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Lesson Plan: Winter

January 5, 2023 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

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This Winter themed lesson plan encourages us all to embrace the season!  It’s packed with wintery musical activities including penguins, a snowman, puppets, and of course lots of snow too. It’s the perfect lesson plan for when you’re expecting winter weather, or just wishing for it! This lesson is suitable for children of 2 1/2 […]

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Say Hello! Hello Song For Kids

August 8, 2021 By Sara Mullett 7 Comments

Hello Song For Kids

It’s always a good idea to start the day with a Hello song for kids in a nursery or music group setting. Hello songs are perfect for settling everyone in,  and a great way to break the ice and get to know each other. When you make them a daily habit, these songs become a […]

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Weekly Lesson Plans

September 9, 2016 By Sara Mullett 31 Comments

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Let’s Play Music Weekly Lesson Plans! Themed lesson plans for children from 2 – 7 years. Since I started Let’s Play Music I’ve been busy building up the content which is based on the 25 years of my experience teaching music. Nowadays there’s a considerable amount of material to navigate and so of course it […]

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Best Preschool Music Pins on Pinterest

July 1, 2016 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

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Pinterest is huge and it’s packed with musical ideas for kids. When you first get started, however, it can be a bit overwhelming. The Let’s Play Music boards were started around 4 years ago and in this time I’ve gathered some great resources. However now they’re so big they do take time to scroll through. So as […]

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Lesson Plan: Feelings

April 17, 2016 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

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The Feelings lesson plan encourages children to recognise and talk about different feelings and emotions through a variety of musical fun activities. This lesson plan introduces… Learning solfege with chime bars or resonator bells Playing a variety of percussion instruments, recognising the steady beat and the rhythm. Listening and concentration skills Singing together with actions, […]

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Lesson Plan: St Patrick’s Day

February 7, 2016 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

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Here’s a music lesson plan written specially to celebrate the customs and traditions of St Patrick’s Day. Older children will love this magical theme with the Rainbow Circle Game and Pot Of Gold Rhythm activity, while younger ones love the little leprechaun puppet and the jolly Celtic jigs! (This post contains affiliate links) This St […]

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Lesson Plan: Colours

January 24, 2016 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

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A lesson to teach and practice colour recognition,  encouraging children to appreciate the wonderful colours of everything around them, with a variety of musical fun activities. (This post contains affiliate links) This Colours music lesson focuses on: Learning solfege with chime bars or resonator bells Playing a variety of percussion instruments, recognising the steady beat […]

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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: 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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