Music can have a positive and powerful impact on a child’s development. By incorporating short familiar songs, nursery rhymes and musical instruments into daily provision, children will learn new vocabulary, develop listening skills and be able to communicate with others, whether or not they are verbal.
Practitioners can help nurture children’s innate joy for music by providing them with a selection of well-chosen instruments and plenty of opportunities to communicate through song.
THE POWER OF VOICE
Music in the EYFS goes beyond the use of instruments. Songs and nursery rhymes are used by practitioners on a daily basis to punctuate daily routines, capture attention and communicate.
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