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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 […]

Filed Under: 5+, Action songs, Circle Games, How To Read Music, Introducing Do Re Mi, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Songs, Teaching Preschool Music Tagged With: Introducing Do-Re-Mi Series, Solfege, Tonic Sol-fah

10 Little Soldiers Counting Song

December 15, 2014 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

Soldier Counting Song

10 Little Soldiers Counting Song is so familiar and easy to pick up because it borrows it’s tune from the well known ’10 Little Indians’ song . It’s excellent for number and counting practice and works very well alongside The Grand Old Duke Of York and our other marching activities for a soldier theme. 10 Little […]

Filed Under: 5+, Counting Songs, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Free Printables, Piggyback Songs, Puppets, Soldiers

The Grand Old Duke Of York

December 2, 2014 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

The Grand Old Duke of York

Children just love marching to music! The combination of  the movement, the strong, steady beat and singing along is irresistible to a small child. The Grand Old Duke Of York ticks all of those boxes so it’s not surprising that it is such an old favourite and a song that kids love so much. The […]

Filed Under: 5+, Action songs, Baby, Musical Activities For..., Musical Movement, Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: First Nursery Rhyme Series, Soldiers

5 Best Classical Tracks for Marching

November 23, 2014 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

Free Classical Tracks for Marching - great for encouraging lots of movement!

These classical tracks for marching are perfect for including as part of any soldier themed lesson or even just playing on a rainy afternoon, banging some biscuit tins and blowing of some steam! Marching is a fantastic musical activity for kids. It combines music, movement, listening and imagination and so provides a wealth of educational […]

Filed Under: 5+, Classical Music for Kids, Musical Activities For..., Musical Movement, Playlists, Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: Marching, Soldiers

Easy Piano: Let It Go from Frozen

July 7, 2014 By Sara Mullett 12 Comments

Teaching Kids Let It Go from Frozen on the Piano

“Please can I play Let it Go from Frozen? I really love it, and I know all the words! ” And here the dilemma starts. You want to encourage a child to be ambitious with their piano pieces and know that if they love a piece you’re more than half-way there because they’ll be very […]

Filed Under: 5+, First Piano Lessons, Musical Activities For... Tagged With: Frozen, Let it Go

Introducing the C Major Scale for Beginners

June 26, 2014 By Sara Mullett 1 Comment

introducing the C major scale

Everyone learns the scale and key of C major first on the piano, it conveniently starts on middle C and it has only white notes with no sharps or flats. The right hand is all ready to start in the beginners hand position, so it feels familiar. If you are just starting out, do visit […]

Filed Under: 5+, First Piano Lessons, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers Tagged With: Easy Music Theory, First Piano Lesson Series

Animal Rhythm & Listening Game

June 5, 2014 By Sara Mullett 6 Comments

Animal Rhythm Game

This Animal Rhythm & Listening Game is a great way for little ones to learn about note recognition and note values.  But while they’re having such fun with all the farmyard impersonations, they’ll also be developing valuable listening skills. Building listening skills is such an important thing for small children, because it supports all sorts of other […]

Filed Under: 5+, Musical Memory Game, Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities Tagged With: Free Printables, Listening Game, Note Recognition, Rhythm Games

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 […]

Filed Under: 5+, How To Read Music, Musical Activities For..., Musical Memory Game, Preschoolers Tagged With: Rests

The Do Re Mi Staircase

April 16, 2014 By Sara Mullett 4 Comments

Do Re Mi Activities for Kids

An excellent way to learn and practice the Do Re Mi degrees of the scale is to use these little printable people. They can each be coloured to correspond with the colour of your chime bars. Using a staircase to illustrate each step or note is an engaging and visual way of teaching the spacial […]

Filed Under: 5+, Colour Songs, Introducing Do Re Mi, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers Tagged With: Bells, Chime Bars, Free Printables, Solfege, Tonic Sol-fah

Little Red Riding Hood Storytelling Song

April 10, 2014 By Sara Mullett 13 Comments

Every one knows and loves Little Red Riding Hood but the story is a rather dark tale, and one that you would not normally consider very child friendly. However this never seems to bother little children, even though I would try to gloss over the scary bits, my own kids would only be more fascinated […]

Filed Under: 5+, Imaginative Play, Literacy, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers Tagged With: Fairy Tales, Free Printables, Puppets, Storytelling

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