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The Greedysaurus: A Game to Teach Kids Music Note Values

May 8, 2016 By Sara Mullett 12 Comments

Dinosaur Music Activity

The Greedysaurus is a fun game and song that teaches children about Music Note Values and note recognition through the action of feeding a hungry dinosaur puppet! Greedysaurus Dinosaur Song   I am a dinosaur, I have sharp teeth! I leave big footprints underneath, I’m always hungry, I need to eat, So give me some notes, […]

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The Clock Song: An Easy Way to Learn Musical Note Values

July 20, 2015 By Sara Mullett 10 Comments

Let's Play Music : The Clock Song - An Easy (and fun!) Way to Learn Musical Note Values

The Clock Song is a fun and easy 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. In essence, this simple activity makes the musical concept clear, and the note […]

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Music Theory Made Easy – Musical Hand Stave

March 23, 2015 By Sara Mullett 11 Comments

Music Theory made Easy - Musical Hand Stave

  Here’s a great way to help kids learn the notes on the lines and spaces of the stave from our Music Theory Made Easy series . The Musical Hand Stave is a convenient reminder and wonderfully portable too!   Music Theory Made Easy – Musical Hand Stave By a happy coincidence our hands have […]

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What’s The Note Mr Wolf? Note Value Guessing Game

March 9, 2015 By Sara Mullett 4 Comments

What's your note Mr Wolf? F.I

Kids just love playing What’s The Note Mr Wolf? Note Value Guessing Game – And it’s such a good lesson too! Combines note recognition and time values with role play and a game of chase at the end! What’s the no-te Mr Wolf?  Mr Wolf? Mr Wolf? What’s the no-te Mr Wolf?  Tell us, tell […]

Filed Under: 5+, Creative Role Play, How To Read Music, Musical Activities For..., Musical Movement, Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities Tagged With: Easy Music Theory, Free Printables, Note Recognition, Rhythm Games

Birthday Cake Music Note Matching Game

March 8, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Birthday cake rhythm game featured image

Everyone loves a slice of Birthday cake and it’s a really easy way to explain the concept of note values to small children. Birthday Cake Music Note Matching Song Happy Birthday to you, Do you think it is true? That a whole note (semibreve) has 4 beats, Do you think it is true? (sing to […]

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Hey Ho Here We Go! Learning So Mi

February 20, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Learning so - mi songs to teach solfege

There are lots of great songs for learning So Mi and La, but I particularly like this Hey Ho Here We Go, it’s a fun circle and guessing game, and a song with movement is always such a great way to help with learning and understanding a lesson. Hey Ho Here We Go! is adapted […]

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An Easy Way to Teach Kids Rests

May 29, 2014 By Sara Mullett 3 Comments

An Easy Way to Teach Kids Rests

Children can find music rests rather daunting. They have only just learnt to recognise musical notes and their values and suddenly there are even more signs and numbers to grasp!  So here is an easy way to teach kids rests in order to help them recognise and understand them in an easy and approachable way. This […]

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How To Read Music Made Easy

January 7, 2014 By Sara Mullett 45 Comments

Let's Play Music : First Piano Lessons - Getting Started

Learning to read music can be rather daunting, especially if you haven’t had any music lessons before. Of course, we all know there is no quick fix, it is something anyone can do with practice when broken down into easy steps. In this post I hope to dispel a few myths, and hopefully give enough encouragement […]

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First Piano Lessons: The Dice Game

May 20, 2013 By Sara Mullett 13 Comments

Let's Play Music : First Piano Lessons - A Fun Way to Encourage Musical Instrument Practice

New here? Make sure you visit our Introduction to First Piano Lessons before you start! The first piano lessons one to four form the structure of beginner’s piano lessons. Teachers should add a few easy first pieces from a piano tutor book to support these first principles. Each step only takes a few minutes, and depending on […]

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The Balloon Song : Introducing Do Re Mi

February 15, 2013 By Sara Mullett 7 Comments

do re mi

The Balloon Song is a fun and engaging way to help children practice playing and recognising Do Re Mi and the intervals of the scale. This activity is perfect for toddlers because it’s simple melody and actions are so easy to pick up. And a beautiful, bright balloon comes in handy when singing this song […]

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