Feel Better Music Therapy helps you bring the power of music into your preschool or early learning setting to support children’s emotional regulation and social skills.

Through engaging, play-based music activities, children learn to recognise, understand, and respond to their own emotions, while building self-regulation, empathy, and positive peer interactions. Sessions are led by a Registered Music Therapist and include practical strategies that you can embed into everyday routines.

Educators participate alongside children, gaining confidence, hands-on experience, and easy-to-use tools to make emotional learning part of daily practice. Families can also be included, extending these strategies into the home for consistent, supported development.

This support strengthens emotional maturity, encourages social competence, and helps create a calm, connected, and inclusive learning environment, all through the natural motivation and joy of music.

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Expected outcomes include:

• Improved ability for educators and families to model and teach music-based emotional regulation strategies.
• Enhanced capacity for children to recognise, co-regulate, and self-regulate their emotions.
• Increased ability for educators and families to implement music-based strategies that support social skill development.
• Improved social interaction skills and prosocial behaviours in children.

Feel Better Music Therapy provides group-based, play-oriented music therapy sessions directly with children in early learning settings, supporting emotional regulation, social skills, and engagement. Sessions can be delivered in-person or via live remote link (e.g. Zoom), with length and frequency tailored to your centre’s needs.

Children actively participate in structured, music-based activities designed to develop emotional awareness, self-regulation, and social competence. Educators observe, join in, and model strategies, gaining practical tools to embed music-based approaches into daily routines like circle time, transitions, and calming moments.

Led by a Registered Music Therapist, sessions integrate evidence-informed strategies aligned with AEDC domains, particularly Emotional Maturity and Social Competence.

Ongoing support can include written session plans, song resources, step-by-step activity guides, and optional follow-up consultations to adapt strategies to your group’s needs. This ensures children’s learning is reinforced, and educators feel confident applying music-based strategies beyond the sessions.

By embedding music into everyday routines, children develop emotional literacy and social skills in a motivating, playful medium, while educators and families gain practical strategies to strengthen these skills across home and preschool environments.

Group-based music therapy for preschool children, including educator coaching and implementation support: $250/hr.

Travel: no cost within 10km of Adelaide CBD beyond 10km charged per km at ATO rate.

Regional/overnight travel costs (e.g., accommodation) discussed and agreed prior to delivery.