PRACTICE EXAMPLE:
This video example shows Music Moves delivery with 2-yr-olds. This was Youth Music-funded project work in a Family Hub in North Tyneside in the 2-yr-provision. There are two early years practitioners and an artist (Kate).
The 1:1 interaction in this video shows what type of attuned movement play is possible with a non-speaking child, given the right environment and support.
This type of 1:1 work is rare in busy early years settings, due to constraints on time, space, and capacity.
This particular setting has just been Ofsted Outstanding, and you can see the quality of care and attention from the practitioners here.
Cocoon is uniquely different to our settings based work, because it is for individual families to access one-at-a-time, centred on the 2-yr-old in that family. It is hard and at times impossible for a 2-yr-old to share, so we are not going to ask them to.
Cocoon is inspired by the practice in this video.
It exists to make meaningful play connections with individual families. You will see there are no parents in this video. We believe that the home environment is the most important as are the relationships children have with those they live with. For this reason, we need to work with individual families in an independent setting with no agenda.
Cocoon looks, sound and feels different to this video. It is being transformed right now, and we have families we know testing it for us.
Cocoon is based in an old Barclays bank in North Shields, which is being converted into a magical music playspace for individual families to enjoy.
Picture this: step out of the shopping centre into our sanctuary away from the strains of everyday life and cost-of-living crisis. Our beautiful space contains: musician; movement practitioner; curated safe places to move freely; beautiful and high quality instruments (no headaches here); projections; lycra; voiles; shadow play; hammocks; rest cocoons; playful encounters; deep connection; celebration of you and your child.