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Golden Corn Song

September 2, 2020 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Golden Corn Chime Bar Song for harvest

The Golden Corn Song is a perfect choice for late summer and early autumn. The children pretend to be beautiful swaying corn as they sing, growing up from a tiny seed as the notes ascend the scale. When they’ve reached the top of the scale they swish to and fro in the breeze. Then they […]

Filed Under: 5+, Action songs, Autumn, Harvest Songs, Introducing Do Re Mi, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Seasonal Activities, Songs, Toddlers Tagged With: Chime Bars, Introducing Do-Re-Mi Series, xylophones

Days Of the Week Song

August 19, 2017 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

Days of the Week song

Children love routine, it gives them a sense of security and they are always happy when they know what to expect and what will be happening tomorrow. This Days of the Week Song is perfect for teaching them the order of days and you might like to make your own additions to the weekly time […]

Filed Under: 5+, Back To School, Chants, Introducing Do Re Mi, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Calendar Time, Days of the week, Introducing Do-Re-Mi Series

Music Note Naming With Trains

August 19, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Music Note Naming With Trains

Kids love trains and playing this music note naming with trains activities is a fun way to help them to connect with the order of the do- re-mi colours and the notes on the stave. It can be a fun up-cycled craft activity too where each child make their own coloured train and then has […]

Filed Under: 5+, How To Read Music, Introducing Do Re Mi, Music Theory games, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers Tagged With: Easy Music Theory, Free Printables, Introducing Do-Re-Mi Series, Note Recognition, Solfege, Tonic Sol-fah

Little Mouse’s House Singing Game: Introducing Do-Re-Mi

July 27, 2015 By Sara Mullett 3 Comments

Little Mouse’s House is an engaging singing game which will encourage even very young children to join in and have a go! It’s very simple and excellent for building confidence. This activity can be sung at home with just two people, at a party, or just when some friends come to play. It’s perfect to sing after Hickory […]

Filed Under: Baby, Craft Activities, Creative Role Play, Introducing Do Re Mi, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Confidence Building, Introducing Do-Re-Mi Series, Kids Crafts, Mice, So-Mi, Solfege, Tonic Sol-fah

Chime Bar Action Game

June 15, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

The Chime bar Action game - stand up - sit down

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 […]

Filed Under: 5+, Introducing Do Re Mi, Musical Activities For..., Musical Memory Game, Musical Movement, Preschoolers Tagged With: Introducing Do-Re-Mi Series, Listening Game, Note Recognition, Tonic Sol-fah

Why Kids Should Play With Chime Bars

March 13, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

chime bars

Every child should have some chime bars (AKA resonator bells for US readers) or a xylophone to play with. They are such a wonderful tool for learning to listen, perform and read music. But they’re a good investment too, as they’re suitable for toddlers right up to children of 7 or 8 years old which […]

Filed Under: 5+, Introducing Do Re Mi, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Chime Bars, Introducing Do-Re-Mi Series, Listening Game, Tonic Sol-fah, xylophones

Hey Ho Here We Go! Learning So Mi

February 20, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Learning so - mi songs to teach solfege

There are lots of great songs for learning So Mi and La, but I particularly like this Hey Ho Here We Go, it’s a fun circle and guessing game, and a song with movement is always such a great way to help with learning and understanding a lesson. Hey Ho Here We Go! is adapted […]

Filed Under: 5+, Action songs, Circle Games, How To Read Music, Introducing Do Re Mi, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Songs, Teaching Preschool Music Tagged With: Introducing Do-Re-Mi Series, Solfege, Tonic Sol-fah

The Pussycat : Do Re Mi Game for Preschoolers

January 22, 2014 By Sara Mullett 7 Comments

The Pussycat Do Re Mi Chime Bar Game for Preschoolers

Puppets are fantastic tools for teaching children will always be so keen to engage with an activity when invited by a little cat or a bear and it is amazing how a puppet can encourage even very shy children to take part. So when playing this Do Re Mi game, you can take a back seat […]

Filed Under: 5+, Introducing Do Re Mi, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Introducing Do-Re-Mi Series, Puppets, Solfege, Tonic Sol-fah

How to Make a Cat Puppet

January 20, 2014 By Sara Mullett 8 Comments

Cat puppet F.I

Here is how to make a cat puppet out of an old jumper for free! Puppets are fantastic toys, they are so versatile – and wonderful for the imagination. They also appeal to children of all ages and will become old friends. There is no need to spend a lot on shop bought ones as […]

Filed Under: Craft Activities, Homemade Gifts Tagged With: Introducing Do-Re-Mi Series, Puppets

How To Read Music Made Easy

January 7, 2014 By Sara Mullett 45 Comments

Let's Play Music : First Piano Lessons - Getting Started

Learning to read music can be rather daunting, especially if you haven’t had any music lessons before. While it is important to realise that there is no quick fix, it is something anyone can do with practice when broken down into easy steps. In this post I hope to dispel a few myths, and hopefully give enough […]

Filed Under: 5+, Easy Sheet Music, First Piano Lessons, How To Read Music, Introducing Do Re Mi, Musical Activities For... Tagged With: Easy Music Theory, First Piano Lesson Series, Introducing Do-Re-Mi Series

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