About Us
Who We Are
LittleCr3atures® is a Singapore-based social enterprise that uses SonicPlay™ to nurture connection, well-being, and creativity among mothers, children, and communities.
Through sound, listening, storytelling, movement, and sensory play, we create meaningful experiences that support emotional grounding while creating pathways for mothers to become trained SonicPlay facilitators.
What is SonicPlay™
What if music education began not with learning notes, but with learning to listen?
SonicPlay™ is our research-informed approach to learning, connection, and well-being through sound.
Combining listening, storytelling, movement, improvisation, and sensory exploration, SonicPlay™ invites participants of all ages to engage with sound as a tool for creativity, self-expression, and meaningful relationships. Rooted in artistic practice, early childhood education, and relational care, SonicPlay™ encourages presence, curiosity, and connection over performance or outcomes.
Why This Matters
Many mothers face emotional, social, and economic challenges while balancing caregiving responsibilities. At the same time, children thrive when they are supported by emotionally responsive and connected caregivers.
We believe that supporting mothers strengthens families, nurtures children, and contributes to more resilient communities.
By creating opportunities for participation, learning, and facilitation, LittleCr3atures® seeks to transform listening into both connection and opportunity.
Who We Serve
As a social enterprise, we are particularly committed to supporting mothers who may face emotional, social, or economic challenges, including single mothers, teenage mothers, unsupported mothers, and low-income caregivers.
Through SonicPlay™, we seek to nurture connection, well-being, confidence, and meaningful opportunities for participation, learning, and growth.
Meet Our Creature
Dr. Natalie Alexandra Tse is a sound artist, educator, researcher, and founder of LittleCr3atures®. Her work began with a simple but transformative question: What if music education began not with learning notes, but with learning to listen? Working across performance, pedagogy, and research, she explores sound not merely as something we create, but as a relationship we inhabit. Through her doctoral research, artistic practice, and journey through motherhood, she developed SonicPlay™ — a listening-centred approach that invites children, caregivers, and communities to connect through sound, curiosity, and play.
Today, LittleCr3atures® brings this philosophy into homes, schools, and communities, creating opportunities for people to rediscover listening as a pathway to empathy, belonging, and care. Natalie believes that in a rapidly changing world, listening remains one of our most deeply human capacities — one that helps us reconnect with ourselves, one another, and the environments we share.
List of Publication
Tse, N.A. & Chia, A. (2025). Improvising as SA (仨) - Breaking conventions, building connections. In D. Moore and S. Burridge (eds.), Improvisation Methods and Practices in Southeast Asia (Ch.18). Routledge.
Tse, N.A. (2025). Creating sonic experiences for 3-6 years old children in a preschool setting: Reflections from a Sonic Play Specialist in a Singaporean School. In A. Bautista (ed.), Arts and Creativity in Asian Preschools: Towards High-quality Glocal Pedagogies (pp. 281-297). Springer.
Lum, C.H. & Tse, N.A. (2024). Deep listening and playing in the intercultural space: On soundscapes, improvisation and collaborative creative processes in early childhood and elementary music education. In Aróstegui, J.L., C. Christophersen, K. Matsunobu and J. Nichols (eds.), SAGE Handbook of School Music Education (Ch.26). SAGE.
Tse, N.A. (2023). Afterword. In Lum, C.H. Soundscapes of Our Lives: Lessons from Singapore Contemporary Artists. In: Reimagining Singapore, 107-130. Singapore: Spinger. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0864-6_5
Tse, N. A. (2023). N/nature as an impetus for the creation of a sonic experience for babies. International Journal of Music in Early Childhood, 18(1), 43-51. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijmec_00056_1
Tse, N.A. (2022). Rhythm and Modes: Attunements in Nadam a Sonic Experience for Babies. ISSUE, 87-96.
Tse, N. A. (2021). Creating a Sonic Experience for Babies. In Benjamin Bolden and Neryl Jeanneret (eds.). Visions of Sustainability for Arts Education: Value, Challenge and Potential, 169-174. Singapore: Springer.
Tse, N.A. & Chia, A. (2020). Producing the Atypical: SA Trio and Singaporean Chinese Ethnic Identity. In Michelle Loh (ed.). Traditional Chinese Music in Contemporary Singapore, 287-311. Singapore: Pagesetters.
Tse, N.A. (2020). Early Childhood Education: Incorporating Chinese Music. In Michelle Loh (ed.). Traditional Chinese Music in Contemporary Singapore, 94-120. Singapore: Pagesetters.
Lizeray, J. Y. M., Lum, C. H., Tan, Q. L., Tse, N. A., Halid, S., Rajasekaran, R., ... & Lim, B. Y. (2018). Musicians’ Responses. In Julitte. Lizeray and Lum C.H.(eds.). Semionauts of Tradition: Music, Culture and Identity in Contemporary Singapore, 205-223. Singapore: Springer.
Tse, N. A., & Chia, A. (2015). Performing Sounds Using Ethnic Chinese Instruments with Technology: SA. array., 27-34.