Emma Harmer

Hello, My name is Emma Harmer and I run Music with Mummy in Tadley, Hampshire. I have a 1 year old boy called Ethan, and since he was born I have been attending multiple baby music and sensory groups. I realised there was a gap in my local area for a different kind of group, which is when I came across the Music With Mummy franchise. Having seen first hand the joy of spending precious time bonding with my new baby in groups like this, but also to simply just get out of the house (we all know that struggle) and socialise with other like-minded parents, I wanted to make that available to others. I have always had a passion for music and singing, having sang at weddings and I’ve also had multiple auditions for TV music shows like X Factor and The Voice. Before returning to work part-time, I decided I wanted to do something different in the spare hours I have, use my skills, and passion for music by starting my own class in the local area. Not only are the classes educational, but they are fun for all involved. I have always loved children, and now having one for my own, being able to run these classes to teach and help other children develop has been the best decision I’ve made.

Jolly Babies for little ones from birth to 15 months….

Jolly Babies is the first stream of the Music with Mummy programme and is the ideal first musical experience. For generations and generations, in all cultures, babies have been sung to, rocked and encouraged to make noise from the day they are born.

In Jolly Babies we introduce your baby to music by feeling the rhythm through mummy and with instruments. We sing a mixture of lullabies, popular nursery rhymes and songs written especially for Music with Mummy and encourage development through play by bouncing, clapping, pointing to baby’s ears, nose, mouth etc.

We start with a ‘hello song’ that is the same each week so your baby will quickly get to recognise what is coming next. We then progress into ‘action songs’, ‘bouncing songs’ and ‘percussion time’ in which baby can use things like tiny drums and shakers. We use bubbles, lights, and teddies to stimulate your baby visually, do ‘dance’ and ‘lullaby’ songs and have ‘listening music’ and a ‘goodbye song’ that again is the same each week so your baby will recognise that we have finished.

Each of the different sections helps your baby develop in different ways through music and song. Singing itself is very good for speech development.

Sessions are weekly during term time, last 30 minutes and held in small groups of no more than 10, enabling babies and mums to get to know each other and make new friends. The small groups also help to create an informal and welcoming atmosphere, enabling individual attention and making it suitable for even very young babies.

The classes are inclusive of all babies and of course Daddies, Grandparents, Aunties, Uncles and carers too! ​

Music with Mummy – 15 months – 3+ years (no upper age limit)

Music with Mummy is the 2nd stream in the Music with Mummy programme, created for approximately 1-3 year olds, this stage is much more involved than Jolly Babies and is specifically designed to be the beginning of your child’s pre-school education.

We have different modules and learning objectives each term and with every new module comes new songs. We sing a mixture of traditional songs and songs written and created especially for Music with Mummy. Each song has actions which are relatively simple and easy to learn, so your child can not only fully take part with every aspect in class but they will be able to enjoy doing them at home with the family as well.

We teach the basic skills of sharing, socialising, listening & taking turns in every class and in every new term we teach something different. For example we learn about the home, weather, seasons, numbers, colours, animals… the list is endless! In each lesson we also have a number of songs that your child can choose and play a mixture of instruments to and within the modules we learn how to control our instruments by playing loud and soft and stopping and starting.

Like Jolly Babies, each of the different sections helps your child develop in different ways through music and song. Sessions are weekly during term time, last 30 minutes and held in small groups, enabling children and mums to get to know each other and make new friends. The small groups also help to create an informal and welcoming atmosphere, enabling individual attention and making it suitable for all children at every stage of this age range.

The classes are inclusive of all babies and of course Daddies, Grandparents, Aunties, Uncles and carers too!