Music Advocate’s Learning and Development Program

Learning and developing via music is perfect for children as it’s fun, easy to understand and the outcomes remain with the children after the lessons end.

Students involved in music programs during primary school are more likely to complete high school and pursue higher education compared to their peers who did not participate in music education.

Music training positively impacts spatial-temporal skills, which are crucial for mathematics, and supports improvements in verbal memory and reading skills, essential for overall academic success. It also facilitates emotional expression, helping children manage their feelings, while group music-making encourages social skills and cohesion.

Children who participated in music lessons showed significant changes in brain structures related to auditory processing, motor skills, and language.

“Music is a universal language encouraging child to express themselves and a way to instil sensitivity and connection,” says Beverley Omsky an Early Childhood Music Specialist who is passionate about the power of music in the learning and development journey for children.

Beverley’s latest musical creation, Adventures at Humminghive is a musical and interactive life skills program for children aged two to six years old and is the result of her life’s work learning, teaching and designing musical programs for pre and primary schools, refugees and for her private music education practise.

“The different episodes within Adventures at Humminghive include singing, musical role-play, musical activities and musical storytelling which teach children a long list of necessary life skills such as honesty, turn taking, co-operation, mutual respect, social inclusion, mindfulness, being present and more that they will need every day,” Omsky says.