Car, Bike, Plane is a transport theme that uses well-known and older children’s songs to teach musical concepts using ways that we move! Sail like a ship; fly like a rocket; roll like a bicycle; and row your boat – using physical movement to experience music notation!
Musicaliti uses the concepts of the renowned educational approaches of Dalcroze, Kodály and Montessori towards bringing true musicality to children. By providing a physical grounding in rhythm and developing inner hearing through singing, children are equipped with the S.P.A.C.E. that they need to develop into the fascinating and successful adults that they will become. S.P.A.C.E. describes the activities of each Musicaliti session including Singing, Playing, Acting, Creating and Exploring, as well as summarising additional benefits:
- Social Group music introduces friends and builds relationships
- Physical By moving in time, children develop physical co-ordination
- Academic Music practice makes learning new things easy
- Creative Musical experience helps the brain to solve problems
- Emotional Music is a healthy form of self-expression
Musicaliti Nursery builds on children’s experiences of song in different and unexpected ways, developing their instincts in creating music, whilst building their experience of music concepts in a fun environment. Using easy-to-follow instructions, each activity in the 20-30 minute session clearly describes apparatus needed (with alternative suggestions), suggested sequence of songs and activities, rationale behind the programme and benefits to children.
Frances Turnbull has presented early years music sessions in a variety of settings since 2006, after training as a secondary mathematics and science teacher and the following her passion for music. Developing sessions for adults, she is involved with research into the health, educational and developmental benefits of music through her community interest company, Think Cre8tive Group CIC.
