Play-Based Early Childhood
Music Programs
Inspiring Confidence.
Elevating Practice
Build an early learning centre full of engaged little poppets
and confident, skilled, and connected educators.
With Sounds Like This children's music programs, workshops, and professional development…
Your kids will be engaged and happy kids
Your educators will blossom into confident, competent and neuro-affirming music makers
Your parents will be singing your praises with families eagerly anticipating availability in your program
We’re supporting early childhood educators through
professional learning that makes your days easier, calmer, and more joyful
COMING UP
ORGANIC MUSIC MAKING
Professional Development Workshop at Sounds Like This’ Mornington Studio
The Challenge
You already know music should be part of your early years program.
But here’s the catch:
Most educators don’t feel confident using music - and even if they do feel confident - they often don’t know how to use it for maximum brain-growing impact
Instruments and resources feel expensive and impractical.
And too often, “adding music” feels like more work, to educator’s already busy days!
Meanwhile, your team is managing transitions, big emotions, and busy classrooms every single day.
The Easy-Peasey Solution
Our Early Years Music-Making PD gives your educators the simplest, most effective tools
— no expensive equipment, no extra workload.
In just 90 minutes, your team will learn how to:
Use their voices and bodies to connect with children faster than words or play alone.
Bring storybooks to life with rhythm, melody, and beat.
Use music to make transitions smoother and behaviour easier to manage.
Reduce educator stress hormones (yes, music works for adults too, thank you science!)
— creating calmer, happier classrooms for children and educators alike.
This isn’t about being “musical.” It’s about knowing practical, simple, joyful tools that every educator can use right away.
Don’t let music-making feel complicated or out of reach. With this workshop, your educators walk away with confidence, tools they’ll actually use, and a calmer, happier learning environment for every child.
“This was most useful PD we’ve ever participated in. My team was buzzing with ideas the next day”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Why It Works
Our workshops are grounded in the latest neuroscience and early years research, developed by a team including:
Early childhood educators
Speech pathologists
Occupational therapists
Behavioural specialists
Professional musicians
Music doesn’t just make the day more fun — it strengthens connections, supports regulation, boosts learning, and helps both children and educators thrive.
Knowing music is good for kid’s brains is one thing — but learning how to actually infuse it into your everyday programs in HUGELY beneficial ways (not just putting the Wiggles playlist on) is next level!
That’s what you’ll gain from experienced industry leader, and proud music-making-brain-development-mega-nerd — Julie Murray.
Julie’s understanding of how musical play changes the developing brain enables you to fast-track:
Child-Educator connections
Support children’s nervous systems so they feel safe and secure with your educators
Transform how the energy in your setting feels, so both children and educators can really get the most out of all experiences
Better supporting of children’s linguistic, speech development, and overall communication skills
Better supporting of children’s emotional regulation
Better supporting of children’s independent problem solving
Better supporting of children’s mathematical development
Better supporting of children’s fine motor development
Better supporting of children’s gross motor development and spaitical awareness
Better supporting of children’s sensory seeking and avoidant behaviours
What would your setting look like, feel like?
Informed, upkilled, engaged educators.
Joyfilled, calm, connected children.
Parents absolutely LOVING your service and singing your praises,
with a waitlist that rivals Santas Nice List of potential clients.
Spaces are limited
Workshop Details
When: Thursday 30 October 2025, 7pm – 8:30pm
Duration: 90 minutes
Facilitator: Julie Murray, certified Neuro-Music Practitioner
📍 Where: Sounds Like This Studio, Mornington
🎓 What You Get:
To learn in a small-group hands-on environment with industry leader and highly experienced early years music educator
Practical tools to implement starting right now - this is not just another theoretical PD
Certificate of Participation (1.5 hours PD)
Digital workbook + audio links
Access to a follow-up Q&A session via Zoom session, so your educators can ask Julie any questions and gain valuable feedback to enhance their learning
Mornington Studio Launch
Special Pricing
Individual booking: $164 (+GST)
Team of 3–5: $470 (+GST)
Team of 6–10: $564 (+GST)
Team of up to 20: $762 (+GST)
✨ These launch prices won’t be this low again — secure your team’s spot today.
Looking for more PD options?
Early Childhood
In-Centre
Music Incursions
Hands-on, play-filled, and brain-loving interactive sessions specifically designed for children aged 0 - 5 years. Choose from once-off incursions or an ongoing weekly music program.
Online Professional
Development Course
A PD that makes early childhood music making, reporting, and assessments look as easy as Vegemite toast.
Tailored Professional
Development Workshops
Helping Your Whole Staff to Create an Early Learning Environment where everyone thrives
Sounds Like This is on a mission
to empower teachers with the skills to
bring music back into learning
Scientific research shows just how much music education and active music-making can benefit a child’s developing and growing brain (hint: it’s A LOT) — and how much that education can serve them throughout their ENTIRE lives.
When you teach through music, you’re helping your little charges develop:
Language skillsLiteracy skills
Fine and Gross
Motor skillsSocial-emotional skills
Pattern RecognitionPlus, it's so much fun!Mathematical skillsIntellectual skills
Our music classes include songs, rhymes, and games that will have the little ones moving, wiggling, and giggling with joy!
But don’t worry, we never leave them razzed up - we always wind up of sessions with a sung storybook and calm-down songs, to ensure we leave you with mellow musical maestros).
Our research-backed musical repertoire is designed to ignite your children’s love of learning all on their own and equip them with life-long skills in communication, self-regulation, and much, much more.
Music Making Classes for Preschoolers at Your Melbourne Kindergarten or Daycare
Designed Specifically for Your Early Learning Setting’s Needs
Evidence-Based
We’ve developed our classes with input from a brain trust of early childhood educators, movement specialists, speech pathologists, paediatric occupational therapists, other musicians, and our own expertise. All of our programs are proudly child-centred and neuro-affirming.
Scaffolded
Whether we’re delivering for babies, toddlers, or kindergarteners Sounds Like This music classes build on important musical and developmental foundations. Sessions are cleverly crafted and scaffolded to suit your children’s musical, physical, emotional, and cognitive development.
Play-Based + Empowering
Most importantly, these classes are designed to be fun to help create inspired and engaged little music makers.
We are highly skilled in following the children’s lead, encouraging them to explore their own creativity.
With Sounds Like This children are empowered to use their voices and their bodies and advocate for themselves.
We’ve shaped our music-making incursions to deliver on the learning outcomes outlined in the Being, Belonging, Becoming EYLF.
But more importantly, we’re here to support you and your staff, making compliance, reporting,
and assessments easier and helping create a thriving early learning setting.
We can conduct one-off sessions or stick around for the term. Or we can set up an ongoing program with your centre that supports children, staff, and families.
“Sounds Like This is intentional, engaging, and allows children the opportunity to practise and repeat their musical skills… We have seen educators’ confidence flourish and they are now using music in their everyday practices with children. Children that never used to engage in whole group experiences are now eager to be a part of the group. We have also had immense positive feedback from families expressing how their children go home and share music with their families.”
Learn Online
Anywhere
Any time!
Music Making Made Easy – Professional Development for Early Years Educators
Use play, music, JOY, creativity and curiosity to connect with your children in your early learning setting today and give your children the very best chance of becoming life-long lovers of learning.
In this PD, we make music-making, reporting, and assessments as easy as Vegemite toast.
Plus our simple workbooks align our activities with the Early Years Learning Framework, lightening the planning and compliance administrative load for you.
The online program provides lifetime, unlimited access to a huge amount of resources.
44 videos demonstrating quality early learning musical examples through songs and rhymes to support educators and supercharge organic music-making in your early learning setting.
Explainer videos accompanying each of the example videos, providing clear insights so you can successfully deliver this game-changing program. You’ll not only learn the songs and rhymes but discover how to teach using them for each age group.
Direct links to key learning outcomes from the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF).
Video examples of how to scaffold the same songs to use and reuse as your students grow and develop.
Tailored Music Making
Professional Development Workshops
As easy as ABC
Through a 90-minute workshop you’ll learn how to use musical play effectively in your space with simple-to-implement tools. No musical expereience neccesary.
Helping you create an
early learning environment where children and educators thrive
This immersive PD workshop puts you in the velcro-strapped shoes of your children, helping you understand what might be going through their ever-expanding minds when they start making music.
After 90 minutes, you’ll have the groundwork for creating a music making environment where children can thrive.
You’ll learn:
The essential connection between music and the growing brain — and why we need to nurture that connection.
What music making can look like in your early learning space.
How to empower children and staff alike through music making.
The absolute joy of educating through music.
Simply choose your
preferred delivery method
In-person at your
early learning setting
Online via Zoom
Meet the Music Makers
Sounds Like This is made up of a team of highly experienced, music-obsessed educators who embrace a brain changing, bond building, and heart growing approach to children’s music making.
We believe that EVERY person can be musical, especially when musically nurtured from a young age. And in every session, we combine music making with sensory play and encourage your children to lead the way.
Ready to connect with your little ones through brain changing music making?
Grab a sneak preview of our professional development for early years educators. Access two demonstration videos and two accompanying explainer videos that will help your educators gain music making insight, inspiration, and confidence!