The Anglican Parish of Banyule

mainly music programs for 2011

We are continuing our mainly music programs at Rosanna, Watsonia and Heidelberg in 2012.

• Tuesdays 9.30 to 10.30 am at St Andrew's, Rosanna
• Wednesdays 9.30 to 10.30 am at St John's, Heidelberg
• Thursdays 9.30 to 10.30 am at Holy Spirit, Watsonia

The first mainly music sessions for 2012 will be:

• Tuesday February 14 at Rosanna
• Wednesday February 15 at Heidelberg
• Thursday February 16 at Watsonia

For further information please ring the parish office on 9457-1144 between 9 am and 1 pm, Tuesdays to Fridays, or email us at banyule-mainly-music@netspace.net.au.

What is the mainly music program?

The aim of mainly music is to provide an environment where preschool children develop skills to enhance their preschool education, through the use of music, rhythm, rhyme, and other music related activities with the participation of a parent or primary caregiver.

Each week, parents and caregivers bring their children for a thirty minute session of music, rhyme, movement, listening and more. The adults must participate in the session, and in fact, it is vital that they do so, because this encourages the children to enter into the actions and singing.

At this session, adults and children are given morning tea. This allows time for children to enjoy each other's company, and to develop social skills. It also allows those adults who don't have a wide circle of friends to be introduced to others who have preschoolers and they are therefore able to "learn" from each other.

mainly music is an opportunity for adults and children to build memories and spend time together, sharing special time with each other.

• Preschool children and their caregivers enjoying music, rhyme, rhythm, creative dance and more
• Preschool children developing skills - co-ordination, fine motor movements, large motor movements, social interaction, appreciation of music and musical styles, language development
• Providing children with a structured environment and then a time of free play
• Bringing adult and child together for a time of safe interaction, and in doing so, teaching adults rhymes and songs that can be used at home to help with cleaning up, colours, counting, and more
• An opportunity for parents to network with other parents of preschool children

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