ABOUT
Music Works Magic Director, Dr Anna Mlynek-Kalman, introduces the amazing 7yo Molly Wright who has an extremely important message for all parents!
Dr Anita Collins, from Austrailan National University, in her inspirational TED talk, confirms through her research that music is the one activity known to vastly improve your child’s cognitive ability. Helping to develop the mastery of languages, create memory systems, help with complex problem solving and positively affect emotional self-regulation, music has been found to be beneficial at any time of life, but most beneficial before the age of 7.
Based on the Philosophy of Zoltan Kodaly
At Music Works Magic we believe that music education is the quintessential cornerstone for successful life-long learning. We base our teaching on the philosophies of Zoltan Kodaly, Dr Edwin Gordon, Dr Beth Bolton, Dr John Feierabend, Dr Sinichi Suzuki and Carl Orff. According to Kodaly, our first instrument is our voice, and at Music Works Magic we take onboard the African proverb: If you can walk, you can dance, if you can talk, you can sing! We develop a positive musical self, if immersed in playful, live, musical experiences. Together we create the space and time for all to develop the self confidence to grow musically and make music together.
With an understanding that the voice is our first instrument, we believe that the skill of singing in tune is enabled through effective listening and the ability to recall the sounds that you hear. Good musicians always sing.
Orff agreed that it is so important to learn to play instruments, and all types of instruments, but that we all need to sing tunefully, as well as experience the beat and rhythmic elements in many ways through our bodies. Feierabend says we must work to develop tuneful, ‘beatful’ and artful students.
Immersion in music best begins before your children are even born. We don’t wait until they are ‘old enough’ before we start talking to them, so why do we defer singing with them? Babies are known to have musical memory from as young as 22 weeks in-utero. Gordon acknowledged that even the youngest babies can sing and vocally respond without words. At Music Works Magic you can enjoy the wonderful musical journey together with your child whilst being part of a community that sings and moves together, interacting through music.
Studio Policies
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Music Works Magic Child Safety Policy Preamble:
This policy was written to demonstrate the strong commitment of the management teachers and staff of the Music Works Magic (MWM) to child safety, and to provide an outline of the policies and practices we have developed to keep everyone safe from any harm, including abuse.
Commitment to child safety:
MWM is committed to child safety. We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and teachers. We have zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated very seriously and consistently with our robust policies and procedures. When we are worried about a child’s safety, we follow rigorously our legal and moral obligations to contact authorities. MWM is committed to preventing child abuse and identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks as much as we can. MWM has robust human resources and recruitment practices for all staff and teachers. We are committed to regularly training and educating our staff and volunteers on child abuse and safety risks. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children, the cultural safety of children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and to providing a safe environment for children with a disability. We have specific policies, procedures and training in place that support our leadership team, staff and volunteers to achieve these commitments. All students who come to MWM have a right to feel and be safe. The welfare of students in our care will always be our first priority and we have a zero-tolerance approach to child abuse. We aim to create a child-safe and child-friendly environment where children feel safe and have fun. MWM is committed to the principles of cultural safety and inclusion of children from diverse backgrounds and to the safety of children with disability, and we recognise that these principles support the safety of all children. MWM condemns all form of child abuse, exploitation of children and discrimination against children and people in general. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment that promotes safety for people involved in our programs, including all children. All MWM staff and teachers are responsible for promoting the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of children and students. All staff and teachers of MWM, and those who hire the space are required to observe child safe principles and expectations for appropriate behaviour towards and in the company of children.
Children’s rights to safety and participation:
MWM is a child-centred organisation. We regularly communicate with children about what they can do if they feel unsafe. MWM values the voices of children and will act on concerns raised by children or their families in regard totheir safety. MWM includes the voices of children in the following ways: • Regular discussions with children that facilitate child-led conversation on what makes them feel safe:
• A suggestion box accessible to all children that is regularly emptied and suggestions assessed and acted on where appropriate. Children will be provided with feedback on their suggestions (via the newsletter Up-Beat Music).
• Communication materials on policies, procedures, staffing and programs are child-friendly and suitable to the relevant age groups and diversity of the children at MWM, including materials translated into languages the children speak, where needed.
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our 10 points of difference
1. Your children are encouraged to be good listeners
2. We help children explore and hear their own sounds and find their special singing voices
3. We sing live, organically
4. We include movement
5. We help children develop a strong sense of beat
6. We include a range of traditional children’s songs
7. We provide opportunities for audiation, inner hearing and thinking sound
8. We carefully guide children in instrument play and help children identify the different timbres or sounds of various instruments
9. We experience a range of rhythmic patterns
10. We take into account children’s diverse learning styles
Music Works Magic is the fun way to help raise brain IQ (up to the age of 7)
Our teachers understand how valuable musical experiences are for brain development, bonding processes and lifetime learning abilities. We also recognise that our older students receive a multitude of life-long benefits from their musical experiences.
