Nursery World - Learning & Development Music: Part 8

In the final part of her series, Linda Pound explores the role of music in Expressive Arts and Design

Photos courtesy of Wigmore Hall by Benajamin Eolovega and Benajmin Harte

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Expressive Arts and Design is the area of learning where music belongs in its own right. This series began by stressing the importance of music as a creative medium, and this should never be overlooked – despite the fact that, as we have seen throughout the series, music has a clear role to play in supporting all learning. Nor should we forget the importance of music-making as a creative action.

Too often, music is confined to singing songs in a particular way, copying given movements or playing a drum or triangle only when and in the way that an adult tells you to. Music and dance in their own right should be exuberant, expressive media, where children are allowed to explore and connect in unique, idiosyncratic and joyful ways in generous time and space.

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