Let’s embrace the word gap
At the start of any research project you have to think about your research question/s and what it is you are trying to find out.…
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Communicative musical play with young children
Funded jointly by Royal College of Music and the Froebel Trust, Inside Out was inspired by Froebel’s philosophy that children, as unique, autonomous and creative beings, whose inner and the outer worlds are connected, learn about themselves and the world around them through diverse experiences, centred around play, creativity and relationships.
This research project enabled a deep study of children’s sound play – a central feature of the artistic pedagogy of Magic Acorns – its importance for practice, for giving children a voice and for shaping future expressive arts practice in early childhood education.
Read the Froebel Trust early childhood research highlight, written by Dr Jessica Pitt
REFLECTIONS
Looking Beyond
Over the past few weeks I have been watching and rewatching videos of Magic Acorns’ projects. It has got me thinking about two things in…
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Empowering Musicality in Early Years Practice
Last week Magic Acorns teamed up with Snape Maltings to offer a day of networking, workshops and curated discussion for artists, organisations and early years…
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