The Clock Song is an excellent way to learn musical note values. It helps kids to understand and recognise the difference between Minims (or 1/2 notes), Crotchets (1/4 notes) and Quavers (1/8 notes) by making it into a fun game. It’s a simple activity that makes the musical concept clear, and the note names and […]
Top Ten Tips For Sight Reading
These Top Ten Tips For Sight Reading will come in handy with any young beginners when they’re learning to sight read. While there is no easy fix, it is quite possible to overcome these difficulties with a bit of patience and perseverance. You need to arm your fledgling pianists with the tools and strategies to […]
Happy Birthday Easy Piano Music
Here are two Happy Birthday easy piano music arrangements for young pianists. The first one is for children who have only just started to play. It has an easy single melody line centered on middle C so it’s really quick to master. The second option is an easy piano music arrangement for both hands together, […]
Music Note Naming With Trains
All Kids love trains! And by playing this music note naming with trains game, it’s a fun way to help them to really connect with the notes. It’s also great for teaching the order of the do- re-mi colours and the notes on the stave. This is also a great fun up-cycled craft activity too […]
Understanding the Clefs & Stave : Easy Music Theory
The lines of the Stave and Clefs look a lot more daunting than they really are. In fact, they’re just a way to express whether the notes are high or low or in the middle. They are of course part of the language of music. At first it seems foreign – but once they are […]
Easy Piano Music: Frere Jacques/Brother John
Frere Jacques is always a popular song with young children as it has an easy, familiar tune and offers a chance to explore a bit of French too. You may be more familiar with calling it Brother John or Are You Sleeping? and of course the same tune is also borrowed in I Hear Thunder […]
First Piano Lessons: Fingers!
New here? Make sure you visit our Introduction to First Piano Lessons before you start! Up and Down the Escalator – from the First Piano Lessons is a fun and playful way to introduce finger exercises. When kids first start to play the piano, it does takes a while to strengthen their little fingers. They’ll find it quite […]
A Fun Way to Teach Kids Musical Note Values
Sometimes music theory can be a bit scary, and it can have a reputation for being a bit boring and difficult. But this can be easily overcome this by making it fun through games and rhythm & movement activities. Children always find it much easier to accept basic theory concepts by playing games. Then the […]
First Piano Lessons Easiest Way To Learn The Notes
New here? Make sure you visit our Introduction to First Piano Lessons before you start! First Piano Lessons Animal Memory Game There are many methods to help learn piano notes but this way is easy and children immediately engage with this animal memory game. They are so keen to memorise the order of the animals […]
Body Percussion Rhythm Activities
Body Percussion Rhythm Activities are a great way to bring the class together and focus. Kids just love to move and this is a perfect way to encourage them to engage. But you’ll also find that movement increases the concentration. So while they’re absorbing the lesson, they’re having lots of fun at the same time. […]