Weekly Music Sessions for Nurseries & Preschools
We offer engaging weekly music sessions for nursery and preschool-aged children, led by a professional musician and qualified teacher with extensive experience working musically with young children. Each session provides high-quality live music experiences, giving children the chance to explore real instruments and develop core musical skills in a playful, interactive and developmentally appropriate way.
Sessions are carefully designed to support the Early Years Outcomes through learning by play, exploration and experimentation. Children sing, play games, listen to stories and actively take part in music-making, building confidence and creativity while developing communication, coordination, early maths and literacy, and social skills. Sessions are tailored to the age, stage and needs of each setting, with a consistent weekly structure that supports progression, familiarity and meaningful skill development over time.
A taster session is available for nurseries interested in introducing something different and enriching into their weekly provision.
Curriculum Links and EYFS Alignment
Expressive Arts and Design (EAD)
Birth–3 Years
EYFS / Development Matters statements include:
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“Make sounds and movements with their bodies.”
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“Enjoy listening to music and respond with movement, dancing or clapping.”
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“Explore and engage in music-making and dance.”
How our sessions support this:
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Children explore sound through singing, vocal play, body percussion and movement
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Live music encourages attention, curiosity and emotional response
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Real instruments are introduced for sensory exploration and cause-and-effect learning
3–4 Years
EYFS / Development Matters statements include:
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“Listen attentively, move to and talk about music.”
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“Remember and sing entire songs.”
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“Explore different instruments and experiment with sound.”
How our sessions support this:
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Structured singing games develop pitch, rhythm and memory
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Children listen to live music and describe what they hear
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Weekly opportunities to play and explore a range of real instruments
Reception / Early Learning Goals (ELGs)
EYFS Early Learning Goals include:
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“Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs.”
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“Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others.”
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“Experiment with ways of changing sounds.”
How our sessions support this:
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Group singing builds confidence and performance skills
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Musical stories and games encourage collaboration and expressive confidence
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Children experiment with dynamics, tempo and timbre using instruments and voice
Communication and Language (Prime Area)
EYFS statements include:
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“Enjoy listening to stories, songs and rhymes.”
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“Use talk to organise themselves and their play.”
Session links:
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Call-and-response songs develop listening and turn-taking
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Musical storytelling supports vocabulary, sequencing and comprehension
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Children are encouraged to express ideas and preferences through music
Physical Development (Prime Area)
EYFS statements include:
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“Develop overall body strength, coordination and balance.”
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“Develop fine motor skills.”
Session links:
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Movement to music supports gross motor control and coordination
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Playing instruments supports fine motor skills and hand–eye coordination
Personal, Social and Emotional Development (Prime Area)
EYFS statements include:
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“Show confidence in trying new activities.”
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“Play cooperatively with others.”
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Regular weekly sessions build familiarity and confidence
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Group music-making encourages cooperation, turn-taking and shared enjoyment
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Children gain pride and self-esteem through participation and achievement
Mathematics
EYFS statements include:
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“Develop an understanding of pattern.”
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“Begin to describe sequences of events.”
Session links:
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Musical patterns, rhythms and repeated structures reinforce early maths concepts
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Songs and musical games support sequencing and memory
Literacy
EYFS statements include:
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“Enjoy rhymes and songs.”
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“Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them.”
Session links:
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Rhymes and songs support phonological awareness
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Musical stories strengthen narrative understanding and listening skills