The drop-in sessions, known as 'Little Noise', are aimed at babies and toddlers to help them engage with music and develop early cognitive skills in a safe space with their parents and carers.
Classes feature songs, nursery rhymes, instrument play, movement games, and live and recorded music, which encourage children to listen and copy sounds, enhance their physical development and coordination, and develop early social skills such as choosing, taking turns, and playing together.
Little Noise is completely free to attend and open to participants living or working in five of our Big Noise locations including, Raploch in Stirling, Govanhill in Glasgow, Torry in Aberdeen, Douglas in Dundee, and Wester Hailes in Edinburgh.
To find out more information on our Little Noise groups, please use our menu navigation at the top of this page to select your local Big Noise programme from the drop-down list under 'About'.
Colleen, who attended Little Noise in Raploch with her two sons, said:
“Being part of Little Noise from an early age has really helped my boys, especially Andrew who has been through speech therapy. It really brought his speech on. It's helped me massively to know that I've got someone to speak to as well.
With the staff at Little Noise, it feels like emotional support more than anything. It was a really lonely time for me, and I was struggling to find things to do, but Little Noise gave me something to do and somewhere to be. It got me out the house, and it got me talking to other mums. It was just the absolutely highlight of my week."
Big Noise Govanhill Head of Centre, Alison Gornall, said:
“Little Noise is a wonderful way for under fives to discover the joy and magic of music with their parents or carers. Music has been shown to be a great way to help babies and toddlers with their motor skills as well as their cognitive abilities – and it is a lot of fun as well!
We know that it can be lonely and sometimes challenging to manage at home with young children, so we love welcoming families along and seeing friendships and supports develop. It is another way that we are here for the communities we are part of, and we would be delighted to welcome new people along.”
