The Fun Music Man
Who Else Wants Themed Music Workshops
by The (Fun) MusicMan ?

"Fantastic. I think we loved it as much as the children!"
S H, Parent after a school session.
2-in-1! Get this Amazing Value
1. Interactive Workshop in class or setting.
2. CD Rom with Song & Resource Sheets.
This is an outstanding, age-targeted all-in-one package to inspire and help you create your own easy ‘learning-through-music-and-sound-play’ sessions.
Step 1 - Choose themes relevant to your curriculum programme or themes your children want to explore using: "Fab. What a lovely morning. We will be using everything you've spoken about at home." From then, you can play the songs and print the resources anytime.
Our fun music & sound-play helps to build balanced bodies and bright brains. Click here for the News page for dates of public sessions and other news. "A really great music session. We particularly like the exotic instruments and sounds." It’s simple, it’s fun, it’s play, it’s learning, it’s happy education from, probably, one of the best children’s Click here for the News page for dates of public sessions and other news. Month Themes
· Music Methods™
· Singing - sound-play
· instrument playing - integrating movements
· whole body-brain learning
· fun props & games - listening skills
· language skills - thinking skills
· socialising and interpersonal activities
· and more…
NL. Parent
Step 2 – Community Musician, Craig Trafford - The (Fun) Music Man - from Early Ears Music will then run an interactive workshop with your class or group and give you a CD Rom containing songs, activities and resource sheets from the session.

We’re certain you’ll agree them to be amongst the finest educational performances and resources available to support the six areas of learning, and much more,
in the early years foundation and key stage 1.
Sessions are sensitively age and ability-appropriate and based on many years of experience serving thousands of 0 – 8s and their grown-ups. We exist to assist the creative teacher in developing the creative child through enjoyment and in-depth absorption. Inclusive activities included!
“Outstanding, creative, intelligent…” LH, Teacher, Early Education Conference
Themes covered:
Choose from any or choose all. You can select as few as one session, or weekly sessions or as many as you like to even cover the whole year.
Harriet's mum, Angela.
***Alert - Brand New Session just created: 'Get In Shape' is the new interactive Live Show all about shapes. For Nursery we have The Basic Shapes, For Reception we add 2D shapes, and for Years 1 & 2 we cover 2D & 3D shapes as well as Polygons and Polyhedra.*** Discover the magic of shapes and geometry, why they're important, how they make music and where you might find them in your life. Shape Up and Get In Shape with the new interactive Live Music Shape Show from the Fun Musicman.***
The process: After a phone call to assess your requirements, a workshop session will take place in class with you and your children. You’ll receive a bespoke CD Rom compiled for you – containing resource sheets and music activities – to help continue the learning fun into the future.
‘edu-tainers’ in the UK – The Fun Music Man!
Jan New Things Winter Letters of the alphabet Clothes
Feb Words Vowels Sea Life Insects and Mini-Beasts
Mar Life Cycle Baby animals planting Spring Easter
Apr Weather Energy Different Cultures Numbers
May Circle Songs Trees Water Farm Animals
June Summer Buildings Transport
July Holidays The World The Environment Jungle Animals
August
September All About Me Body Family
Oct Harvest Autumn Food Healthy Eating Halloween
Nov Fireworks People Who Help Us Shapes
Dec Christmas Snow Space Opposites
Sample session
Part 1 Part II
Action Songs, Instruments and Props Sound Play and music making activities supporting and connected to the chosen theme or elements of all the themes for the month.
Example: Transport: The Wheels on The Bus action song, I Like the Little Green Bike action song, Train Is A-Comin’ instruments, The Runaway Train instruments, Sailing in my Boat parachute and props Horsey beat competence, Row Your Boat action song, We’re Off In A Motor Car action song, The Walking Bus environmental action and props song… Part III
Calming, Focusing, Grounding songs and activities. Anchoring the Session’s Learning via Review. Goodbye song and activity.
Good Morning / Afternoon – introduction to encourage participation
Bones - Action song for self-awareness
PACE – Brain Gym® or Sensory Integration activities to
prepare for learning
Bodies Brains – Gross Motor skills activities & Motor Co-ordination
Listening – Sound play to enhance listening skills
You can choose to have either:
? One session containing all that month’s content.
? Or one session or more than one session with the emphasis on any of the themes you require.
? Or More than one session with each subsequent session exploring deeper the topic or topics [3 max] that you choose.
Monthly sessions containing all the themes or your selection
? Or mix and match any amount of sessions and themes to suit
The Benefits in terms of
Confidence, Competence, Self-esteem, Motor skills, Thinking, Listening
Intra-personal and Inter-personal skills, Communication, Emotional intelligence,
Hand-eye and Bodily co-ordination, Voice, Breathing Self-management Spatial awareness Musicality and more ...
are obvious and long-lasting after you experience
The (Fun) MusicMan's
Themed Music Workshops
We are so confident that you’ll love this new package that we are able to offer a FULL GUARANTEE. If you don’t like it or your children aren’t impressed – you get a full refund (apart from transport costs).
Logistics:
1 After booking, you’ll receive a phone call to discuss your requirements and any technical requirements will be outlined during the phone call.
2 On the day, Craig will arrive with his bags and boxes of instruments and props. Please ensure as much as possible a clear parking space, preferably close to the room where the workshop / performance will take place.
3 It’s important that the children will have had access to sips of drinking water before and after the workshop / performance. If you’d like them to drink water during the workshop, please ensure all water – please no juice or fizzy drinks – is in a secure bottle and placed at the sides of the room.
4 Workshops are highly interactive and it’s important that there are enough adults present to not only supervise and participate but also to absorb the methods and information through the experience and explanations which arise.
5 A CD / Manual will be given to the teacher as part of the booking and it will contain songs and activities from the workshop to enable the work to continue and be developed into the future if wished.
6 You will be invoiced after the workshop eother on the day or by post or email.
NB Brain Gym® and Sensory Integration Activities are included to enhance absorption, retention and recall of material.
As ever, we recommend full courses of Brain Gym for people wishing to implement the practice in school on a regular basis. What you and your children experience in these sessions is a taster of the limitless possibilities of Brain Gym applied to rational and contextual learning experiences. www.braingym.org.uk
You might like to visit some of our websites or leave comments on our blogs.
www.earlyearsmusic.com www.thelittlegreencd.com OR Call 01684 566 076 / 07912 089 231 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please mailto:info@thefunmusicman.com the following information if you're interested in any of the Themed Sound-Play & Music Methods Workshops or you can write or call to the contacts above.
Name and address of school or group: Name of contact personnel: Tel No:
Please send the following details to us either by writing, phone, or Email and we'll get back in touch with you as soon as we receive it.
C & P Trafford, 75 Jamaica Road,
Email address:
Preferred month(s):
Approx Number of sessions reqd:
Age of Children / Year Group
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Click here for the News page for dates of public sessions and other news.