by Carol Biddiss | Jun 12, 2012 | 3-5 year-old, body percussion, drama and movement, finger play, games and dances, melody and harmony instruments, memory song, music activity, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, rhythm instrument, story song, theme lesson plan
Body Awareness – Ways to incorporate music when preparing the topic “My Body”. Preschoolers aged 3-5 are very interested in the workings of the human body. There are plenty of great songs to help you plan rich learning experiences around...
by Carol Biddiss | Jan 7, 2012 | 3-5 year-old, finger play, music activity, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, speech and language development
Finger puppets are little puppets that slip onto a single finger. I think they are great educational toys for children of three to five years. I often use them in the finger play activities that form part of my balanced preschool music lesson plans. Finger plays...
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 12, 2012 | 3-5 year-old, circle dances, drama and movement, games and dances, music activity, Music Curriculum, Preschool Music Lesson Plans
Do you remember Dr Knickerbocker from your childhood? Dr Knickerbocker is a fun counting-game that’s easy to do with preschool kids. Follow my simplified actions. Here are the lyrics to the first verse so you can revise how to sing and play Dr. Kinckerbocker —...
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 starting 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 plan that...
