Mainly Music

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Mainly Music co-ordinate extremely popular music and movement sessions for pre-school children throughout New Zealand. They also sell a huge range of music, tapes, CDs and videos, many of which are used in the mainly music sessions.

All the songs are chosen to encourage children to join in and enjoy music, singing, actions and dancing. They are fun and educational and ideal for developing a culture of music in your home.

Young children and their mums or caregivers enjoying music, rhyme, rhythm, creative dance and more.

Young children develop skills - co-ordination, fine motor movements, large motor movements, social interaction, appreciation of music and musical styles, and language development. mainly music provides children with a structured learning environment and then a time of free play. mainly music brings 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.

There is an opportunity for parents to network with other parents of young children.

Some groups stage additional events to encourage family fun.

All groups celebrate Easter, Christmas, Mother's Day and Father's Day - celebrating Mother's Day and Father's Day reminds parents that they are undertaking a very important role as parent. Celebrating Easter and Christmas may bring a new perspective to these calendar events.

In short, mainly music is an opportunity for adults and young children to build memories and spend time together, sharing special time with each other is the aim of mainly music.

The aim of mainly music is to provide an environment where young children develop skills to enhance their early 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 snacks and refreshments. This allows time for children to enjoy each others 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 young children and they are therefore able to support each other.

Hours:

Tuesday through Friday 9.00am to 2.30pm