Music Bugs: Play is the way to improving literacy and numeracy in young children

Helping your child on the way to good reading and numeracy skills is very important, as is play and interaction, so Music Bugs has combined the two.

By setting up locally-run classes for children aged six months to four years of age and entertaining children through music, singing, puppet shows and other activities, it engages the young audience and encourages them to get involved and learn basic skills such as counting, sequencing and pattern matching.

Founder and Managing Director of Music Bugs, Claire Bennett, explained, “A toddler may just think that they are having fun, sitting on mum or dad’s lap and playing with a hand puppet, but they are actually building up an awareness of order, sequencing and patterns which help to develop counting skills and critical thinking. It is often the case that the child is having so much fun, they don’t realise that they are
actually learning and being very clever indeed.”

There’s a growing number of franchises running nationwide, so there’s bound to be something near you. There’s also a lot to be said for encouraging your child to learn through play at home.

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