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10 Best Gifts for Musical Learning

October 27, 2018 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

10 Best Gifts for musical Learning

It’s often difficult to get a good balance when choosing stocking presents for kids. But with these 10 Best Gifts for Musical Learning your presents will be wonderfully educational and lots of fun too. Everyone wants to include a bit of fun and frivolity at Christmas, but not too many funny five minute wonders! I […]

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Nursery Rhymes With Role Play -Sing a Song of Sixpence

August 3, 2018 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Sing a song of sixpence nursery rhymes with role play

Nursery rhymes like Sing A Song of Sixpence are a particular favourite of mine, they conjur such a vivid picture. Kids just love the nonsensical words and the bizarre notion of ‘four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie’! But as silly as they may seem, nursery rhymes are actually fantastic tools for learning. They […]

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4 Farm Songs for Kids

April 18, 2018 By Sara Mullett 4 Comments

One of the best things about Spring is the arrival of all the baby animals. It’s the perfect time of year to go and visit a local farm and see all their new arrivals. The kids will love seeing the sheep with their fluffy lambs and mummy pigs nursing their little piglets. So this collection […]

Filed Under: 5+, Animal Songs, Baby, Circle Games, Counting Songs, Easter & Spring, Farm Songs, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Chicks, Round-up, Sheep

Peek A Boo Songs For Babies

November 2, 2017 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Peek a boo songs for babies

Peek A Boo Songs are one of the first games that you can play with your baby and they’re such great fun! There are many Peek A Boo songs to choose from and everyone will have their particular favourites, but they all share the same basic principle of hiding your face while you sing the […]

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Best Songs For Speech Development

July 6, 2017 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Best Songs For Speech Development

The best songs for speech development are the old favourites; traditional nursery rhymes and action songs handed down through the generations. These songs are an easy, fun way to help babies to recognise and imitate new sounds and vocabulary. They are often performed with simple actions or movement that both encourage engagement and develop motor […]

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Weekly Lesson Plans

September 9, 2016 By Sara Mullett 31 Comments

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Let’s Play Music Weekly Lesson Plans! Themed lesson plans for children from 2 – 7 years. Since I started Let’s Play Music I’ve been busy building up the content which is based on the 25 years of my experience teaching music. Nowadays there’s a considerable amount of material to navigate and so of course it […]

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Best Preschool Music Pins on Pinterest

July 1, 2016 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

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Pinterest is huge and it’s packed with musical ideas for kids. When you first get started, however, it can be a bit overwhelming. The Let’s Play Music boards were started around 4 years ago and in this time I’ve gathered some great resources. However now they’re so big they do take time to scroll through. So as […]

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Lesson Plan: I’ve Got A Body!

January 31, 2016 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

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The I’ve Got A Body lesson Plan is always popular with babies and toddlers who love finding and naming all their body parts, and even older children up to 6 years, who love exploring all the rhythmic actions and sounds we can make with them. (This post contains affiliate links) This lesson plan focuses on: […]

Filed Under: 5+, Baby, Lesson Plans, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Bodies, Lesson Plans, Teaching Tips

Lesson Plan: Bears

October 18, 2015 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

Let's Play Music Lesson Plan: Bears

All children love their teddy-bears, so it’s no surprise that this bears lesson plan has always gone down very well. From the simplest tickle rhymes and action songs for the littlest ones, to imaginative sound stories and rhythm games for older children, there is plenty of material to keep everyone happy. This Bears lesson plan […]

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Lesson Plan: Horses

September 13, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Lesson Plan: Horses

Our Horses Lesson Plan is the next in our series and we have lots of horsey fun in store with this very popular theme. If you’re looking for more themes check out the rest of the plans here. This lesson works well for any age from 1 – 5 years. Younger ones particularly enjoy the […]

Filed Under: 5+, Baby, Lesson Plans, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Teaching Preschool Music, Toddlers Tagged With: Horses, Teaching Tips

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