Music in the Woods
Sometimes children can find it difficult to express themselves, particularly those who are non-verbal. This is a programme which encourages young people of all abilities to communicate freely through music, in the woodland environment. By using music as a medium the pressure is removed for some vulnerable pupils.
Music in the Woods activities promote:
- The establishment of a community, feeling like a special group and experiencing new friendships
- Liberation by working as a team to make music
- Losing inhibitions by experimenting with sounds e.g. animal noises in a big open space
- Playing with 'one voice' by creating a sound that is made bigger by generating sound together e.g. drumming
- Empowerment by being a musical 'leader'
- Experimenting with natural materials to make sounds
- Imagination and creativity without constraints
- Turn taking and listening through song and music making
- Meditation through calming songs and movement
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