Wellbeing is currently a key priority for the early years sector, children and adults alike.
In this session, Rosie and Kate will offer you a toolkit of ideas to help you engage, support and build on everyone’s innate musicality to promote their wellbeing and confidence.
This training will support you to consider:
- Auditory environment – music that is meaningful to the child and adults – connecting with home
- Tuning into the child's voice and noticing and valuing their spontaneous musical behaviours (including the use of recordable buttons)
- Exploring your role as the child’s interested musical play partner
- Singing to create a sense of belonging and togetherness (with some simple example songs to use in your everyday practice)
Who is this event for?
- EY practitioners / EYFS teachers
- Music teachers / Music practitioners / Music subject leads
- Childminders
- Students
- Anyone else with an interest in Early Childhood Music Education
11 June 2025. 7.30 – 9.00 pm with Rosie Walton & Kate Comberti
Free – students; £5.00 people working in early years in Somerset/Dorset; £10 others
We do not plan to record this session
Bookings close at 9.00 am Monday 9 June 2025
Joining instructions will be sent out at least 24 hours before the event.
Rosie Walton
As an early years music specialist, Rosie is passionate about supporting and developing children's musicality, creativity and sense of self through responsive music making.
Rosie currently leads the 'Gloucestershire Songscape Project' - a Youth Music Project funded early childhood music programme, hosted by Gloucestershire Music. Her work is influenced by her training at The Royal Northern College of Music in Kodaly and Dalcroze Eurhythmics and at The Centre of Research in Early Childhood, where she completed the Certificate in Music Education: Early Childhood course. Rosie has a wealth of experience working as a music educator in early years settings, schools and for specialist music institutions, including Sage Gateshead (now The Glasshouse International Centre for Music).
About Kate
Kate Comberti is a dedicated music tutor and mentor, contributing her expertise to both the MA in Early Years Music program and the Certificate in Music Education (CME:EC, Trinity College, London) at the Centre for Research in Early Childhood (CREC at Birmingham City University). With a profound curiosity about the significance of music education Kate has pursued her interests through on-going research, alongside her career as a professional orchestral violinist.
Beyond academia, Kate currently engages with early years settings, where her focus on exploring creative play with young children underscores her holistic approach to music education. Kate was engaged with Take Art on the Making & Believing project and continues to work collaboratively with us.