Worried about your child’s transition from daycare to ‘big school’? Music can make it easier | Sarah Ayoub

A recent survey by early learning educators Young Academics revealed that 72% of parents fear their kids aren’t prepared for school.

The use of music may help to connect kids not just to one another, but also to their new place if it is well chosen.

Dr Steffen A Herff, the leader of the Sydney Music, Mind , and Body Lab at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music , the University of Sydney , says there’s “quite a lot” that music can do to help young children transition from daycare to big school.