Minna Lappalainen (Laulau, Finland) is the founder of Laulau Learning and the creator of the Laulau Songdrawing Method. She is an award-winning music educator and songwriter of children’s music. Minna works actively as a trainer in Finland and internationally. Alongside her creative work, she also works as a teacher educator in music education at the University of Helsinki. At the heart of Minna’s work is a desire to share the joy of music and to encourage every educator to find their own voice, using singing as a way to create joy, connection, and interaction with children.
Finland & Sweden
Finland is the home of Laulau Learning and the birthplace of the creative Laulau methods and content. Finnish early childhood pedagogy, high-quality music education, and a strong tradition of child-centred, play-based learning have all been important sources of inspiration in the development of the Laulau methods. Today, the methods are widely used in Finland in early childhood education, pre-primary education, music education, as well as in special education and rehabilitation.
If you are interested in Laulau training, inviting a trainer, or exploring international partnerships and cooperation opportunities, we would be delighted to hear from you.
It has also been a great joy for us to provide training in Sweden and in Swedish. Over the years, we have had the pleasure of lecturing at events such as Skolmässan and of training both Swedish-speaking preschools and preschools with Finnish-speaking children or bilingual groups. Laulau’s methods have worked beautifully in these contexts, supporting joyful learning, interaction, and language development through music, movement, and creative expression.
All our core materials are available also in Swedish, which makes it easy to use the methods in Swedish-speaking and bilingual environments. In addition to Swedish-language settings, the materials and methods have also been successfully used in contexts where Finnish or English is the other language.
