Celtic songs are a wonderful way to get kids up and moving to music . They are great for encouraging improvised Irish dancing, Ceilidh-ing or simply marching and skipping. The following songs are a few of the favourites that I have accumulated over the years which are guaranteed to get your kids wanting to jig. […]
Pot Of Gold Rhythm Activity for St Patrick’s Day
This Pot Of Gold Rhythm Activity is a great rhythm game for any St Patrick’s Day celebrations you may be planning. It makes a guessing game out of the rhythms taken from our other St Patrick’s Day songs, so click on the links below if you need to check on those. Michael Finnegan – visit this post to […]
Bringing Music Into Your Everyday Routine
As we all well know too well, life can be very busy being a parent. Between dropping everyone off, picking everyone up, work and dinner it’s difficult to do all of the things you need to do, let alone the things you would like to. The beauty of music is that it can be very flexible. […]
6 Circle Time Songs
Circle time is usually a highlight of any small child’s day at nursery or school, but it’s also a valuable opportunity for kids to learn and practice all sorts of useful things while sitting together in a relaxed and receptive mood. While children usually enjoy an unstructured, free-play curriculum at nursery school and kindergarten, circle […]
Musical Games For Valentines Day
This Valentines Day why not try these two Musical Games! They’re based on familiar old party games of course, so they’re absolutely guaranteed to go down well! They also have the added bonus of sneaking in some handy note recognition, but the kids don’t even seem to notice when they’re having so much fun! Musical […]
Snowflake Song
Whether you live in a place where snowfall is an everyday thing, or a place where it never snows, this Snowflake Song is perfect to sing when you’re expecting wintery weather, or just wishing for it! Snowflake Song Listen on a Winter’s evening, Can you hear the snow? Snowflakes fall so silently, So, how d’you […]
Seasons Song : Sing a Song of Seasons
Children can gain so much from learning about our changing Seasons and how they affect Nature and the world around us. Our Sing A Song of Seasons song teaches little ones the seasonal order and changes that occur every year and encourages us to get outside and look for clues. Seasons Song : Sing a […]
Musical Movement And Creative Play
Classical Music for 2-5 year olds looks at how to encourage musical movement and creative play at home. Check out 40 Best Classical Tracks For Kids for some listening inspiration. People often ask what equipment I use for playing musical excerpts in music lessons. Of course if you have the original CDs you can play them with […]
The Valentine’s Day Song : A Valentine’s Day Song for Kids
This Valentine’s Day Song for kids is perfect for celebrating love and friendship. It’s lovely to encourage open expression of affection for our nearest and dearest, and little ones will enjoy singing this simple Valentine’s Day song because it is sung to the same tune as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star! * Will you be my Valentine? […]
The Three Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens
The Three Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens is one of the old traditional nursery songs which I’m particularly fond of. I find it works best when sung with our free printable kitten stick-puppets (scroll down to print). These always help the children to get involved with both the song and the story and they […]
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