Musical Development Matters in the Early Years (MDM): A free downloadable guidance written to support the development of music practice and provision in settings
Musical Development Matters (MDM): free online resource to accompany the MDM guidance: videos, questions for reflection, research, information and downloadable resources
Sound Communities: free online resource exploring music and communication, including videos, resources and information
Soundwaves Network: a collection of musically focused case studies
Music in Early Childhood, Early Education Journal
Podcast with artist practitioners
Theory-led piece on children’s use of materials, Blog Post
Intelligent Materials: Agency and Ethics, article by Debi Keyte-Hartland
Thoughtful planning-strategies to liberate innovative and collaborative learning, article by Louise Lowings
Are you dancing? Are you asking? The duet between the body as a material and the environment, article by Peppy Hills
We Think Everywhere, website on an Erasmus funded project looking atCreative and Expressive uses of Digital media and technology with young children
Makerspaces in the early years: Enhancing digital literacy and creativity (MakEY)
“I have lots of ideas, so many ideas you wouldn’t even think of”: thinking conversations in a nursery school, article by Louise Lowings
Creative Representation: the child’s unique response to experience, Kathy Ring
Creative Woodwork in Early Childhood
Exploring Clay, Frobel Booklet
100 Languages of Children: The Reggio Emilia Approach Film Poem
Articles from Refocus Journal:
The sounds of leaping – exploring relationships between music and movement
The energy and conviviality of imagination – exploring and developing ideas through dance and music