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Fingerplays and action rhymes: So many benefits! Activities for 0 – 5 year olds

Posted 26 June 2018 by Dr Robyn Floyd 59193 0

Fingerplays, footplays and action rhymes are simple, fun and all children love them – from the smallest of babies to the school-age child. However, did you realise just how many educational benefits they provide? These games offer children...

Why teaching rhythm early will impact your child’s social life

Posted 21 March 2018 by Bindy Cummings 25813 0

If you test a group of children who are challenged by sport you will find that many of them cannot keep the beat. Read how helping your baby / child learn to keep the beat and develop a good sense of rhythm can positively impact their future...

Music that is perfect for your child’s brain development

Posted 27 October 2016 by Bindy Cummings 11081 0

Neuro-scientific studies now confirm that music encourages skill development in auditory processing, verbal memory, language, speech processing, perception, coordination, literacy, mathematics and more. Which type of music is best for babies...

Six benefits of nursery rhymes

Posted 28 January 2016 by Dr Jane Williams 61140 0

Nursery rhymes have a lot more to offer than just entertainment value. They introduce babies and children to the idea of story telling, promote social skills and boost language development. They also lay the foundation for learning to read...

Supercharge your child’s brain development with music

Posted 8 December 2015 by Anita Collins 6371 0

Exciting advances in science and technology are now able to directly confirm the enormous amount of activity that is going inside your children’s developing brains when exposed to and involved with music. Dr Anita Collins (PhD) writes...

Pregnancy: Does playing music to babies in utero help brain development?

Posted 8 September 2014 by Dr Jane Williams 5743 0

Music exposure before birth stimulates sound pattern recognition in newborns. This research suggests that babies are developing important brain connections related to sound recognition during pregnancy. GymbaROO-KindyROO

Simple musical training in the earliest years produces long-lasting changes in the brain

Posted 19 August 2014 by Dr Jane Williams 4159 0

Research shows that early musical training produces long-lasting changes in behaviour and on the brain. There is real value learning music at a young age while the brain is still developing. Child development expert Dr Williams writes for...

Musical activities for babies. Why and how

Posted 15 May 2014 by Dr Jane Williams 15066 0

If you expose babies and young children to music in their homes, they will show enhanced auditory brain activity in comparison to those who are not regularly exposed to music. This suggests that playing music regularly to babies may help to...