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- Amusica
is a specialist website that offers a full range of musical
instruments for children. The instruments cater for all
ages, from the youngest infant who is ready to explore sound
and movement to children of primary school age. They are
used al over the world by many recognised educational establishments
including well known parent and baby musical groups, nurseries,
primary schools, music shops, toy libraries, hospitals and
other specialist outlets. For more information visit www.amusica.co.uk
- Bobby Shaftoe
Clap Your Hands - suitable for non-music readers
and non-specialists, this is a collection of 37 all time
favourite songs for young children with new words. Encourages
children to listen to sounds, discriminate between them,
use them in performance and improve their co-ordination.
Contact A & C Black Ltd, tel. 020 7758 0200, email customerservices@acblack.com
- Chanting
Rhymes by John Foster and Carol Thompson (Oxford
University Press, £4.99) is one of a series of rhyme
books for young children. The series has well chosen rhymes
and attractive illustrations, which are invaluable for shared
reading and singing.
- The First
Notes Resource Pack is a bespoke package of musical
activities, information and other resources for early years
settings, which has been produced by soundLINCS, Lincolnshire's
music development agency. The aim of the pack is to provide
a flexible package of activities that can be used by setting
practitioners and music facilitators alike, regardless of
whether they possess a formal knowledge of music. The activities
can be implemented in one of two ways. Practitioners can
either follow a musical path through the pack, selecting
activities linked by category, (Pulse, Tempo, Pitch, etc),
or follow a curriculum path and select activities that are
linked by foundation stage details. The pack costs £30.
For more information email info@soundlincs.org,
call 01522 510073 or visit www.soundlincs.org
- Keeping The
Beat produces CDs of traditional and modern nursery
rhymes and songs, set to funky, catchy tunes derived from
current music styles. The CDs are designed to engage babies
and young children, as well as adults who share the experiences
with them. It also offers a customised CD service, where
projects can have a personalised CD developed for a particular
area or initiative. For more information visit www.keepingthebeat.co.uk
- Music is Fun is a website with resources and ideas for running music groups with children aged 0-5. It is divided into sections and each is based around a theme such as animals or food. For more information visit www.musicisfun.biz
- Nursery
Rhymes & Songs is a CD that has been produced
by an early years and music specialist. It contains traditional
nursery rhymes, popular nursery songs and a sleepy-time
section with music to encourage gentleness and relaxation.
The CD costs £5, of which £2 goes to Children with Leukaemia.
For more information visit www.joanandsteve.co.uk
- Peers Early
Education Partnership publishes a range of song books
and tapes for babies up to preschool. For more information
click here, or go to www.peep.org.uk
- Piccolomusic.co.uk are early years music specialists and run music sessions for parents and carers with babies. The focus is on playful songs and rhymes encouraging babies to participate at the earliest opportunity, and aiming to develop the two-way interaction between parents and babies which is crucial for early langauge. Piccolo's Abi Cotton and Anna Scantlebury have written and recorded new and traditional songs for babies and toddlers and also produced a picture song book/CD called 'Wriggle and Giggle'. The most recent training workshops have been with librarians, helping them to enhance story and rhyme times with the youngest visitors and their families. For details of Piccolo workshops and resources visit www.piccolomusic.co.uk or ring Anna and Abi on 0191 2528765.
- Playsongs
Publications offers a range of collections, on tape
and CD, of traditional and new songs and rhymes for the
very young. They combine action/interactive songs and restful
lullabies, with acoustic instruments and a variety of percussion
sounds. There are also book and CD/tape packs, and helpful
hints in the CD and cassette inserts. Contact Playsongs
Publications Ltd on 01799 599 054, email info@playsongs.co.uk,
or website: www.playsongs.co.uk
- Start
with a Song by Mavis de Mierre, (Brilliant Publications)
is a song book with 70 songs composed for preschool children.
It includes suggestions for actions, musical accompaniments,
ideas for further development, things to talk about and
suggestions for music listening. The songs are grouped into
popular early years topics making it easy to integrate them
into the curriculum. There is also an accompanying CD. For
more information visit www.brilliantpublications.co.uk
- Sticky Kids
produces music resources for the under sevens. Used by school,
pre-school and nursery teachers, as well as parents, they
are designed to provide easy-to-use solutions for exercise,
music and other learning sessions. For more information
visit www.stickykids.co.uk
- Oxford University Press has expanded
its Voiceworks series for
teachers with two new song collections. Voiceplay, by Alison
Street and Linda Bance, includes 22 songs for early years,
and Young Voiceworks, by Jo McNally, includes 36 songs for
5 to 7-year-olds. Both have step-by-step teaching notes,
photocopiable pages and accompanying CDs. For more information
visit www.oup.com/uk/music/educ/voiceworks
- What will we
play today? Drama, movement and music games for children
aged 0-5 years by Veronica Larkin and Louie Suthers
is full of good ideas for songs, activities and games. £12.95
Contact Brilliant Publications, tel. 01525 222 844, email
sales@brilliantpublications.co.uk
- Youth
Music is a UK-wide charity set up in 1999 to provide
high quality and diverse music-making opportunities for
0-18 year olds. The organisation has three main roles: funder,
development agency and advocate. It targets young people
living in areas of social and economic need who might otherwise
lack opportunity and predominantly supports activities which
are held outside school hours. First Steps is a programme
that supports music-making activities for 0-5 year olds
and Bongo Club is an online resource to support early years
music-making. For more information go to www.youthmusic.org.uk
or www.bongoclub.org.uk
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