Pre-school children and their mums or caregivers enjoying music, rhyme, rhythm, creative dance and more.

Tuesday mornings during school term times.

10-15 a.m. at the James Kemp Hall, Stone Store Hill, Kerikeri.

(Adjacent to St James Anglican church.)

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.

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.

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 one another.

Contacts :  Stephanie Beggs  (09) 407 3422

                         Pat Harris  (09) 407 9376

                       www.mainlymusic.org.nz