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Music you can make together

Explore practical activities, videos, and guides that help you use music for play, learning, and emotional connection with children and young people with a range of additional needs.

A man in a yellow t shirt in the foreground, with three women and one man in brightly coloured tshirts playing big samba drums with beaters.

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Training Videos

Learn music-making tips and tricks directly from Jessies's Fund musicians through our range of training videos.

Training videos

Sensory Music Videos

20-30 minute follow along sensory music sessions

Sensory music videos

Active Listening

Teach children how to actively listen to sounds.

Listening

Music for Listening

Looking for energetic sounds? Relaxing music? Check out our recommendations.

Listening

Equipment for Listening

Learn the best ways to produce the highest quality sound depending on context

Listening

Structures and Composing

Learn how to structure and compose a music session or project

Music in School

Music and the Arts

Find out how various musical art forms come together to reinforce each other.

Music in School

Music in the Classroom

Find out how to introduce music to a classroom setting

Music in School

Music in a Wider Context

How to bring music into other environments

Complex Needs

Developing Interactive Skills

Working one-to one, using building blocks to devise group sessions, equipment

Complex Needs

Listening

Listening is the key basis for ongoing work

Complex Needs

Technology

Using technology in music making

Complex Needs

Percussion

Percussion forms the backbone of most music

Learning with Instruments

Guitars

Learn some simple tricks for teaching guitar to children

Learning with Instruments

Keyboards

Learn how to teach keyboard and piano to children

Learning with Instruments

Writing it Down

See some graphic scores, and learn about making your own notation

Writing Music

Take Away Wrong Notes

Learn how to avoid a note sounding "wrong"

Writing Music

Repeating Patterns

Often the most mysterious side of music is how it all fits together. Learn about riffs and repeating patterns.

Writing Music

Making up Songs

For many children, a tailor made song is just the ticket. Here’s how to do it.

Singing and Songs

What to Sing

A selection of songs to download and listen to

Singing and Songs

How to Sing

Learn how to sing - for the non-singer, teacher and pupil alike.

Singing and Songs