About Music Start
Music Start
Music Start is a fun, easy to use pack developed by Youth Music to help families with 2-5 year olds make music at home. Youth Music has developed the Music Start pack as part of its commitment to early years music making.
The resource has been funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Music Start is part of the Music Manifesto National Singing Programme. For more info, visit www.singup.org.
"As the National Singing Ambassador I am heading up the government's campaign to get more children singing, and when better to start than at home. MusicStart is a fantastic resource for parents to use with their children to help them to make music, including to sing, whilst they learn other skills such as reading and counting. With the support of staff at Children's Centres across England, and a guidebook and CD, parents are encouraged to bring alive the entertaining story of Chiff Chaff and Chickpea with musical activities. It is hoped that children who use the resource will go into primary school eager to continue their musical journey."
Howard Goodall, Composer & Youth Music Trustee
Initially the packs have been made available for free to 100,000 families through Sure Start Children's Centres in 25 local authority areas:
- Barking and Dagenham
- Birmingham
- Bradford
- City of Bristol
- Derbyshire
- Doncaster
- Durham
- Hackney
- Haringey
- Kent
- Kirklees
- Lancashire
- Leeds
- City of Leicester
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Middlesborough
- Newham
- City of Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- Sandwell
- Sheffield
- Southwark
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest
Parents
If you are a parent living in one of these areas, your local Sure Start Children's Centre will inform you if any packs are still available.
Practitioners
We have now run out of Music Start packs and are no longer taking orders. We are currently exploring how we can develop Music Start in the future, so please keep checking our website for similar opportunities.
Youth Music want to make the packs available for all families. To be notified about the wider distribution of Music Start, please sign up for the Bongo Club newsletter.
Youth Music
Youth Music exists to facilitate and fund high quality and diverse musical experiences for young people up to the age of 18, particularly those living in areas of social and economic need.