BLOG AND PODCAST
Love learning? Us too!
The Sounds Like This BLOG and PODCAST are for families and educators, passionate about positively impacting childhood development.
Whether you’re a confident music-maker or just considering dipping your toes in the water, here you’ll find handy-dandy tips and insights to help you easily connect through music-making.
If you find content you fancy, we’d love you to spread it around like confetti! Really go to town! Share it on your socials, chat with other clever grown-ups who want to make the world a better place. Thanks a bunch in advance!
- Julie and the Sounds Like This Creatives
THE BLOG
We know neuro-research data can be a dry read, so we’ve kept this space non-jargony. That way you’ll gain big takeaways without needing to be a ‘Dr-Music-Boffin’ yourself.
My Child Won’t Sit Still
It’s something that we hear a lot, embarrassed parents commenting: “My child is the ONLY one who won’t sit still.” No, they’re not, I promise and it’s OK. There are many children who won’t sit still. Maybe not in your class (or maybe you don’t see them). It might be that in your child’s circle of friends, your child is the only one with ants in their pants. But I promise you…
THE PODCAST
Music has a powerful way of growing young minds. Join Julie Murray from Sounds Like This and her expert guests in discussing all things heart growing, brain changing and bond building through play and neural understanding.
Scientific research shows that music education has the potential for far greater impact than ‘just’ creating lovely music.
We’re here to empower parents and early years’ educators with the tools and skills to bring music making back into every day learning, because when done insightfully, music making is a positive force in the lives of children and grown-ups.
LATEST EPISODE
Connecting Before Educating with special guest Gavin McCormack from UpSchool.
Gavin McCormack is The Educator's Most Influential Educator 2021, 2022 & 2023, TEDX Speaker, Montessori Australia Ambassador, Best Selling Author, passionate educator and co-founder of Upschool.
Join Gavin and Julie as they discuss the importance of connection within education, and the importance of cultivating child-centred learning experiences for children to thrive.
Episode 5 | Connecting Before Educating
EPISODES
Episode 1
THE POWER OF PLAY
Jo Harris, Play Therapist, Kindergarten educator and Educative Consultant join Julie Murray in the first episode of The Sounds Like This Podcast.
After more than a decade of working with brilliant thinkers and doers in many areas of childhood development, Julie is proud to be opening up important conversations and sharing them with you.
Episode 2
THE MAGIC OF CHILDREN CREATING
Special guest Robyn Monty, Child Art Advocate from Robyn’s Room joins Julie Murray to discuss nurturing a child’s growth mindset, creative art processes and celebrate the journey, not just the final product.
Episode 3
ENHANCING THE PARENT JOURNEY
Join Julie Murray and her guest psychosocial consultant Jyee Byrne from The Wolfpack Life Coach as they dig into the importance of self-awareness and self-regulation for parents. He emphasises that parents need to take care of themselves in order to be able to care for their children.
Episode 4
BRAINS PLAY AND COURAGE
Join Julie Murray and her returning guest
Play Therapist and Early Years Educational Consultant, Jo Harris, as they discuss the importance of play in children's brain development.
Episode 5
CONNECTING BEFORE EDUCATING
In this episode, Julie speaks with Gavin McCormack over Zoom. Gavin is an educator who is passionate about changing how education is delivered and the co-founder of UpSchool, providing inspirational courses,resources and tools for teachers, parents and learners EVERYWHERE.