Play-Based Early Childhood Music Programs That Contain More Brain-Changing Meat
Than a Four’N Twenty.
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 music makers
Your parents will be singing your praises
We’re Supporting early childhood educators.
What are you looking for?
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
Music Making Classes for Preschoolers at Your Melbourne Kindergarten or Daycare
Our music classes include songs, rhymes, and games that will razz up your little preschoolers.
(But don’t worry: Our finishing calm-down songs will 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.
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, other musicians, and our own expertise.
Scaffolded
The Sounds Like This music classes for toddlers build on important musical foundations and can be scaffolded to suit your children’s musical development.
Play-Based
Most importantly, these classes are designed to be fun to help create inspired and engaged little music makers.
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.
“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.”
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 Workshop
This 90-minute workshop is about play inspiration, helping you learn how to build on and think differently about musical play.
Helping You Create an Early Learning Environment to 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!