A small orange ball....
A mini basketball to be precise. Not the first thing that springs to mind when people think about children's music classes, but actually one of the most important pieces of equipment I carry. The ball is often the first form of communication I have with a child. In a babies class (0-2 years), while the children usually won't speak to me, all the children will get the hang of me rolling the ball to them and them rolling it back to me. It's a simple interaction, it doesn't eve
7 years of Musika
Well, this is my first ever blog post to go with my new website so be kind. I started Musika almost exactly 7 years ago (1st Nov 2010). It was possibly one of the worst times to start a new business. The banking crash was still very much going on, and I had just become a father for the first time so taking a gamble on something like preschool music classes was, well, a gamble. I had already been a Colourstrings teacher for 6 years, working for Kent Music. However, the organis