This Bunny Where Are You? Listening game is an engaging and stimulating group activity which is perfect for for the Spring and Easter season. Listening games are a brilliant way to develop auditory skills and social development. Learning to listen properly is key to following directions and really connecting with class-room group activities. Because children […]
Hot Cross Buns : Easter Songs
Good Friday is the day to bake and share Hot Cross Buns with family and friends. Eaten warm from the oven dripping with butter, they are one of the highlights of Easter. But they were made in England long before Christianity adopted them. The bun was a symbol of the Moon and the cross divided […]
Lesson Plan: Easter
The Easter Lesson Plan celebrates the arrival of Spring with a lovely collection of Easter themed activities with plenty of daffodils and Hot Cross Buns! There’s a special Easter Rhythm activity, a circle game, counting song and listening game. It’s a fun filled lesson that’s packed with learning too. (This post contains affiliate links) This […]
Lesson Plan: Spring
The Spring lesson plan encourages children to look for the first signs of Spring, making a connection with nature through shared musical activities. This lesson is perfect for learning about the changing seasons and the natural rhythm of the year. This Spring music lesson plan covers… Learning the solfege scale, playing chime bars or resonator bells […]
Fairy Songs For The Seasons
This collection of Fairy Songs For The Seasons tell the story of how the spring, summer and autumn fairies magically change our surroundings from one season to the next. All of these songs encourage children to see the real magic that naturally occurs around us in nature throughout the seasons. Believing in magical things is one […]
Seasons Song : Sing a Song of Seasons
Children can gain so much from learning about our changing Seasons and how they affect Nature and the world around us. Our Sing A Song of Seasons song teaches little ones the seasonal order and changes that occur every year and encourages us to get outside and look for clues. Seasons Song : Sing a […]
5 Little Bunnies : Finger Rhyme
With spring on the way, this 5 Little Bunnies finger rhyme and puppet craft is just the thing to get everyone in mood for Easter. 5 Little Bunnies Finger Rhyme Five little bunnies hopping on the floor, (hopping action) One hopped away, (hop fingers […]
The Spring Fairy : A Song for Spring
Every year the arrival of spring brings such excitement full of the promise of a new season with everything fresh and renewed. The last bit of winter seems to drag as we are desperate for the signs that spring is on it’s way! The Spring Fairy is a lovely song that encourages children to go […]
I Went to Visit a Farm One Day
I Went to Visit a Farm One Day is perhaps the easiest song to sing about farms with preschoolers. This song doesn’t require any actions or dancing, just a full and enthusiastic repertoire of farmyard noises! And it always goes down very well with puppets which can vary from homemade sock puppets to paper finger […]
The Farmer’s In His Den Circle Game
The Farmer’s In His Den is a lovely song for a group of children. It’s a great choice for playgroups and parties because it is a simple circle game, that gets everyone involved. Kids really love it’s catchy “EE-I-AD-I-O” refrain, and they’ll often pick it up well before they can sing the rest of the words. […]