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Stories with Classical Music and Movement

May 6, 2022 By Sara Mullett 16 Comments

Movement icon for activities with movement

Children love stories and reading books together is one of the best things you can do for development. Stories alone can be launch pads for improvisation and exploration of sounds and rhythms. So combining stories with Classical music and movement take all of these benefits to another level. Listening to music alongside stories helps to set the […]

Filed Under: 5+, Classical Music for Kids, Creative Role Play, Imaginative Play, Musical Activities For..., Musical Movement, Preschoolers Tagged With: Classical Music, Gross Motor Movement, Musical Movement, Storytelling

Busy Bee Ring Game

May 17, 2021 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

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The Busy Bee Ring Game is a delightful song and circle dance for the summer months. It’s a lovely activity to play outside in the garden or playground. The children are divided into two equal groups; bees and flowers. The flowers kneel in a circle with the hands (petals) cupped together, and the bees flutter […]

Filed Under: Circle Games, Summer Tagged With: Bees, Free Printables, Free Sheet Music, Musical Movement

Valentine’s Day Circle Game – Will You Be My Valentine?

February 7, 2021 By Sara Mullett 15 Comments

Valentine's Day Song with a Circle Game

With small children Valentine’s Day is all about learning to appreciate friendship. The Will You Be My Valentine? Circle Game is a lovely way to encourage small children to value their friends. Valentine’s Day Circle Game Will You By My Valentine? Will you be my Valentine? One, two, three, If you want to find a […]

Filed Under: Circle Games, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Confidence Building, Musical Movement, Valentine's day

Musical Movement And Creative Play

January 16, 2020 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

musical movement and creative play with classical music at home

Classical Music for 2-5 year olds looks at how to encourage musical movement and creative play at home. Check out 40 Best Classical Tracks For Kids for some listening inspiration. People often ask what equipment I use for playing musical excerpts in music lessons. Of course if  you have the original CDs you can play them with […]

Filed Under: 5+, Classical Music for Kids, Imaginative Play, Musical Activities For..., Musical Movement, Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Classical Music, creative play, Musical Movement

Exploring Musical Dynamics

September 18, 2019 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

Adding Colour & Contrast Exploring musical dynamics opens up a whole new world to children. They start to see how the dynamics in music can add the colour and contrast. These different effects bring a whole new dimension to how music makes us feel. Young children usually tend to prefer the loud and fast bits […]

Filed Under: Classical Music for Kids, Musical Movement Tagged With: Classical Music, Easy Music Theory, Listening, Musical Movement

Classical Toddler Tunes – Blue Danube

March 26, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Blue Danube Classical Toddler Tunes

Toddlers never seem to  tire of action songs and this one is set to the popular classic The Blue Danube by J.Srauss, so it adds a little culture to your music and movement activities. The first verse concentrates on pointing at parts of the body, with very simple actions which are easy for toddlers to […]

Filed Under: Action songs, Baby, Classical Music for Kids, Musical Activities For..., Musical Movement, Piggyback Songs, Songs, Toddlers Tagged With: Classical Music, Musical Movement, Piggyback Songs

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