What happens during a Musical Minis class?

MUSICAL Minis isn't aiming to teach children to be young musicians, but aims to help children’s development and social skills through music, music being something that most children will respond to.

Our programme has been designed to help parents and carers to join in activities with their children, to encourage the child’s natural attraction to music and to learn good speech with the repetition of nursery rhymes and stories.

Each section is structured to include:

• Action songs – for co-ordination
• Musical stops – to develop listening skills
• Musical instruments – to explore sounds and effects
• Stories – to teach rhythm and introduce early teamwork
• Nursery rhymes and songs – to encourage speech

The music has been especially recorded so it may be followed at a pace suitable for the very young.

Sometimes people get the impression we are all about teaching young children to learn instruments. But we are most certainly not as you can see from the video above.

But what this fun can help a child do, includes:

• Develop language and co-ordination to communicate well 
• Share stories and songs
• Meet new friends
• Grow in confidence by joining in activities in a relaxed group atmosphere
• Get creative exploring instruments, sounds, rhythm and movement