Adding Colour & Contrast Exploring musical dynamics opens up a whole new world to children. They start to see how the dynamics in music can add the colour and contrast. These different effects bring a whole new dimension to how music makes us feel. Young children usually tend to prefer the loud and fast bits […]
5 Best Classical Music Tracks For Kids: Fairy Dancing
When it is raining and dreary outside, it can be challenging to keep your kids amused indoors. But there is nothing better than a bit of escapism into the world of fantasy. All you need is some classical music to play and a bit of clear space. If you have some dressing up clothes, then […]
How To Introduce Tempo
Exploring New Concepts in Music How To Introduce Tempo Introducing musical tempo is one of the first simple musical activities you can do with children. It comes naturally as they instinctively want to move in time to music. And we know that when kids are moving they’re getting so much more than just exercise. They’re […]
Listening Game – Rover Is A Pest
This Rover is a pest listening game always goes down a treat! It’s a great way to make everyone really listen and very good for building confidence too. Everyone gets so caught up with the doggie impressions that they don’t realise that listening games like this are also memorising music note names and values too. […]
Open The Dovecote Ring Game
The Open The Dovecote Ring Game is a simple song and circle dance activity that’s great for building confidence and making friends. Although you could play this game at any time of year, it’s a perfect activity for Whitsun, or Pentecost. This is when Christians around the world celebrate the arrival of the Holy Spirit […]
In and Out the Dusty Bluebells : Circle Game
When the bluebells come out we really know that Spring has truly sprung and Summer is on its way. Visiting a bluebell wood is one of the most uplifting things you can do at this time of year, the sheer beauty takes your breath away and you can just feel it feeding the soul! In […]
Happy Birthday Easy Piano Music
Here are two Happy Birthday easy piano music arrangements for young pianists. One is for children who have only just started to play, with just the simple melody line centered on middle C so that they’ll find it really quick to master. And the other is an easy piano music arrangement for both hands together […]
Two Little Dickie Birds
There simply isn’t any substitute for traditional old favourites like Two Little Dickie Birds. This finger rhyme has been around for centuries and I’m sure it’ll be handed down for many more. I remember being completely baffled by my Great Grandmother, who would sing this finger rhyme to us when we were little. To improvise […]
The Earth Day Song
The Earth Day Song is the perfect way to introduce this very important theme to small children in simple terms that they find easy to understand. The environmental message of Earth Day is a rather grown up concept to convey to a pre-school child, but the underlying principal of respect for the Earth and a […]
Pirate Treasure Rhythm Game
Pirate themed activities are always very popular! So this Jolly Jake’s pirate treasure rhythm game is perfect to accompany some sea shanties or a pirate jig! Download the Pirate treasure Rhythm game printable below. Print and stick it to a sheet of shiny, gold coloured wrapping paper. Then cut out the pretend gold rhythm coins, […]
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