by Carol Biddiss | Feb 22, 2012 | 3-5 year-old, body percussion, child song, Music Curriculum, Preschool Music Lesson Plans
This is what fun music is really like in preschool. Yesterday I had the pleasure of finding out how much children love singing really silly songs and having fun. I was in a local preschool with about thirty children, late morning just before the younger ones went...
by Carol Biddiss | Jul 12, 2012 | 3-5 year-old, Music Curriculum
Are you quaking in your boots about to face your first music lesson with preschoolers? Never fear, they’ll like you and it’ll be fun! It goes without saying that the lesson should be activity-based so I’m going to run you through a lesson with eight...
by Carol Biddiss | Sep 11, 2012 | 1-3 year-old, music activity, Music Curriculum, Preschool Music Activities, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, teacher confidence
What do you do when you’ve been given the job of planning the music sessions for the babies and toddlers in your daycare centre? Panic, right! Next step is to ask people around you for advice and they’ll say search online, so you do that and find...
by Carol Biddiss | Nov 21, 2012 | 1-3 year-old, 3-5 year-old, Preschool Music Activities, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, teacher confidence, Training for staff
In my emails this week I have a request for help in planning a staff workshop in music as part of a training day for a series of nursery schools. It is from a woman who has qualified and taught as a high school music teacher but who is faced with a new...
by Carol Biddiss | May 27, 2013 | 1-3 year-old, 3-5 year-old, Music Curriculum, Preschool Music Activities, Preschool Music Lesson Plans
Welcome to all of you who love teaching music to young children in Africa. I have been surprised and delighted by the growing number of educators in Namibia and South Africa who have discovered and embraced the Musical Child curriculum in recent months. I must thank...
