A pond is a magical place for a child, it is 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 favourite places, but if you don’t have one locally it is well worth […]
Oats And Beans And Barley Grow : First Nursery Songs
Oats and Beans and Barley Grow is a lovely old song which is 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! * Oats […]
Animal Actions Rhythm Game
This Animal Actions Rhythm Game is the perfect way to get things moving and practice listening skills at the same time. Kids always love pretending to be different animals so this is a game that’ll get everyone engaged while learning to recognise their note values. How To play The Animal Actions Rhythm Game – […]
Stories with Classical Music And Movement
Children love stories and reading books together is one of the best things you can do for development.Stories can be launch pads for improvisation and exploration of sounds and rhythms. Therefore, using stories with Classical music and movement takes those benefits to another level. The music helps to set the mood rather like a good film soundtrack. […]
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 […]
Autumn Lesson Plan
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 […]
The Clock Song: An Easy Way to Learn Musical Note Values
The Clock Song is a fun and easy way to learn musical note values. It helps kids to understand and recognise the difference between Minims (or 1/2 notes), Crotchets (1/4 notes) and Quavers (1/8 notes) by making it into a fun game. In essence, this simple activity makes the musical concept clear, and the note […]
Chime Bar Action Game
The children in my classes call this chime bar action game ‘Stand-up! Sit-down!’ – kids do have such a knack for saying it how it is! The game is very simple; each lesson you teach them one new interval and an action which goes with it. You warn them that whenever they hear these two […]
Classical Music For Toddlers : Percussion Instruments
Music has the most amazing ability to lift the mood or calm things down. So playing Classical Music For Toddlers at home can come in very handy! Using our suggested listening, you can play classical music for toddlers at home. Providing a calm, relaxing background to play activities while inspiring a creative atmosphere. Using Percussion Instruments Try […]
Classical Music For Toddlers At Home
Parents often ask me how to introduce classical music for toddlers at home. There are a wealth of different activities to be found on the Let’s Play Music site about classical music for kids which are great resources for teachers. But in this post I want to show how easy it is for anyone to can […]