If self-regulation skills are the foundation of effective learning, how do we build them? Dr Kate Williams believes the answer can be found in music. In this episode she explains how dancing, singing and playing musical instruments at the start of a school day can get young minds in tune with the first lesson. Don’t have any instruments? Don’t worry. Kate believes clapping, chanting and drumming with pencils can do wonders.

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