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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

Diplodocus from the Dinosaur Song

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

Six Teddy Bears Asleep In Bed – Counting Song

January 27, 2022 By Sara Mullett 1 Comment

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All children love teddies and every child usually has an impressive array of much loved bears of all shapes and sizes. Six Teddy Bears Asleep In Bed is one of the best counting songs, as it is a perfect way to practice counting while making use of the teddy collection at the same time. Sing […]

Filed Under: 5+, Baby, Counting Songs, Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Bedtime Songs, Teddy Bears

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

Four Currant Buns In A Bakers Shop

January 26, 2022 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Four currant buns in a bakers shop counting songs for preschoolers

Children love playing shops! And Four Currant Buns In a Bakers Shop offers the perfect opportunity for budding bakers and shoppers with lots of imaginary bun eating too! Four currant buns in a baker’s shop, Round and fat with sugar on the top, Along came a *boy with a penny one day, Bought a currant […]

Filed Under: 5+, Counting Songs, Imaginative Play, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Songs, Toddlers Tagged With: Confidence Building, Counting, Pretend Play

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