Music & Me

Music and Me (delivered by Dave Trouton) is an Early Years music project that encourages children’s “emotional literacy” skills, as well as helping to establish essential pre-reading cognitive abilities.

These skills include active listening, concentration,  sharing, turn-taking, carrying out instructions, leading and following, co-operation, collaboration and self-expression.

Structure:

Each weekly music session includes a warm-up activity, games and exercises related to the main task or theme of the day (identified from the skill sets described above) followed by a story, song or group music making activity and a relaxation exercise. The sessions are designed to engage every pupil and progress over the weeks as the children’s confidence and listening skills are cultivated. An online pre recorded video and online CPD prep with staff has worked successfully if the project needs to move to online.

Music and Me has developed a “Test of Change” on-going evaluation of the children’s skill development, giving staff a real and invaluable insight into the progress of their pupils – as well as the effectiveness of the music programme as a teaching and learning tool. A CPD session for staff to explain the programme and introduce the Test of Change evaluation methodology, and give a Music and Me resource pack will be offered. (This is funded by East Lothian Support from the Start).

The YMI outcomes for this project are:

Young people develop their music and music making skills.