by Carol Biddiss | Jan 25, 2013 | 3-5 year-old, body percussion, circle dances, drama and movement, finger play, games and dances, melody and harmony instruments, memory song, music activity, Preschool Music Activities, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, rhythm instrument, story song
pre-primary, junior primary, pre-k or kindy kids What do you do when you’ve been given the job of planning the music lessons for the pre-primary, junior primary, pre-k or kindy kids in your workplace? Head for the aspirin! After you calm down, you ask your...
by Carol Biddiss | Oct 24, 2012 | 3-5 year-old, body percussion, drama and movement, finger play, games and dances, melody and harmony instruments, memory song, Nursery rhymes, Preschool Music Activities, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, rhythm instrument, story song, theme lesson plan
Making Christmas memories with songs, rhymes and activities Do you remember the songs you sang or heard as a young child? Give the children in your care something special by making Christmas memories through musical activities this year. This post tells you what...
by Carol Biddiss | Oct 7, 2012 | 3-5 year-old, body percussion, circle dances, drama and movement, finger play, memory song, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, rhythm instrument, story song, theme lesson plan
Here’s a lesson plan called “Over the Sea” for you to try. It’s all about watery places lagoons, salty seas and stormy oceans. It’s inhabited by sailors, fish, sharks, dolphins and ocean-travellers pining for their loved ones. The people travel in dinghies,...
by Carol Biddiss | Jan 14, 2013 | 1-3 year-old, music activity, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, rhythm instrument
Today I’m going to focus on bells. Instrument playing works best when you limit the instrument type to one. Then the auditory nerves are not over-stimulated. There’s absolutely no need to give anyone a headache when playing instruments. It should be an...
by Carol Biddiss | Jan 16, 2013 | 1-3 year-old, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, rhythm instrument
Here’s an easy activity for a daycare music lesson Yesterday I wrote about what bells to buy and suggested some activities. I also indicated just some of the important things children can learn from playing instruments. You’ll find that post here. Today...
by Carol Biddiss | Jul 19, 2012 | 3-5 year-old, child's play, music activity, rhythm instrument
I just love it when children take my ideas and extend them into realms I wouldn’t have imagined. I was teaching my preschool group of all boys a rhythm instrument song called Sends a Rainbow and I merely mentioned the idea of choosing some scarves to make a...
