A project using lullabies to engage more fully with children and their families is demonstrating the power of music, reports Katy Morton.

An ongoing project to explore how artists and practitioners can work together to engage with hard-to-reach families through music has proved invaluable in building relationships with parents and their children.

The Haringey Nursery Schools Training and Development Consortium has been working with Angeline Conaghan of Groundswell Arts to compose and record bespoke lullabies and songs for children, based on close dialogue and partnership with parents.

Funded by children's charity Youth Music, the Lullabies Project was developed out of a two-year British Council study involving Haringey in London and Sabadell in Spain, which demonstrated how music can be used to successfully engage families and parents with their children's nursery.

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