Miniature Music Makers provides music groups for pre-school children with their parents or carers, music in pre-school settings, music for children with additional needs and music for the elderly, especially music for people with dementia.

Music can help children:

• develop an early love of  music and instruments
• personal social and emotional development - making relationships, self confidence
• physical development - gross and fine motor skills
• communication and language development - listening and speaking skills 
• strengthen the bond between adult and child
• speech development
• aid attention span in children
• improve maths skills
• improve literacy
• aid self-expression
• Music can be especially helpful for children with additional needs

Music can help the elderly:

• Bring back memories
• engage with those around them
• singing and playing music makes you smile and feel content

Intergenerational Music Groups

• The benefits of intergenerational activities are well documented and intergenerational music groups can benefit every generation involved. Some of the benefits are:
• improved memory and positive outlook, improved motor skills for older people
• improved problem solving, communication and social skills for children.