The SoundWaves Network 2018 - 2021 Evaluation Report

EYPs' understanding of children’s musical development (1 = low , 5= high)
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After
“Being part of this incredible music experience, it helped us understand the children’s creative
development side. By offering a great insight of their perception and engagement as they took
part in these fun music activities. It gave us a different perspective and helped us grow and
acquire new skills along the way.”
Manager
What did we see happen?
EYPs and MLs observed:
Children exploring a new range of instruments, their sounds, shapes, textures, names, elements
Children identifying a pulse and matching movements to steady beat and lyrics
Children listening carefully to instruments, each other and adults
Children’s observations comparing the “noisy” and “quiet” instruments were increasingly unprovoked
An increased use of musical terms from both adults and children
Increased modelling of musical behaviour both by adults and their peers
Increased musical interest and curiosity, moving in time to steady beat
Increased participation, child-directed singing/playing
Children exploring a wider variety of musical instruments e.g. babies responding to the vibration of a
guitar to small group work with gathering drums, flute and piccolo
Children have greatly increased the repertoire of musical activities
Increased participation in free musical play e.g. improvised play/jamming and multimodal expression
through jumping and vocalising while playing the drum
Increased vocabulary using musical terms, instrument names and language through an increased
repertoire of appropriate rhymes and simple songs
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