Blog

By Anne Hole

Under PDP

2 min read

3 ways to easily include music throughout your early years setting

Does the thought of including music stress you out?

Music doesn't need to be stressful in the early years; there are many ways that you can include it throughout the day. Here are 3 ways to easily include music throughout your early years setting:

Routines

Think about all those routines that are done throughout the day in the early years: instructions, transitions, tidy up time, arriving and going home, and maybe a register... How could you include music within these? It could be using pieces…

Superheroes, Princesses, Dinosaurs, Monsters…!

Superheroes, Princesses, Dinosaurs, Monsters…! I'm sure you have some children in your setting who love to pretend to be one of the aforementioned.

So what has got me thinking about this?

To celebrate my son’s 14th birthday we visited Alton Towers. I was sitting in the X-Sector section, waiting for my two children to come off a ride, and I heard music that reminded me of superhero theme music and it got me think about the different type of music we let our children experience.