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 | Sep 21, 2012 | 3-5 year-old, child's play, drama and movement, music activity, Preschool Music Activities, speech and language development, story song, theme lesson plan
Grey, green, greasy – that’s the look of the water in the Port River near my home. It’s a working river so there’s always a hint of oil slick. It’s also home to a large number of dolphins strangely enough. Occasionally I can hear a long and exceptionally...
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 | Sep 7, 2012 | 3-5 year-old, Music Curriculum, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, teacher confidence
“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...
by Carol Biddiss | Aug 7, 2012 | 3-5 year-old, child's play, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, rhythm instrument
Here’s a musical instruments lesson that involves all the senses while teaching the kids to manipulate sound. What kid doesn’t like spaghetti – long strings of food fun? Lesson: how to play musical instruments with the song ‘On Top of...
