by Carol Biddiss | Jun 29, 2013 | 3-5 year-old, body percussion, drama and movement, finger play, games and dances, melody and harmony instruments, memory song, Music Curriculum, Music program, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, rhythm instrument, story song, teacher confidence, theme lesson plan
Short on time? Here are 20 proven kindergarten music lesson plans ready to go . . . Your children will love these engaging kindergarten music lessons. In every lesson they are active as they play instruments, move, dance, dramatise and learn to sing new songs. Each...
by Carol Biddiss | Dec 29, 2011 | Nursery rhymes
Why is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star so important to young children? You can see them go all mushy when they hear it beginning. They are tuning in to several different parts of the brain all at once, including the sites for auditory processing, memory, language and...
by Carol Biddiss | Nov 13, 2012 | Nursery rhymes
Why teach nursery rhymes at home? Do you need to convince yourself or someone else of the importance of the nursery rhyme tradition? Here are just three of the many reasons that make them crucial to early childhood learning. I hope after reading this you’ll be...
by Carol Biddiss | Apr 12, 2012 | Nursery rhymes
How do children gain a sense of belonging and become socially bonded by knowing nursery rhymes? I’ve written before about the benefits of singing nursery rhymes with young children. In this post we explore ideas about social bonding and the pleasurable aspects...
by Carol Biddiss | May 8, 2012 | Nursery rhymes
We now know that every child is born musical. What do children learn musically from nursery rhymes? Because young children love repetition, it is easy to teach a specific melody and indeed a wide range of melodies through this shared resource. An often repeated melody...
