One of the beautiful things about music is its ability to bring us out of ourselves.  We have all experienced a moment when an infectious melody takes us over and we can’t hold back from bursting into song.

Children's music doesn't always have to sound like "children's music". Hip hop has so many qualities that make it a surprisingly powerful tool for learning.

In a world dominated by AI, Big Tech and screens, integrating educational songs into the classroom can provide a touchpoint for learners to connect with the qualities that set us apart from “the machines” – the ability to feel and to connect with others.

Although ELT songs can sometimes appear to be simply a novel, optional add-on through which to support children’s language learning, music and songs offer so much more than this.

We're casting two talented female performers with infectious singing and narration voices for an exciting new audio project aimed at very young children.

We’re thrilled to share the trailer for a new project we worked on for Oxford University Press. Circles is a new six-level Primary English course. Read on to find out more.

Carousel is a smarter way for educational and children’s brands to produce beautiful visual content at scale. But how exactly does it work and why use it?  Read on to find out more.

Luke Vyner, Creative Director of Creative Listening, introduces Carousel – a smarter way to produce thoughtful, high-quality video for young audiences at scale.

We recently attended a live event with Ian Leslie author of the brilliantly insightful book, John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs. Here are some takeaway reflections on Lennon and McCartney’s creative process, insights that are just as applicable to creating learning-first content.

Following on from our previous post, here is part 2 of our guide to formatting scripts for educational media.

In previous posts in this series, we explained the importance of properly formatting scripts. In this post, we’ll be explaining how to format scripts for educational media projects.

Scripts for educational media have extra formatting requirements. In the latest in our script formatting blog series, we outline some of our preferred formatting conventions.

Script formatting isn’t just tradition, it’s a language. It helps everyone in a production instantly understand what’s happening on the page. In our latest blog series, we take a look at script formatting and why it matters.

There’s a lot of ambition and imagination in educational projects - ideas are shared, visions are sketched, and creativity runs free often before the budget is even in place. The challenge comes when those ideas move from page to screen.

Meet Gemma, our Managing Director. Read on to find out more.

In our latest look at learning concepts, we explore the metacognition which is often described as “thinking about your thinking”.

If you’ve noticed changes at Creative Listening over the past couple of years, well that’s due to the guidance of one very special man: Dominic Gomez of Snorkel.

Introducing a new series of blogs where we take a look at selected learning concepts. First up, some reflections on the role of repetition in learning.

If you’re looking for some entertainment ideas over the summer, here are some recommendations from the team.

Whilst it’s not an exact science, there are some tricks we can draw on. Read on to find out more.