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Lesson Plan: Advent

November 5, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Let's Play Music Lesson Plan: Advent

Advent is a lovely time of year! And by getting involved with the preparations, children learn to appreciate all the special little things associated with the season. This Advent lesson plan celebrates the traditions that we all look forward to with lots of singing, actions and instruments. This lesson is suitable for children of 3 […]

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Lesson Plan: Soldiers

October 25, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Let's Play Music Lesson Plan: Soldiers

Kids love marching to music, and this Soldiers lesson plan gives them plenty of opportunity for some lively movement with lots of learning too. It’s a great lesson to practice contrasting pitches and tempos tapping rhythms and banging drums. This lesson plan is suitable for children from 2 – 6  years and is 11 pages […]

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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: Buses and Trains

October 11, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Let's Play Music Lesson Plans: Buses & Trains

A transport theme always go down well as a preschool lesson plan with plenty of movement and all the different sound effects, so this week we are singing about Buses and Trains. It’s a good lesson to practice contrasting tempos and is an absolute hit with all the little train enthusiasts out there! This lesson […]

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Halloween Lesson Plan

October 1, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Let's Play Music Lesson Plan: Halloween

Believe it or not we’re already into October and that means it’s high time to publish our Let’s Play Music Halloween Lesson Plan. So much spooky fun and musical inspiration rolled into a 30 minute session with pumpkins and witches, bats and ghosts galore! This lesson plan is suitable for children from 2 and a […]

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Autumn Lesson Plan

September 27, 2015 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

Let's Play Music Lesson Plan: Autumn

Autumn is such a wonderful time of year. There are so many great ways to explore the changing season and this Autumn lesson plan invites children to examine and explore the treasures that they can find on their travels. They all have different names, sounds and rhythms from fluttering leaves to falling conkers. This theme […]

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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 […]

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Lesson Plan: Rain

September 6, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Let's Play Music Lesson Plan: Rain

Here’s a lesson plan that comes in handy all too often here in the UK! The rain theme works well for any age from 1 – 5 years. Younger ones just need a little more help and older children find it easier to grasp the rhythm work and explore the improvising (although babies love having […]

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Lesson Plan: Spiders

August 30, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Let's Play Music Lesson Plan - Spiders

This week’s lesson plan is all about spiders and I always find it’s very popular even with little babies of 9 months right through to five year olds. There is lots of rhythm work and imaginative movement for the older children, and the younger ones enjoy the visual storytelling with lots of tickling and giggles. […]

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Lesson Plan: Clocks and Mice

August 24, 2015 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

Let's Play Music Lesson Plan: Clocks & Mice

Exciting News!! Our new music lesson plans are starting from today onwards. I will be publishing one a week for the following few terms. The first lesson theme is Clocks and Mice, a 30 minute music lesson plan for children from 2 1/2 to 5 years old. This music lesson focuses on: Singing Recognising the steady […]

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