All Day Song!

What could be more fun than to sing, play, and create at school or in a nursery, all day long! Many think that music is a nice “extra” in the classroom, but actually it can be so much more than that. As its best, music is a systematic and effective pedagogical tool in the daily life of a classroom, promoting not only musical skills, but also cross-curricular learning, social-emotional skills, and creative expression.

LAULAU® ALL DAY SONG! concept provides inspiring ideas and pedagogical tools, joyful music content, as well as versatile approaches for experiential music education, and for integrating music and song into the nursery or school day.

All Day Song! covers e.g.

♥ Finding our own voice and ways in applying music and song as full-day pedagogical tools

♥ Playful approaches to learning musical elements, such as rhythm and tempo, pitch and melody, harmony, dynamics, timbre, and structure

♥ Musical process and versatile working methods around a song or a theme

♥ Music and song as support for cross-curricular learning, communication, self-regulation, and executive functioning

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♥ Versatile ideas for instrumental play and ensemble

♥ Creative musical invention and integration of arts

♥ Music curriculum and lesson planning

♥ A customer’s specific needs and areas of development

All Day Song! covers e.g.

♥ Finding our own voice and ways in applying music and song as full-day pedagogical tools

♥ Playful approaches to learning musical elements, such as rhythm and tempo, pitch and melody, harmony, dynamics, timbre, and structure

♥ Musical process and versatile working methods around a song or a theme

♥ Music and song as support for cross-curricular learning, communication, self-regulation, and executive functioning

♥ Versatile ideas for instrumental play and ensemble

♥ Creative musical invention and integration of arts

♥ Music curriculum and lesson planning

♥ A customer’s specific needs and areas of development

Pedagogical, imaginative and interaction-based children’s music has been the cornerstone of Laulau’s work from the very beginning. Our songs arise from the child’s natural need to sing, play and move, and serve a wide range of pedagogical purposes — from supporting linguistic, social-emotional and motor skills to making the pens dance and create.
In addition to our own music-based methodology, Laulau’s toolbox includes the core elements of early childhood music education: singing, playing instruments, music and movement, rhymes, rhythm and playful improvisation. We approach music in a creative and inspiring way — both as a tool for supporting children’s holistic growth and as a pathway for musical development itself.
Laulau’s founder Minna Lappalainen has written music for children’s albums, educational materials and creative pedagogical methods, as well as for commissioned projects. As a songwriter, Minna’s work combines musical and linguistic richness, pedagogical insight, and themes that speak to the child’s world. Her songs invite imagination and multi-sensory expression — and many of them are easily adaptable to various learning contexts and children’s own creative ideas.

Laulau’s Minna really managed to convince me why and how music is a powerful pedagogical tool in EC and pre-primary education. Not just in music lessons, but in basicly everything we do. I feel quite insecure about music, so I’ve always delegated music lessons to my colleagues who are more confident in musical activities. In the Laulau training, however, I felt I found my inner musician in a whole new way. We even created a little song for transitions, which I have found very useful and successful during the past few weeks in my group. Music has really had a powerful and engaging effect on children.

– Feedback from a All Day Song! training, Early Childhood Teacher