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Lack of training – and confidence – has often limited practitioners’ understanding of the range of musical experiences that young children should enjoy in early years settings.
Brand new guidance, called Musical Development Matters, aims to help professionals, and parents, to see the musical attributes of young children and offers ideas on how to nurture children’s musical development. In so doing, it is hoped the document will raise the profile of music in early childhood and open up opportunities for children to enjoy their innate musicality.
The guidance has been made possible by a west London project, Tri-Music Together, and the enthusiasm and involvement of the early childhood music community (see box overleaf). Piloted in various early years settings in London, Birmingham and Warwickshire (see box on page 26), the document is now free to download from Early Education at www.early-education.org.uk/musical-development-matters (though hard copies can also be bought from Early Education).
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