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Composing music with children is not as hard as you think!
The idea of composing music with children fills some educational professionals with dread.
If you currently feel like this take a step back! We ask children to compose paintings, drawings, dances… music is no different! Just know what you are trying to get from the children is appropriate for their age. You’re not asking them to compose the next Pop song or Classical work. No more in art are you expecting them to paint Pop Art or Classicism
Break it down. What you need to be asking them …
Spring is nearly here!
Spring is nearly here! Do you take your children on walks? Why not take them on a spring walk and make it a multi-sensory experience? What do you have nearby that you could explore?
- A bluebell wood. A fantastic experience for sight and sound.
- A farm:
- lambs for the children to see and maybe feed
- farm shop with the new spring vegetables.
- Hedgerow walk. Looking at different changes to the hedgerow.
- If you live in a city go to a park where there are trees and bushes
Then get the…
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