by Carol Biddiss | Feb 28, 2012 | 3-5 year-old, body percussion, child song, circle dances, drama and movement, finger play, games and dances, music activity, Music Curriculum, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, rhythm instrument, story song, teacher confidence
Are you nervous about how to get started teaching music in preschool? Why is it that you lack confidence? My guess is that you think you are not musical yourself. You don’t like singing in front of people. If that’s you then let me suggest a short lesson...
by Carol Biddiss | Jun 4, 2013 | 3-5 year-old, body percussion, child song, Preschool Music Lesson Plans
Want to liven up your preschool music lesson? Try a hip hop activity. Here’s a loop-based track and “homie” activity we do to keep our hip hop preschool kids on their toes. (Bonus points – it’s also great for rhyming and remembering...
by Carol Biddiss | Aug 23, 2011 | child song, Preschool Music Lesson Plans
Are you always asking “how does that song go?” You know what it’s like when you’ve got a bit of a song in your head but you don’t how it goes. It’s most frustrating. You know it’s about a donkey with a funny name and...
by Carol Biddiss | Sep 14, 2011 | child song
Most people learn to sing a song by hearing it sung. When we were invited to run training sessions for educators in our preschool music methods, we were constantly being asked for vocals on the music tracks. People just wanted to know how that song went-with a...
by Carol Biddiss | Sep 21, 2011 | 3-5 year-old, child song, drama and movement, melody and harmony instruments, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, story song
I’m still reflecting on that lesson plan ‘Be Kind to Animals’ with children 3-5 years-old. Our melody and harmony instrument song, ‘Little Girl Little Girl’, was about an adult asking a child if they had fed the animals their correct...
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...
