Songo : For Children, Early Years Settings & Practitioners.

This book and CD is a unique resource for early years settings, practitioners and musicians specialising in early years to support the development of children's speech and language skills through music.

Within the book and CD, you will find 20 original songs, all highly accessible and engaging for children adults alike, with clearly structured guidance on activities to develop speech and language, musical skills and other key learning areas.

It links with the National Curriculum's Early Learning Goals and other internationally recognised early years approaches and can be integrated easily into the daily routines of your setting or nursery.

The programme has been specifically designed to address deficits in this critical area of early years development which is shown to improve long-term personal, social and educational outcomes.

Using an evidence-based approach Musiko Musika has worked with speech and language consultant Helen Ayres to develop the songs and piloted the activities with over 2,000 children. We want all children to have the voice to express who they are and communicate effectively.

A high-quality early intervention like this can have a life-changing impact for children.

Training is also available for nursery staff and other practitioners.

Visit www.musikomusika.org for further detailsVideos and more resources available at www.musikomusika.org/resources and on YouTube and Vimeo "This is an amazingly effective resource for our nursery, we have really seen how it helps our children to improve not on speech and language skills, but also other areas of learning such as PSED and creativity." Janice Moore, Bayonne Nursery"Fun for the children and the staff.

This is a really creative approach that is really effective in developing early speech and language skills." Helen Ayres, Speech and Language Consultant