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Approaches to accessing music in nursery settings

Young children are innately musical, so weaving music into nursery settings is a wonderful boost for wellbeing, writes Emma Hutchinson, the director and founder of the Music House for Children.
 Music and drawing combine to create immersive musical play for children
Music and drawing combine to create immersive musical play for children - Courtesy Music House for Children

We are all intrinsically musical. If you are working with young children – whether teaching music or nurturing life skills – try to tap into your own music self to enable musicality and positive learning. The language our children learn from and speak is essentially musical. If we can rethink how we listen and translate what we hear as music, we will undoubtedly become more in tune with what our children are trying to tell us. And, more importantly, how they (and we) can respond, consider, and learn with contentment. Let's explore the three main approaches to accessing music in nursery settings.

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