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How to Make a Homemade Puppet Theatre

April 1, 2020 By Sara Mullett 13 Comments

Homemade Puppet Theatre Tutorial

Cardboard is a fantastic resource for crafting with kids because it’s easily available and free so the possibilities are endless! This homemade puppet theatre is the perfect absorbing activity for a rainy afternoon. Or perhaps a surprise project for a wonderful present complete with different sets of fairy tale characters. How to make a Homemade […]

Filed Under: Craft Activities, Imaginative Play, Literacy Tagged With: Fairy Tales, Free Printables, Puppets

Musical Games For Valentines Day

January 25, 2020 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

Musical games for Valentines day F.I

This Valentines Day why not try these two Musical Games! They’re based on familiar old party games of course, so they’re absolutely guaranteed to go down well! They also have the added bonus of sneaking in some handy note recognition, but the kids don’t even seem to notice when they’re having so much fun! Musical […]

Filed Under: 5+, Musical Activities For..., Musical Movement, Preschoolers, Toddlers, Uncategorized, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Free Printables, Note Recognition, Party Games

The Three Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens

January 14, 2020 By Sara Mullett 5 Comments

The Three Little Kittens Have Lost Their Mittens Music Activities for Kids

The Three Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens is one of the old traditional nursery songs which I’m particularly fond of. I find it works best when sung with our free printable kitten stick-puppets (scroll down to print). These always help the children to get involved with both the song and the story and they […]

Filed Under: Animal Songs, Baby, Literacy, Musical Activities For..., Nursery Rhymes, Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Free Printables, Puppets

Silent Night Easy Piano Music

November 26, 2019 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

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Everyone can join in with this Silent Night Easy Piano Music! How to Play Silent Night Easy Piano Music Print off the sheet music and sing through it together.  Follow the notes with your finger as you sing them. Sing it once again, but this time clap the rhythm, and draw attention to the 3/4 time […]

Filed Under: 5+, Christmas, First Piano Lessons, Musical Activities For..., Seasonal Activities Tagged With: easy piano, First Piano Lesson Series, Free Printables, Free Sheet Music

Nativity Song and Puppet Show

November 14, 2019 By Sara Mullett 1 Comment

Nativity Song

This very simple Nativity Song is a perfect way to introduce the Christmas Story to small children. Especially when you use our free printable puppets templates to help tell the story while you sing the Nativity song. Even toddlers who might be too young to join in the singing, will love to watch the musical […]

Filed Under: 5+, Christmas, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Seasonal Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: Free Printables, Piggyback Songs, Puppets

Michael Finnegan – Song For St Patrick’s Day

March 2, 2019 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Here’s a traditional Irish Folk Song in plenty of time for St Patrick’s Day! It’s a great song to teach semiquavers (1/16 notes) and it’s traditional to try to sing it faster and faster as the song progresses. It’s bit of a tongue twister too!  This might seem a tall order for younger ones, but […]

Filed Under: 5+, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Seasonal Activities, Songs, Songs with Puppets, St Patrick's Day, Toddlers Tagged With: Free Printables, Puppets

Nursery Rhymes With Role Play -Sing a Song of Sixpence

August 3, 2018 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Sing a song of sixpence nursery rhymes with role play

Nursery rhymes like Sing A Song of Sixpence are a particular favourite of mine, they conjur such a vivid picture. Kids just love the nonsensical words and the bizarre notion of ‘four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie’! But as silly as they may seem, nursery rhymes are actually fantastic tools for learning. They […]

Filed Under: Baby, Musical Activities For..., Nursery Rhymes, Preschoolers, Songs, Toddlers Tagged With: Free Printables, Free Sheet Music

First Piano Lessons: Introducing the Note Family

August 2, 2018 By Sara Mullett 24 Comments

Let's Play Music : Magic Feet Follow the Beat - An Fun and Easy Way to Learn Note Values

Introducing musical notation as the note family with characters to represent each note makes a tricky concept immediately accessible. This way, children find the note names and their time values so much easier to remember. Make sure to explain that these are their nick-names to help us to tell which is which, and point out […]

Filed Under: 5+, Classical Music for Kids, First Piano Lessons, How To Read Music, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers Tagged With: Easy Music Theory, First Piano Lesson Series, Free Printables, Free Sheet Music

Free Printable Puppets

July 2, 2018 By Sara Mullett 4 Comments

Free Puppets

These free printable puppets will be an invaluable asset in your teaching toolbox! Puppets are a fantastic way to engage children in open ended creative play. They are just excellent for building early literacy skills and bringing all of those well loved songs to life. I have always found them to be the perfect prop to […]

Filed Under: 5+, Creative Role Play, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers Tagged With: Free Printables, Puppets

For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow Easy Piano Music

April 10, 2018 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

For He's A Jolly Good Fellow easy piano music

Here’s a piece of Easy Piano Music that’s a great choice for any young pianist. Everyone loves a popular song, and For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow is perfect for rolling out at parties and celebrations many times over! There’s nothing like a performance opportunity to be a good incentive for practice, and you’ll find […]

Filed Under: Easy Sheet Music, First Piano Lessons Tagged With: Free Printables, Free Sheet Music

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