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Who Else Wants Themed Music Workshops
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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:
·        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…

"Fab. What a lovely morning. We will be using everything you've spoken about at home."
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.

 From then, you can play the songs and print the resources anytime.

Parachute with singing kids, mums & Craig

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!

 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.

 “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.

 

  "A really great music session. We particularly like the exotic instruments and sounds."
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.

 It’s simple, it’s fun, it’s play, it’s learning, it’s happy education from, probably, one of the best children’s
‘edu-tainers’ in the UK – The Fun Music Man!

 

 

 Click here for the News page for dates of public sessions and other news.

 Month                                      Themes  

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
           
                        Holiday club sessions / Festivals / Events

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
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

 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.

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. 

 

 

N 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   


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, Malvern, WR14 1TX

OR Call  01684 566 076    /    07912 089 231 

 

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