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Listening Game : Bunny Where Are You?

March 20, 2020 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

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This Bunny Listening game is an engaging and stimulating group activity which is perfect for for the Spring and Easter season. A Listening game like this is 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 […]

Filed Under: 5+, Easter & Spring, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Seasonal Activities Tagged With: Bunnies, Listening Game

What’s My Colour? Colour Song and Guessing Game

March 2, 2020 By Sara Mullett 15 Comments

Colour Song for Kids

This colour song and guessing game teaches children their colours in a fun and engaging way. It is also brilliant for encouraging them to really listen to the clues as well as building musical confidence through call and response. The Colour Song My colour’s cool and pure, Like sky or water , Guess what you […]

Filed Under: 5+, Colour Songs, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Listening Game

Pot Of Gold Rhythm Activity for St Patrick’s Day

February 10, 2020 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

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This Pot Of Gold Rhythm Activity is a great rhythm game for any St Patrick’s Day celebrations you may be planning.  It makes a guessing game out of the rhythms taken from our other St Patrick’s Day songs, so click on the links below if you need to check on those. Michael Finnegan – visit this post to […]

Filed Under: 5+, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities, St Patrick's Day Tagged With: Listening Game, Rhythm Games

Building Musical Listening Skills

September 23, 2019 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Learning to listen is the first and most important step in teaching a child music. Everything starts with building musical listening skills. Luckily kids love listening games and the best lessons are always learnt whilst having fun! We have many listening games on this site. But here are a few of my personal favourites. The […]

Filed Under: Listening Games Tagged With: Instrument recognition, Listening Game

What’s Missing? Listening Game

January 28, 2019 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

How to tell the difference between the rhythm and the beat in a fun and engaging way

What’s Missing is a simple listening game that’s easy to set up because all you need to play is a selection of contrasting percussion instruments. Of course it’s a great way to teach children the names and sounds of the different percussion instruments, but it also develops the listening skills needed to isolate the different […]

Filed Under: 5+, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities Tagged With: Listening Game

Tapping Train Rhythm Game

May 16, 2018 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

The Tapping Train Rhythm Game is a great little listening game with a similar principle to the Music Note Whispers Game. It’s not just about trains, but more about feeling, listening and repeating the rhythm of the music notes on their backs – all excellent skills to build musical awareness! I find that it’s very […]

Filed Under: 5+, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities Tagged With: Listening Game, Rhythm Games

Lesson Plan: Harvest & Apples

September 27, 2016 By Sara Mullett 3 Comments

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The Harvest festival is a wonderful celebration, it brings together people of all faiths and nationalities. The simple message of thanksgiving is easy for a small child to grasp and this Harvest & Apples lesson plan is just the thing to help little ones join in with the festivities. These days, when most people live […]

Filed Under: 5+, Autumn, Lesson Plans, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Seasonal Activities Tagged With: Apples, Harvest, Listening Game, Solfege, Teaching Tips

Autumn Lesson Plan

September 27, 2015 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

Let's Play Music Lesson Plan: Autumn

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 […]

Filed Under: 5+, Autumn, Introducing Do Re Mi, Lesson Plans, Musical Activities For..., Musical Movement, Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities, Seasonal Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: Confidence Building, Listening Game, Note Recognition, Puppets, Rhythm Games, Teaching Tips

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 […]

Filed Under: 5+, Animal Songs, Lesson Plans, Musical Activities For..., Nursery Rhymes, Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities, Songs, Teaching Preschool Music, Toddlers Tagged With: Clocks, Guessing Game, Listening Game, Mice, Rhythm Games, Teaching Tips

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

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