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The Noisy Monster Song

October 8, 2014 By Sara Mullett 7 Comments

Monster song

The Noisy Monster Song is a great activity for boisterous toddlers, who will love stomping along and roaring to their hearts content.  The Noisy Monster Song This is the way a monster goes,    (stomp like a monster) He has big feet,     (lift and shake each foot ) And furry toes,        […]

Filed Under: Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Monsters

My Little Spider Finger Rhyme

October 5, 2014 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Incy Wincy / My Little Spider - Spider Finger Rhymes

This simple little finger rhyme is just perfect for Babies and Toddlers. It is also excellent for helping little ones who might be a little worried about creepy crawlies! For babies, this finger rhyme is great fun  –  with lots of tickles  –  and for toddlers it can sit alongside songs such as Incy Wincy Spider and […]

Filed Under: Animal Songs, Baby, Finger Rhymes, Musical Activities For..., Toddlers Tagged With: Spiders

Horse Songs and Rhymes for Babies

August 25, 2014 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

Horsey Horsey Don't You Stop

Knee bobbing songs and little simple tickling rhymes are a great way to engage babies. These short little horse songs and rhymes are great for being slotted into routines – for changing time, or just as a little game! Babies always love having a bounce on your knee and it’s a great way to introduce […]

Filed Under: Animal Songs, Baby, Knee Bobbing Songs, Musical Activities For... Tagged With: Horses

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

Top Ten Tips For Sight Reading

June 11, 2014 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Sight Reading for Beginners

These Top Ten Tips For Sight Reading will help to tackle a problem that kids often find difficult. While there is no easy fix, it is quite possible to overcome these difficulties with a bit of patience and perseverance. It is important to equip your fledgling pianists with the tools and strategies to solve the […]

Filed Under: 5+, First Piano Lessons, How To Read Music, Musical Activities For... 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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