I had a great time recently working for Children's Classic Concerts at their Percussion Station as part of the Big Music for Minis weekend here in Glasgow. We had a 'Percussion Free-for-all' where the children could try all the different percussion instruments - many for the first time - from djembes to gathering drums and much, much more! 

We then had 'Playing Together' sessions where we did call & response, starts & stops, created massive rain storms, and generally made as much noise as possible! 

Here we are doing 'Creepy, creepy spider' with actions and drums.

This weekend I was part of Rastamouse's Rocksteady Reggae School in Bangor, Northern Ireland! 

We had a great weekend teaching reggae to thousands of under 6s and their families. Throughout the day we ran three different 20 minute workshops using bongos, ukuleles, shakers, wooden spoons and more. 

Rhythm was a big feature of each and we used the different characters names for this: 

• Zoo-mer
  
• Ra-sta-mouse
  
• Bagg-a-T
  
• Scrat-chy, scrat-chy
  

All of the children were really excited about Rastamouse and it was great to get them groovin' and singing to the music. We started each session with a choreographed dance to the theme tune (below) and this really got the children involved and engaged. Find out more at www.rastamouse.com