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Stories with Classical Music and Movement

May 6, 2022 By Sara Mullett 16 Comments

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Children love stories and reading books together is one of the best things you can do for development. Stories alone can be launch pads for improvisation and exploration of sounds and rhythms. So combining stories with Classical music and movement take all of these benefits to another level. Listening to music alongside stories helps to set the […]

Filed Under: 5+, Classical Music for Kids, Creative Role Play, Imaginative Play, Musical Activities For..., Musical Movement, Preschoolers Tagged With: Classical Music, Gross Motor Movement, Musical Movement, Storytelling

Five Senses Songs

April 28, 2022 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

These Five Senses Songs are a great way to introduce the concept to young children as they explore each sense with a song or a game. They’re great for expanding young vocabularies and good for building the confidence to try new things. Here i’ve collected a song (or two) for each of the senses: smell, sound, sight, […]

Filed Under: 5+, Five Senses, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Calendar Time, Free Sheet Music, Listening, Sight, Smell, Taste, Touch

Life at the Pond Rhythm Game

April 27, 2022 By Sara Mullett 8 Comments

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This Pond Rhythm Game draws inspiration from the natural world to teach listening and rhythm. A pond is a magical place for a child, teeming with life and a source of great fascination and wonder! If you are lucky enough to have one nearby it will no doubt already be on your child’s list of […]

Filed Under: 5+, Easter & Spring, Imaginative Play, Musical Activities For..., Musical Memory Game, Musical Movement, Nature, Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: Ducks, Free Printables, Frogs, Listening Game, Rhythm Games

5 Best Musical Activities for 3-5 Year Olds

April 13, 2022 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Musical activities and songs are brilliant for entertaining young children. You can keep it really simple and integrated into your everyday rhythms and routines – and the more repetition the better! Below is some inspiration for the best musical activities for 3-5 year olds. If you have younger children, I have a companion post focusing […]

Filed Under: 5+, Homeschool, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers

5 Best Music Activities for Kids Aged 0-2 Years

April 11, 2022 By Sara Mullett 8 Comments

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It is never too early to introduce your baby to music. These music activities for kids will hopefully give you some ideas about how to integrate music into your day to day routine. From helping with co-ordination and language skills, to cognitive development, music is an essential part of every child’s education. So here are […]

Filed Under: Baby, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Round-up

Oats And Beans And Barley Grow: Favourite Farm Songs

April 6, 2022 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

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Oats and Beans and Barley Grow is one of our favourite farm songs, wonderful for the changing season, when Winter has finally passed and we are looking forward to the new growth of Spring and the Summer harvest that will follow. It is full of the the joy and wonder of  Nature’s bounty!   Oat&Beans&Barley […]

Filed Under: Action songs, Circle Games, Easter & Spring, Farm Songs, Harvest Songs, Musical Activities For..., Musical Movement, Nursery Rhymes, Preschoolers, Seasonal Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: First Nursery Rhyme Series, Free Sheet Music, Gardening

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

Little Miss Muffet

February 10, 2022 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

Little Miss Muffet - First Nursery Rhyme Series

Little Miss Muffet is a lovely traditional Nursery Rhyme that is catchy and easy to sing. I have always found it particularly useful if children are a little worried by creepy crawlies – especially with the second verse. Little Miss Muffet Lyrics Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet Eating her curds and whey, Along […]

Filed Under: Animal Songs, Baby, Creative Role Play, Imaginative Play, Musical Activities For..., Nursery Rhymes, Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: First Nursery Rhyme Series, Free Sheet Music, Puppets, Spiders

Dinosaur Song for Kids – The Dinosaur Stomp

February 9, 2022 By Sara Mullett 13 Comments

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Here’s a fun dinosaur Song especially for all those budding paleontologists out there! Many small children have a huge interest in dinosaurs but strangely enough there don’t seem to be that many dinosaur songs around!  These little dino fans often pride themselves with an encyclopedic knowledge of all the different types and names of the […]

Filed Under: 5+, Action songs, Animal Songs, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Dinosaurs

Down In The Jungle – Bath Time Song

February 9, 2022 By Sara Mullett 20 Comments

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Down In The Jungle is an old playgroup and preschool favourite which is usually about animals washing their clothes in the jungle. But here I’ve tweaked it slightly to make it into a fun bath time song. Down in the jungle where nobody goes, There’s a big fat elephant washing his toes, With a rub-a-dub […]

Filed Under: 5+, Action songs, Animal Songs, Baby, Easy Sheet Music, Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Bath Time Songs, Body, Crocodiles, Elephants, Free Printables, Giraffes, Lions, Monkeys, Routines, Washing

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