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 | Apr 24, 2012 | 3-5 year-old
This farm lesson plan suits children aged about three to five and even older. We start and finish the lesson with everyone seated on the floor, but in the middle it gets pretty active as we gallop around and start the shearing! We generally start the year with this...
by Carol Biddiss | Jun 12, 2012 | 3-5 year-old, body percussion, drama and movement, finger play, games and dances, melody and harmony instruments, memory song, music activity, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, rhythm instrument, story song, theme lesson plan
Body Awareness – Ways to incorporate music when preparing the topic “My Body”. Preschoolers aged 3-5 are very interested in the workings of the human body. There are plenty of great songs to help you plan rich learning experiences around...