V is for Value Added
How Boogie Mites music activities can add everyday value to the early years
Boogie Mites music programmes benefit the development and wellbeing of educators and children and offer a vehicle for parental engagement, probably the best value added investment that a nursery can make!
Training your team and equipping them with the confidence, knowledge and resources to embed creative music activities every day, adds significant value to your provision, boosting brain development, strengthening cross curricular skills that support children to thrive in the school environment — uplifting everyone involved.
Boogie Mites ABCD Music Methodology
The Boogie Mites team have spent 20-years developing our music programmes, training and delivery techniques, Thank you to all of the early years children, parents, teachers and advisors who have contributed with their feedback over the years and to the researchers publishing the fast evolving neuromusical evidence. We are delighted to present the Boogie Mites ABCD Music Methodology:
Boogie Mites ABCD Music Methodology™ has four pillars that work together to harness the power of music to strengthen foundations for learning:
A = Active Attention
Lengthen children’s attention span using interactive music activities that encourage engagement. Children only learn if they can listen and pay attention.
B= Brain Boost
Build strong cognitive foundations for learning based on neuroscience evidence.
C = Community Cohesion
Generate a bonding buzz between children, teachers, families and wider community, role modelling effective interactive music practice.
D = Daily Dose
Deliver daily musical experiences to maximise impact. You don’t need to be a musician to facilitate effective music making in early years, educators and families can do it and make it part of daily activities to maximise impact.
The 4 pillars provide the framework for achieving Boogie Mites Mission, Purpose and Guiding Values:
Boogie Mites mission:
To offer early years educators and parents the knowledge, confidence and resources to harness the brain boosting power of music every day. You can do it!
Boogie Mites purpose:
- Giving children the chance to experience the potential developmental benefits from regular active music making opportunities.
- Upskilling educators and parents to lead effective music activities in settings and homes.
- Bringing communities together through music provision that is inclusive for all.
It also encompasses Boogie Mites guiding values:
Guiding values:
- Every child deserves the opportunity to develop their innate musicality in early years.
- To be an effective music leader in early years you do not need to be a musician, you just need the training, confidence and the resources.
- The props and instruments should be low or no cost and environment friendly.
- The Boogie Mites Music Programmes should be accessible to all, not just those who can afford it.
This Boogie Mites ABCD music methodology™ strengthens key skills needed to thrive at school:
- Attention and listening skills.
- Language and vocabulary.
- Cognitive foundations for maths, literacy and learning.
- Group skills for pre-social behaviour and turn taking.
- Self-regulation for mindfulness and impulse control.
- Gross and fine motor skills.
What do Boogie Mites music activities include:
Based on the neuromusical evidence, Boogie Mites music activities offer a rich and varied music provision:
- Many different genres of recorded music from all around the world.
- Varying moods of music, varied instruments, harmonies and rhythms.
- A wide range of music ‘ingredients’ such as tempo, dynamics, and pitch.
- Action songs, percussion songs, role play songs, freestyle and follow the leader activities.
- Nursery rhymes, traditional songs and recorded songs written for the age group and stage of development.
- A tried and tested 30-40 minute music workshop format.
- Indoor music group time, outdoor music time, music activities along-side other activities, songs to support transition times/routines.
… repetition, repetition, repetition.
Boogie Mites offers customised onsite and online training and music programs. View our core online music training packages:
Special offer for Connect Childcare customers
Get a 10% discount on a taster mini training module: Music and Movement = Language and Literacy. This module includes:
- An overview of neuroscience evidence linking early years music and movement to language and literacy development.
- Four songs to try out.
Use discount code CONNECT10% at checkout: Boogie Mites.
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About the Author
Sue Newman BA(Hons) ACA is the Managing Director at Boogie Mites UK Ltd and Community Projects CIC. After leaving a corporate career to care for her children, Sue co-founded Boogie Mites in 2007. Under her leadership, the company has expanded to offer online music programs and teacher training internationally. Additionally, Sue established a Community Interest Company for grant-funded projects for children facing barriers.
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