“I’m new to teaching music to young kids. How do I get their attention?” So you have a new assignment – teaching music in a preschool classroom and you are quivering in your boots. You know how to handle fourteen year-olds with your quicks wits and sure-fire...
What floats a preschooler’s boat? Silliness. Here’s a silly song, One Two Three Flea that will have them roaring with laughter and wanting to learn the lyrics. Meanwhile you can give a big tick to ‘rhyming words’ in your program with their...
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...
Curriculum Documents – Following the Rules When I was training to become a teacher there was nothing I hated more than writing lesson plans. These curriculum documents had to follow all the rules (don’t ask me what they were now!) and submitted in perfect...
In our Musical Child programs we teach social conventions such as clearing away equipment after an activity finishes. To the tune and lyrics of our Pack Away Song, young children learn to sort equipment into containers by listening to the singers and watching the...
