The Creative Skills Podcast: Series 1

Series 1, Episode 9: Rhythm, Self-Expression and Child-Led Music with Fraser Stone

Creative Skills Manager Heather Armstrong spoke with musician and educator Fraser Stone.

Wee Inspirations

Wee Inspirations are are ideas you can send to the families you work with, or use in your setting. If you want to access all the Wee Inspiration idea cards, head to the main Wee Inspirations webpage.

  • Rhythm Explorers

    This experience is all about finding examples of rhythm from your surroundings, e.g. a ticking clock or a noisy washing machine. Or, if you're outside, a pedestrian crossing or birdsong.

  • Rhythm Art

    Grab some big paper and some objects you don't mind getting painty - sticks, blocks, tubs etc and start tapping a tempo or rhythm. Add squirts of paint to see what patterns emerge as you play.

  • How to Build a Tin Can Drum

    The point of a tin can drum is to reuse old recycling to make an instrument that has loads of different sounds for wee ones to explore.