Childhood music group training day!

 Dear all,



How has music changed your day today? :)

 

 

I had an amazing day on the weekends on a training day with this energized team, Boppin' Babies! Our coordinator, with a few new and old Team leaders met up to look forward to 2015 to have a great kickstart for term 1! As you can see the pics adapted from the Boppin' Babies website, Boppin’ Babies is an early learning music program conducted with a music therapy focus. Having fun through musical play and taking joy in child’s musical expression is central to the program. Look at their smiles while playing the instruments!

 

It was really encouraging to see staff all over from melbourne, canberra, brisbane and sydney to gather around and talk about how music could engage the children. We use music to encourage and support:

• sensory integration
• self-regulation
• social skill development
• creativity and emotional expression
• speech and language skills
• gross and fine motor coordination, and confidence to move
• cognitive concepts and learning
• musical development

After a long day along with some nice outdoor picnic, after training wine and chats, I was really motivated to learn a lot of songs and to keep on my professional development after the training day, with songs looping on my head! (You know, children's songs are usually within an octave, usually in AB form, and easy to catch melodies that will keep ringing, ringing, ringing...)

 

You can watch the following video to have a snippet of it:

 

 

We always welcome new Boppers (That's how we call the chilren) and parents to join us!
For more information, to join a Bop group, or for enquiries,
please visit Boppin' Babies: http://www.boppinbabies.com.au/

 

 

 

Best regards,
Hanna