We live in an increasingly noisy and busy world, with endless visual stimuli and plenty of opportunities for sensory overload. It is understandable that expectations of an early childhood music class might include lots of instruments and class sets of all kinds of...
There’s a quote about parenthood along the lines of “the years are short, but the days are long”. Sometimes I get to 9am and feel like it must be nearly bedtime – and it is on these days that it can be a struggle to get through to actual bedtime with my precious...
Our music classes in early education and childcare services foster children’s development in so many ways. Very careful thought goes into every single choice we make about the songs and rhymes we use, and how we use them. Counting songs and rhymes offer opportunities...
By Jennifer Teh, Founding Director of Hush Little Baby Early Childhood Music Classes In the music education community, “Kodály” (pronounced koh-dye) can be a term used without a great deal of explanation. Those who are “Kodály” music teachers often are so firmly...
Nursery rhymes have been around for generations. They are passed down orally, from caregiver to child, and down further to the child’s children and grandchildren. They become a part of us from such a young age that they live within us our whole lives. Nursery rhymes...
Research (and our gut instinct) tells us that music is an essential part of children’s lives, but what kind of music? Where do we start? Nursery rhymes. Nursery rhymes have been around for generations. They are passed down orally, from caregiver to child, and down...
