WE ARE FAMILY
A multi-sensory adult and child singing programme geared to improve family wellbeing
OUR AIM FOR LEARNERS
- Improve confidence, socialisation and citizenship
- Engage as a family in wellbeing and fitness activities
- Experience elements of the early years foundation stage prior to starting school
- Engage with cultural learning through singing and music, offering a new skill with industry professionals.
- Evaluate their progress
- Be self-determining
WHAT THEY WILL LEARN
- Sing and play new instruments as part of a community group with their child, exploring songs and themes
- Explore their bodies through movement using multi-sensory resources
- Participate in themed cultural learning which explore counting, animals, the world around me and body parts
- Attend weekly sessions with a professional facilitator and experience how to engage musically with a child
- Reflect on their progress as a family in learning
WHAT THEY WILL DO
- Learn 5 new songs as part of a group and engage their child in creative play
- Engage their child in physical activity
- Sing songs about, Animals, Body Parts, Counting, People/The world, Colours
- Engage in both guided and free musical play
- Reflect on achievement and identify future areas of development
HOW WE SUPPORT THEM
- Introducing the health and wellbeing benefits of singing as a group
- Strengthening a sense of community through friendship
- Improving spatial awareness, body awareness, posture, breathing
- Exploring different themes, opportunity to make ‘noise’ and find their voice
- Addressing stamina and tolerance
- Improving reflection skills, confidence, personal resilience and pride
- Enabling learners to feel more in control of life to make more choices
