Drumming becomes the tool to facilitate other developmental activities such as active play, story telling, visual and aural stimulation, language and reading, life skills, social interaction and numeracy. Learning therefore becomes a fun experience!

The importance of music/drumming is that it teaches a child on various levels:

• Movement - rhythm to music
• Listening skills - to recognise sounds and concentration
• Musical Variations - children become aware of variations in music
• Participation - teaches children to take turns
• Pronunciation - Language develops during nursery rhymes, movement, instruments and singing
• Expression - Music is a means of expression, wild abandon, escapisms

• Co-ordination - Great for hand-eye co-ordination, balance, spatial development
• Actions
  - Actions during music include
  - Clapping
  - Slapping legs
  - Snapping fingers
  - Stamping feet
• Contrasts
  - Contrasting sounds e.g. Loud & soft and high & low

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