Last week a group of classroom assistants, nursery nurses and playgroup supervisors took part in a training day designed to equip them with the skills to teach music to children, even if they consider themselves to be 'non-musical'.
Organised by music education company Caber Enterprises, the two half-day training sessions were held at the Hibernian Club, Edinburgh, where 58 early years practitioners took part in workshops using the 'ABC Creative Music Pack for Nursery', a ring binder packed with simple activities that can be easily taught to children. They also discussed issues relating to teaching music and creativity to the under-fives. Most of the participants reported that they were 'fully satisfied' with the training.
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