Early Learning Incursion
Every child gets a drum & an invitation to join in!
Looking for 'something different' that Captivates & Engages kids from start to finish?
- Is FUN
- Hands-on
- Interactive
- Age Appropriate
- Pedagogical
- Promotes Social & Emotional Learning
- Supports the Early Learning Framework
- Inspires Cultural Awareness
- Promotes confidence, gross motor skills & creativity
Capture their imagination and inspire cultural awareness, diversity, team spirit, self-belief, & connection... all while beating the drum!
African drumming is an excellent, natural, and healthy way for children to learn and grow, develop social skills, confidence, understand diversity, the importance of working together, increase their gross motor skills, and promote creativity.
Afrobeat deliver a FUN, hands-on, educational, and entertaining, music-making experience that allows for all abilities to experience success and guarantees to keep 3 -5 year olds on the beat... and on their toes from start to finish!
So what happens in the session?
Within minutes, Afrobeat have even the most tentative child beating their own drum. Children are introduced to the drums we play and discover the different sounds they make as they become a lively orchestra, their beats falling in together to create a percussive locomotive filled with enthusiasm and joy! Thunderous drum rolls are followed by lively beats, call and response chanting, rhythmic activities and energetic dancing as kids become part of the show!
The Experience Features
- Improvisation and jamming
- Music-making and follow-ship
- Counting, pitch and volume control
- Call and response
- Intro to African drumming and the drums we play
- FUN, Hands on, tactile learning
- How to create different sounds on the drum
- Thunderous drum rolls and accents on the beat
- Basic rhythms and drum solos
- A simple, FUN & energetic performance piece (learned through call and response)
- Jungle Boogie - Dance like the animals do!
- Understanding the relationship between drummer & dancer
Perfect for...
- Music Incursions for 3 – 5 year olds
- Celebrating Cultural Diversity through music making
- Early Learning Incursions
- Whole Centre Incursions
- Kindergarten Incursions
- Family-Friendly events
- Open Days
- Centre Christmas Parties
Afrobeat’s Interactive Drumming Experience provides a powerful platform for effective learning.
Children...
- Develop their listening & response skills
- Build coordination of breath & movement
- Stimulate left / right brain simultaneously
- Learn to be present and focussed in the moment
- Learn to respect, cooperate & contribute in a group environment
- Practice patience & self-control
- Develop skills for processing & communicating information
- Learn to channel intense emotions
- Experience a calming effect
- Learn valuable & effective coping skills
- Develop self-esteem & self-image
- Enhance imagination & creativity
- Develop gross motor skills
- Increase their ability to concentrate
- Gain cultural insight, explore history, traditions & cultural arts
- Learn to communicate without words
- Get an opportunity for self-expression
- Enhance their cognitive, social, physical, & emotional skills
- Learn invaluable lessons that will endure a lifetime