midlands

• West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

• Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office

• You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.