Sing & Grow

What is Sing & Grow?

Sing & Grow is an early intervention and prevention music therapy project for families that experience a range of  pressures that impact upon the resources and confidence of parents. These might be caused by having a child with a disability, being from a different cultural group, being a young parent, suffering from mental health problems or generally feeling financially disadvantaged.

Click here to download the Sing ang Grow brochure.
Click here to download Sing and Grow's Project Philosophy.

Programs are held in the community for families with children aged up to 3 years. Weekly music sessions (usually 10 weeks) allow families to participate in hands-on activities that assist children with developmental skills and encourage parents to learn new and different ways to use music as a way of interacting and playing with their children. Music is also used as a way to stimulate, develop and nurture family relationships.

• Sing & Grow has an early intervention focus
• Sing & Grow aims to provide services in areas where access may be difficult
• Sing & Grow sessions are conducted by a Registered Music Therapist

What happens at Sing & Grow?

Families attending will:

• learn new songs & musical games
• play lots of colourful instruments with their children
• help their children explore music and musical instruments
• learn about child development
• make new friends within the group
• receive a free resource CD & booklet to take home
• be invited to give feedback on what they like and do not like about the program
• be asked to complete some surveys to help us assess the quality and effectiveness of the program (This is required by the funding body to ensure we are doing our jobs and the money is being spent on a program that helps parents and children)

How do families access Sing & Grow?

Sing & Grow sessions are run all over Australia in collaboration with Playgroup Associations and community organisations. Families can be referred to Sing & Grow through an organisation that is supporting them in their community.

Community organizations should ring the relevant Sing & Grow Director (see below) to discuss the possibility of providing a program for their families.

What is music therapy?

Music Therapy is the planned use of music to achieve therapeutic goals for all kinds of people in the community. In Sing & Grow the goals include:

• increasing positive interactions between parents and their children
• strengthening family relationships
• improving children’s development by using age appropriate and stimulating activities
• building social support networks for families
• increasing parents confidence to use music and play in the home environment

Sing and Grow Resources

The Sing and Grow CD is available from Playgroup Queensland. The CD provides a selection of well known and especially composed songs for use at home by families to encourage musical play together and enhance child development. It includes a booklet of song words and ideas for using music at home. Download our Sing and Grow Fact Sheet here.

2009 Newsletters

Download our latest Sing and Grow newsletter here

Kids, Music and Development

Click on the link below to view age appropriate activities for your child.

Sing and Grow Activities

Director Contacts

For more information please contact your Sing & Grow Director: