Struggling to Keep Your Classes Engaging?
Join 'Sing, Move, Play', a 2-day, hands-on workshop in Play-Based Music & Movement Pedagogy for early childhood class teachers & music teachers.
- Get Ready-to-use Lesson Plans
- Transdisciplinary & SEL Strategies
- Be IB, CIE & NEP Ready
Struggling to Keep Your Classes Engaging?
Join 'Sing, Move, Play', a 2-day, hands-on workshop in Play-Based Music & Movement Pedagogy for early childhood class teachers & music teachers.
- Get Ready-to-use Lesson Plans
- Learn Transdisciplinary & SEL Strategies
- Be IB, CIE & NEP Ready
Teaching music to a group of students can be frustrating
If you lack the right approach and resources,
Your Classes Lack Direction
You will give students musical experiences but there is no music knowledge being taught.
Children Lose interest
Children can feel disengaged with what is being taught in class
You will be Frustrated
You guess your way class after class and this can leave you feeling overwhelmed
Not knowing how to teach children can be overwhelming. We want you to be happy doing what you do! Tāla Education has empowered hundreds of teachers with practical skills and play-based approaches, and our workshop will work for you too!
Learn an approach that can transform your classroom
If you teach with a play-based approach you will,
MAKE Difficult topics Easy
You can teach simple to complex foundational music concepts effortlessly through play
Connect with Children
You will witness higher engagement of all students in the class when you teach in a way that children learn the best - Play!
Enjoy what you do
By witnessing a successful class, you will find this play-based approach rewarding and satisfying
Children learn best through play, and by creating a playful environment, you will witness an engaging and immersive music making experience. You can learn how to do that in this 2 day intense workshop!
"Sing Move Play", Tāla's flagship professional development workshop
If you are a music teacher, homeroom/class teacher, performing arts or special educator or an adult that works with children, our workshops will help you:
- Learn world renowned child-centric music pedagogy such as, "The Orff Approach and The Kodály Method"
- Upskill yourself with hands-on training and learn from experts that have done this for decades
- Learn to teach with music & movement to make your classes lively and engaging
- Discover playful alternate approaches to transdisciplinary learning
- Learn best teaching practices used by educators across the world
- Join and network with the Tāla Education community from different parts of the world
"1700+ Teachers & Schools Love Our Engaging Teaching Approach!"





How Tāla makes a difference in the classroom
Hear from people like you
Attending the Tala workshop has sparked my excitement to continue learning and growing in my role as a music facilitator. I am genuinely looking forward to future opportunities with them.

Rashmi Sharma
HOD Music - Shiv Nadar School, NoidaSing Move Play by Tāla was extremely helpful in empowering me with strategies, tools and resources that I can take back to the classroom. The experience really changed my mindset about music and movement.

Esther Alphonso
Vice principal, Teddy Buddy Preschool, TrivandrumThis workshop completely shifted my perspective on teaching music to children. If you’re looking to elevate your music teaching skills and make a lasting impact on young minds, this workshop is an absolute must.

Sonal Pinto
Music & English Teacher - Oberoi International School, MumbaiThey have their pedagogy down to an art. Very inspired by their approach to teaching music to young learners and would recommend every children’s music or homeroom teachers to attend their workshops and/or training sessions.

Luv Mahtani
Music Teacher & Founder You've Found Luv, PuneWe greatly expanded our understanding of play-based philosophy and teaching methodologies. I have already seen a breakthrough in our teachers’ mindset and the quality of their lesson plans and teaching practices. A big thank you to the Tāla team.

Smitha Srihari
Head of School & Director – Little Red Hen International Preschools, BangaloreYour Registration Includes
- Food and Accommodation for 2 days
- Certificate of participation
- Tāla welcome kit & merchandise
- Workbooks, Audio/Links of songs used in the workshop
- Gala dinner, cultural evening and networking
- Join the Tāla teachers community
- Attendees of our in-person workshop get to join the Tāla Affiliate Program
You can transform your classes in 3 easy steps
1. REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP
2. Learn to Teach with Play
3. WITNESS ENGAGING & SUCCESSFUL MUSIC PROGRAM
What Makes Our Workshop So Special?
Watch the video below and hear from teachers just like you
- Our workshops are filled with dynamic activities and energetic facilitators. No boring lectures! Participate as a student
- Learn the foundational concepts of play-based teaching and leave with lesson plans you can immediately implement
- No prior knowledge of music or movement is required.
- Learn how to introduce music and movement in your circle time and subject activities
- Feel confident teaching with internationally renowned pedagogy
- In-depth Q&A discussions with feedback and examples that are relevant to you
About the Sessions
Facilitated in a convenient parallel to how you will teach, our sessions cover all the main concepts. These are delivered in a dynamic, playful, and sensory way helping you understand how play-based pedagogy works.
Rhythm: Spoken rhythm, body percussion, rhythm with objects, and rhythm with percussion introduce you to express music with your gross motor skills.
Music Ensemble: Use our Orff instruments and learn how to engage everybody in a classroom to play music as a group in a percussion orchestra.
Composition: This creative session turns you/children into music composers and directors as you score music for movie/cartoon clips or other visuals.
Voice: Soundscapes, vocal warmups, and voice modulations inspired by stories open your imagination to vocalize. Folk and child-centric songs get you to sing, move and play.
Movement: Body movement inspired by music. Using folk music, dances, and play-based expression we use spontaneous and choreographed movement also appreciating cultures and music across the world.
Transdisciplinary-Integration: We customize sessions that integrate music & movement with language, sciences, math, and others subjects.
Q&A: In-depth discussions, examples, tips, ideas and best practices will be shared with to give you a different perspective and a solution that works
What's My Investment?
We have two options for you: Both include learning material, welcome kit, food and the training
Meet the Facilitator

Kevin Wilson is the Founder and Director of Tāla Education, a music education company. He has been a teacher for over two decades and is a strong advocate for play-based music and movement education. Kevin is also a seasoned teacher-trainer, having trained over 1,700 teachers and 100 schools. He studied at the Bangalore Conservatory and completed music pedagogy and Orff Levels courses in New Zealand, the UK, and with The Association for Music in International Schools. He set up and ran a successful music program as Head of Performing Arts at Bangalore International School. "Music unlocked my passion for teaching, and through travel, I discovered transformative pedagogies and did several courses that forever changed my approach. Recognizing the lack of resources in India, I’m on a mission to make music education accessible and create a paradigm shift in my country."
Kevin Wilson
Found & Director - Tāla EducationFAQ
Most frequent questions and answers
This workshop is best suited for Music teachers, home room teachers, performing arts teachers, subject teachers, special educators, and anybody working with children from ages 2 up to 7 years old.
If you are a music teacher who teaches older children and would like to use general music in the classroom, this workshop will give you several strategies that you can easily adapt to children older than seven up to middle school years as well.
The sessions introduce you to a play-based approach to teaching and learning. You will discover different aspects that may suit your work as a teacher, such as:
- Circle time: Transform your circle time into a beautifully creative and inclusive activity.
- Integration: Cross-curricular connections with mathematics, reading, coding, social studies, and more will be addressed, along with connections to visual and performing arts areas, elocution, or any learning objective you might have as a teacher.
- Residential course fee with Food and Accommodation, Learning Material and Training per registration: INR 18999 (Inclusive of taxes).
- Non – Residential course fee with Food (Lunch and snacks) Learning Material and Training per registration: INR 15999 (Inclusive of taxes).
- For Pune we have only a Non – Residential course fee with Food (Lunch and snacks) Learning Material and Training per registration: INR 15999 (Inclusive of taxes).
Each teacher can individually sing up or alternatively, we can provide you a spreadsheet to fill up if there are more than 5.
Please reach out to us via whatapp or a call and we will help you out
Once you register below, we will send you a payment link and all our bank account details via email and WhatsApp.
Let us know us if you have an specific preference or means of payment, we will help you out.
We will touch base on child-centric pedagogies such as the Orff Approach, Kodàly method and other play-based concepts, ideas and methods that work well with children.
All of what we do has been tried, tested and actively used in our centres and schools with children.
These approaches are best suited for kids ages 2 to 10. This can work also for older kids depending on your delivery style.
- For Bangalore: it is at NSK – (Nava Spoorti Kendra)
- 2J49+5H7, Unnamed Road, Sagayapura, Richards Town, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560084
- Google location: Click here
- NSK will serve as the venue for stay as well as the workshop
- For Pune: We are collaborating with MIS – Mahindra International School, Pune
- Location: P-26, MIDC, Hinjewadi Phase 1 Rd, Phase 1, Hinjawadi Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park, Hinjawadi, Pune, Maharashtra 411057
- For Google location Click here
Fro Bangalore Residential Program: Participants will stay in single or twin sharing rooms with comfortable beds and solar/geyser water showers.
The accommodation is in the same vicinity as the workshop venue.
Pune: Tāla will not be providing a stay. Local hotels are available within a 10 mins walking distance and we can share a couple of budget-friendly recommendations
Participants will receive a certificate of participation, course material, Workbook templates, exhaustive lesson plans, post workshop support and guidance as and when we are available.
You also have an option to sign up for the “Tāla Affiliate Program” at the end of the workshop.
With hands-on training sessions, practical training, ready to implement lesson plans, and in the question and answer session, we are confident you will see tremendous changes in your classroom.
However, this is the first step to a long journey and you might take sometime to unpack these concepts. We encourage you to slowly find a way to implement it in your teaching skillsets.
Other than your personal belongings, you are just required to show up! 🙂
Course material, stationary, instruments, food and other basic necessities will be taken care by us.
If you are performing or presenting at the event – you are required to bring you unique attire and instrument to show case your culture
