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Music Note Naming With Trains

February 16, 2022 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: 5+, How To Read Music, Introducing Do Re Mi, Music Theory games, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers Tagged With: Easy Music Theory, Free Printables, Introducing Do-Re-Mi Series, Note Recognition, Solfege, Tonic Sol-fah

Music Theory Worksheet & Rhythm Game Round Up

January 27, 2022 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

Music Theory Worksheets & Rhythm games

There are such a lot of music theory worksheets & rhythm games here on Let’s Play Music. So now that I thought it would be useful to round up a few of the favourites! Of course, there is no substitute for a fun music lesson with includes movement, percussion instruments or manipulatives. But music theory […]

Filed Under: 5+, Music Theory games, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities Tagged With: Easy Music Theory, Free Printables

The Harvest Rhythm Game

September 16, 2020 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Harvest Rhythm Game

This Rhythm Game is perfect for using during the Harvest season. It’s a great way to practice note recognition while enjoying the simple pleasures of the Autumn. This rhythm game is excellent for encouraging speech development in toddlers, who love reaching into the bag and recognising and naming the fruit and vegetables (they also like […]

Filed Under: 5+, Autumn, Music Theory games, Musical Activities For..., Musical Memory Game, Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: Easy Music Theory, Listening Game, Rhythm Games, Seasons

Fun Musical Games with Ping Pongs

September 10, 2020 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Fun Musical Games With Ping Pongs

These fun musical games with ping pongs are a great idea for music classes at school or at home, they’re cheap and easy to set up and kids just love playing with those bouncy little ping pongs! Fun Musical Games With Ping Pongs Shoot The Bucket For a group of 4 children, or larger group […]

Filed Under: Music Theory games, Rhythm & Percussion Activities

Please Mr Crocodile Music Note Chasing Game

July 19, 2018 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Please Mr crocodile note chasing game

Kids do love a good old-fashioned chasing game and Please Mr Crocodile ticks all the boxes! Although they will never miss the chance to dash about, these sort of activities offer kids much more than just letting off a bit of steam. It’s a really fun way to practice note recognition and develop gross motor […]

Filed Under: 5+, Music Theory games, Musical Activities For..., Uncategorized Tagged With: Chasing games, Confidence Building, Easy Music Theory, Free Printables, Note Recognition, Party Games

5 Easy Music Manipulatives

May 4, 2017 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

5 Easy Music manipulatives

Over the last few weeks I’ve been looking at all sorts of different and easy music manipulatives for introducing basic notation and new musical concepts. These are a great way to bring the subject to life and really engage young beginners. I found these fun Music Fortune Tellers from Just A little More on Pinterest – […]

Filed Under: Music Theory games, Rhythm & Percussion Activities Tagged With: Easy Music Theory, Note Recognition

DIY Magnet Music Notes – Easy Music Manipulatives

April 12, 2017 By Sara Mullett 4 Comments

DIY Music magnet notes

This DIY Magnet Music Notes activity is so easy and cheap to make, and in these days of digital overload it has a refreshingly retro appeal! It’s so important to make learning to read music fun, and this is a good way to keep it hands on and visual. These sort of music manipulatives are […]

Filed Under: 5+, How To Read Music, Music Theory games, Musical Activities For... Tagged With: Easy Music Theory, Free Printables, Music Manipulatives, Note Recognition

Lego Beats Music Manipulatives

April 3, 2017 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Lego beats music manipulatives

  Lego is such a brilliant toy!  Teachers often use it to teach maths and so it’s also an excellent way to teach rhythm and notation with these lego beats music manipulatives.   How To Use Lego Music Manipulatives   Younger children find the chunky ‘Duplo’ easier to manage so it’s best to start off […]

Filed Under: Music Theory games Tagged With: Easy Music Theory, Free Printables, Music Manipulatives, Rhythm Games

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