Online Activity for Families
Our partners in the Tri-borough Early Years Music Consortium have a whole host of music activity that you can access online. Please see below for further details:
Creative Futures
Creative Futures activity videos including music, crafts and story-telling for families with children aged 0-8 years: https://www.creativefuturesuk.com/activity-videos
London Rhymes has its own site with numerous songs for families, created by families, with fun animations on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGlG7NUDQ_KVHrMCnkDK_sg
‘Sound Communities’ is an online toolkit exploring music and communication, created in partnership with ICAN for Early Years Professionals. New resources and videos have been added https://soundcommunities.org.uk/
The Royal Albert Hall
A range of free musical activities including Meeting the Orchestra and storytelling sessions for young children can be accessed here:
https://www.royalalberthall.com/about-the-hall/education/content-for-families-during-lockdown/
Free online Storytelling and Music Sessions for 0–4-year-olds: https://www.royalalberthall.com/about-the-hall/news/2020/april/royal-albert-hall-storytellers-deliver-a-series-of-sessions-for-babies-and-toddlers/
Storytelling and Music Sessions for 0-4 year olds at the Albert Hall, £5 per child / £1 subs tickets available : https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2021/storytelling-and-music-sessions-for-0-4-year-olds/
Albert’s Band Family event, £15 tickets (adults and children) / under 2s go free: https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2021/alberts-band/
The Voices Foundation
Voices Foundation YouTube channel hosts a collection of 10-15-minute Virtual Singing Assemblies for children, parents and teachers to enjoy. Alongside this, longer-form videos Into Music, explore the building blocks of musical learning and ‘demystify’ musical ideas for beginners. All videos are freely available for anyone to access: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUyyfVn2N1ieeeT74eyn06A
Wigmore Hall
Chamber Tots at Home, weekly online music-making workshop for children aged 1 – 5 and their parents or carers. Session dates and bookings can be found here:
https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning/chamber-tots
Wigmore Hall's new Music at Home resource hub for families, teachers and learners is available here:
https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/music-at-home
Further Early Years resources and concerts:
https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning/music-at-home-create-your-own-musical-world
https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning/early-years-music-making-resources
Once Upon a Song a free musical storytelling podcast every fortnight featuring musical tales and young guests reading their favourite story. https://www.musichouseforchildren.com/once-upon-a-song
Music House for Children, free resources on YouTube:
- A beautiful, illustrative version of the fortnightly musical tales podcast on the Musical tales playlist
- Little Birdsong Concerts on the Concerts and events playlist
- ‘Musical mayhem’ for babies and their loved adults on the Songs and rhymes for babies playlist
All available here: https://www.youtube.com/user/MusicHouse4Children/playlists