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Brain-changing & bond build building music sessions that put you and your child first.
Discover our beautiful immersive sensory experiences and unlock joyful whole-brain learning.
Let’s play in person or online.
KINDERGARTENS AND EARLY YEARS SETTINGS
Immersive Music Making Programs for Early Years Settings grounded in science, sprinkled with wonder.
Play-based music incursions
Useful Professional Development Training Workshops and Courses
Delivering face-to-face and online.
What’s the most powerful thing you can give a child?
Your love.
And then?
Music, shared together.
A New Season at Sounds Like This
Come and play at Sounds Like This’ Mornington studio for our May-June Series.
This series will run for (just over) 5 weeks 12 May to 22 June
featuring classes for music makers of all ages!
What’s new?
Sounds Like Singing - Women’s singing group is back on Monday evenings with ‘come early to chat’, or just ‘come to sing’ options available
We’ve added a new social and singing group for M/Others - Mama Sing
There’s a beautiful gentle babies-only session on Thursdays
Kid’s Choir & Big Kids Musical Play on Thursday afternoons
Saturday ANNND Sunday morning sessions for all ages
Casual and flexible membership bookings available
Not sure which program is best for you, your child, or what wanna have a chat about this music-and-the-brain-stuff?
We’re here to support you in learning more, dipping your toes, and finding the perfect fit!
What does Lauren have to say about
our children’s classes?
“I always learn something in each class, and now have a toolbox that I can use at home or in my primary classroom.”
Join Our New Primary Kids Choir + Big Kids Sessions for Kids 6 to 12 years
Join Our New Primary Kids Choir + Big Kids Sessions for Kids 6 to 12 years
The best music classes around are not just for the little ones anymore.
Introducing Sounds Like This’
Primary Kids Choir and Big Kids Classes!
Dynamic and engaging experiences for children 6 to 12 years, packed with joy and excitement!
Join us in Mornington for our May-June series.
These classes are scheduled back-to-back, so come for one or both!
Fancy learning more?
Come Along for the BEST TIME EVER
Come Along for the BEST TIME EVER
Music has a powerful way
of growing young minds from birth
Music making isn’t just a nice thing to do,
it actually changes the way young brains grow and older brains fire.
At Sounds Like This we’re on a mission to empower parents and early years’ educators with the tools and skills to bring music making back into every day learning. Scientific research shows that music education has the potential for far greater impact than ‘just’ creating lovely music. When done with insight and understanding it can positively change brains, now and for a lifetime.
“Music learning increases our executive functions, especially our ability to pay attention and not get distracted, and these are the brain functions that have been found to increase intelligence and academic achievement.”
- Dege, F. (2011) from Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Peer behind the musical certain
Learn much more about music making and childhood brain development, and listen to conversations with incredible people changing the world through their work in education, motherhood services, health, community, and the arts with the Sounds Like This Blog and Podcast.
You already know that babies’ and children’s brains are constantly changing and growing. But did you know, that when you sing, dance and make music with little ones you create an environment where their brain health, play, sense of curiosity, and insightful risk-taking are cherished, nurtured, and encouraged?
Scientific research in this area is very exciting and we’re gaining new insights ALL THE TIME about just how incredible music-making is for human brains of all ages. For example, through exposure to nursery rhymes, children naturally learn to put vowels, consonants, words, and sentences together. This is because simple rhymes provide opportunities for:
repetition
expression
broadening vocabularies
feeling beat
learning rhythmic patterns
developing context and meaning for words
the joy of learning for all (this one’s a biggie!)
Take the music making with you
If you’re looking for the
ASK ME
Snail Snail song
THIS IS IT!
Snail Snail - Enjoy this sweet little song and tickle anywhere and everywhere.
Fancy getting sweet and useful songs and rhymes like this to build connection, straight in your inbox?
Sure thing!
Simply click here to send an email and we’ll keep you in the loop!
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Musical engagement does wonders for so many areas of your child’s life. Language skills. Social development. Emotional literacy. Overall wellbeing (wonderful things like self regulation and self advocacy).
This particular sweet song is a useful tool for emotional regulation and connection.
Deep slow breaths and gentle touch help to bring awareness back into your little one’s body, and has the power to communicate without even saying so “I’m here with you. You’re safe.”
Ok, so…
Musical PLAY is the most
FAN-FLIPPIN’-BRILLIANT
way to grow your child’s brain,
but what if you’re not a naturally comfortable
musical person?
Never fear, we’ve got you covered with more ways to play, connect and engage with your young love through Sounds Like This’ online video library, the Family Music Club.
Specifically made for toddlers, kinder kids, young primary-aged children and for m/other’s with babes in arms, this is the easiest way to add budget-friendly quality musical experiences to your everyday, anywhere, any time!
Sounds Like This’
Family Music Club
Do you have questions? Sing out, we’d love to hear from you!