by Carol Biddiss | Feb 17, 2016 | Research, Training for staff
Newborns have excellent listening skills- babies are musicians! It seems a wild claim but it’s true. Babies are musicians in the sense that they are highly discriminating listeners and have better music appreciation skills than many adults according to Emeritus...
by Carol Biddiss | Feb 1, 2016 | Brain Development, Preschool Music Lesson Plans
Children are social animals and love to see themselves connected. This drawing by a three year old is a fine example of how a child thinks. She has sandwiched herself cosily between the two adults. She is smaller but has a dominant place up high next to their heads. I...
by Carol Biddiss | Jan 31, 2016 | story song
Have a look at the people in the image below. These people sharing stories are all focused on the same ideas. The children and adults in this group are all thinking about the meaning of the spoken words and visual images. This particular story also evokes powerful...
by Carol Biddiss | Oct 11, 2015 | Music Curriculum, Preschool Music Lesson Plans
Early learning through music: 5 core values at the heart of the Musical Child Approach 1. All children are born musical. Early learning through music is one of their multiple intelligences. Therefore, we believe that they have a right to maximise their...
by Carol Biddiss | Jun 4, 2015 | Music for young children
Music for young children has a “look and feel” Well actually, music for young children has more of a “sound and feel”. It’s similar to literature for young children in that you can recognize that it’s written for young...
