by Carol Biddiss | Sep 26, 2011 | 1-3 year-old, child song, music activity, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, rhythm instrument, speech and language development
It’s pretty easy to find songs for 1-3 year olds when your rich driving concept or theme is farming practices but what are the best songs and the best music activities to go with those songs? In our preschool music lesson ‘Baa! Moo! Oink! there is no...
by Carol Biddiss | Oct 11, 2011 | 1-3 year-old, circle dances, music activity
Ever been in the vice-like grip of a two year-old? When they want to hold hands with you they don’t let go easily. I was running a class using our farm music lesson plan, ‘Baa! Moo! Oink!’ when the time came to do our circle dance ‘Chicken...
by Carol Biddiss | Jan 31, 2012 | 1-3 year-old, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, rhythm instrument
Do you want to find out the best way to play musical instrument with toddlers? It seems easy enough. Anyone can play musical instruments with toddlers, but doing it successfully is one of the hardest things. Maybe you’re a room leader in a childcare centre, or...
by Carol Biddiss | Jun 25, 2012 | 1-3 year-old, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, teacher confidence
Are you faced with the daunting task of running your very first toddler music lesson? Never fear, this music lesson plan works. It’s called We Play Music and you can find all the music tracks and activity suggestions on the We Play Music lesson plan page. Let...
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 6, 2012 | 1-3 year-old, 3-5 year-old, music activity, Preschool Music Activities, Preschool Music Lesson Plans
It’s time for a rant. This is aimed at parents but teachers may like it too. I just read an article about musical prodigies in which the author of the study claims that musical talent is nearly 50 per cent hereditary. Well so what? What is 50 per cent telling...