Resources: Music Cards

In my role as music consultant for Drums For Schools, in 2012 the company saw the launch of their new Early Years section ‘Sound Children’. Andy Gwatkin, the director of the company, had been talking with me for a few years about presenting my musical ideas in a pack so that people could use them. We came up with a set of cards which I drew, designed and prepared for print.

This was a long project but finally in April 2012 the cards went on sale on the Sound Children website. There are 25 ideas cards with cartoon drawings and instructions for use. They are not designed as an ‘on-a-plate’ format though – they are deliberately designed to encourage people to think about the ideas and use them in their own way according to their setting and the children’s needs. I have tried and tested ALL of the ideas with children over a period of 10 years. They come in a fabric pouch shown below…

They also come free with some of the Early Years Musical Instrument Kits which have also been thoroughly tested by me with lots of help from various children.

…and here is one sample so you can see it in more detail:

You can find them for sale here…