Nursery World - Nursery Management: Case Study

A nursery inspired by the Kodaly approach to education is using
music as a 'vehicle for learning'. Meredith Jones Russell finds out
more.

Do re mi, which opened in January, is the first nursery in Durham with a focus on the Kodaly approach to education.

Owner Jane Todd had been introduced to the Kodaly music concept while working as director of music at a primary school, and after giving birth to her son she began to consider setting up her own nursery based on the approach.

'I was on maternity leave and I was just sitting there breastfeeding with my head going at 100 miles per hour, thinking, "Do I really want to be driving an hour to work a day? What's my passion"? I realised it was two things: music and watching children develop.'

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