Music Time

By Anne Hole

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Are you currently just doing Music Time for the sake of ticking a box?

Does the thought of Music Time make you feel scared, worried, frustrated…?

Maybe you sing a few songs with the children or try to avoid doing it altogether as you just don’t know what you should be doing. It just feels like a box ticking exercise, not an enjoyable experience.

So, take a step back and think why are you thinking this?

Is it because you…

...don’t have ideas
...are not sure what resources to use
...lack confidence in your own abilities
...just think music time is just abo…

Doing music just for music!

I’ve been asked and read lots about how music can benefit other areas of learning. It is great that it is such an enabling subject. I even wrote my degree dissertation back in 1998 on how music can help with the mathematical concept of pattern.

I think we sometimes miss that we should also be doing music just for the sake of doing music. It is a great way for children to express themselves vocally; through body movements: hands: shaking, tapping, scraping, bangin…

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Music Time

Are you currently just doing Music Time for the sake of ticking a box?

Does the thought of Music Time make you feel scared, worried, frustrated…?

Doing music just for music!

Doing music just for music!

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