Moving Into Music

Moving Into Music produces programs tailored to fit the needs of early childhood centres.

Over the years many pre-schools, early childhood learning centres, crèches, and maternal and child health centres and libraries have approached Lauris Hing to teach program segments, selected units and ongoing programs in their settings. In some cases this also combines to provide professional development in-service training to staff of the centre through the children’s classes.

Recently the Moving Into Music program has operated at:-

• Methodist Ladies’ College Music Academy – Kew
• Christchurch Grammar School – Sth Yarra
• St John’s Anglican Kindergarten -Toorak
• Lilian Cannam Kindergarten – Sth Melbourne
• Montessori Early Education Centre – Donvale
• Camberwell Baptist Pre-School - Camberwell
• Sunrise Kindergarten -  North Fitzroy
• Memorial Kindergarten - Malvern
• Canterbury and District Pre-School - Surrey Hills

Moving Into Music  Pre-School teachers are all  highly qualified and experienced in both teaching and teacher training.  Lauris, Ginette and Jennifer are available as consultants for schools, centres and organisations to advise on music programs and to conduct training and professional development.

They have a long history of working with early childhood professionals, music educators, organisations, schools and parents.

They have conducted professional development courses, teacher training programs and in-service workshops internationally, nationally and state-wide.

At a local level this has included:

• The University of Melbourne – School of Early Childhood.
• The Lady Gowrie Child Centre – Melbourne
• Australian Music Examinations Board
• Kodaly Music Education Institute of Australia
• Orff –Schulwerk Association of Australia
• Suzuki Music Pan Pacific Conferences
• Melbourne Youth Music Annual Summer Schools -
• Brunswick Music Festiva
• Regional Early Childhood Teacher Training Seminars in Victoria

For many years Lauris Hing and her teachers have been invited to present at state and national conferences addressing professionals, ancillary staff and parents involved in early childhood education and music education.

Lauris, Jennifer and Ginette are now available to deliver lectures and presentations at conferences and seminars. They combine to deliver theoretical perspectives, research findings and current trends with broad ranging practical experience to examine and discuss issues surrounding the role and provision of music in early childhood education.

They continue to deliver conference and seminar presentations at state and national levels including:
- The University of Melbourne
- The Lady Gowrie Child Centres
- Kodaly Music Education Institute of Australia
- Orff-Schulwerk Association of Australia
- Suzuki Music Australia

Follow discussions and presentations via our blog.

Moving Into Music has a strong association with Maternal and Child Health Centres. Learning about child development and in particular the critical role and advantages of developing music in babies, toddlers and young children is part of effective parenting. We are often invited to conduct parent education through the mothers’ groups which meet in MCH centres. If you would like us to visit your mothers’ group please contact us.

Parent Education has been a feature of the professional life of Lauris Hing. Her experience in parent guidance began in the field of special education. She has frequently addressed parents in schools and kindergartens and worked with staff in Maternal and Child Health centres to plan and develop parent education programs. She is a regular speaker at the annual general meetings of kindergartens and early childhood centres and continues to conduct information evenings for parents of the children she teaches.