The Beat Baby Handbook

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IMPORTANT: Please do not put Beat baby by your Credit cards Televisions Computers and other electronic devices as you will cause damage. We have several in different colours: our Beat Baby is wrapped in a chiffon scarf, and lives in a gold Ikea box, and each time the children guess what colour it will be.

The second version had the same drum pattern but with random timing (jittered), making beat perception impossible, though the sequence of sounds could still be learned. Due to the challenges in observing behavioral responses in newborns, the study relied on brain wave measurements (EEG) taken while the babies slept. There is still a lot we don't know about how newborn babies perceive, remember and process music,’ says author Henkjan Honing, professor of Music Cognition at the UvA.Carefully prepped in a papier-mache shuttle complete with parachute, I threw the Beat Baby into the garden whilst the children were occupied having a story and another practitioner pretended to be taken aback by “something” happening in the garden (this amused passersby and parents arriving early, what is early years without a sense of fun and magic? Our findings suggest that it is a specific skill of newborns and make clear how important baby and nursery rhymes are for the auditory development of young children. More insight into early perception is of great importance for learning more about infant cognition and the role that musical skills may play in early development. The setting was so enamoured by the Beat Baby that we purchased Beat Babies for each member of staff as a professional present (linked by favourite colours, of course! Encouraging children to build homes, create adventures, and engage in imaginative play with Beat Babies toys stimulates creativity and broadens their learning experiences.

The first version had an isochronous timing, maintaining equal intervals between sounds, enabling the perception of a pulse or beat.Written by Ros Bayley, this book contains 40 tried-and-tested ideas direct from settings that can be used to support the EYFS early learning goals, including in literacy, maths and PSED.