It can be difficult to find the time and resources to include music-making activities in early years settings. Securing funding for a specific project is one way to ensure that good quality, regular activities can be provided for children, covering costs such as instrument purchase and recruiting an early years musician to provide the sessions. Find out more below:
Information
Resources
- Making storytime magical & musical
- Singbook
- TES resource bank
- A Little Birdsong
- First Notes resource pack
- Knock On Wood
- More than Potato Prints
- Drums for Schools
- Melody Monkey
- Treasure Chest Resources Pack
- Enchanted Market
- Making First Notes
- Stardust Kids
- Playsongs CDs
- The Guide To Music
- Music for Starters
- I'm a Caterpillar
Tuning in to Children
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.
Funding for music activities
If you're a practitioner looking for funding for music activities, your project could be eligible for funding from Youth Music's First Steps programme.
MusicLeader
For more information on training and professional development, visit MusicLeader
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