by Carol Biddiss | Dec 9, 2023 | Preschool Music Lesson Plans
What are the best preschool instruments? When developing our preschool music curriculum, we decided on the following criteria for choosing the best preschool instruments to buy for the children ease of playing – ‘child friendly’ clear fine sound safe...
by Carol Biddiss | Jan 9, 2025 | blog, Preschool Music Lesson Plans
Are you worried about losing control when working with musical instruments for kids? It’s actually much easier than you might think. I hope these 6 tips will help answer the question, “What are some of the best ways to introduce different instruments to...
by Carol Biddiss | Jun 6, 2016 | Preschool Music Lesson Plans, Research
What do you talk about when you meet a music education expert? Well a lot actually! Last week on a sunny winter’s morning, I enjoyed a great conversation by the seashore at Brighton about singing to babies and the singing Neanderthals. As I anticipated, it was...
by Carol Biddiss | Oct 11, 2015 | Music Curriculum, Preschool Music Lesson Plans
Early learning through music: 5 core values at the heart of the Musical Child Approach 1. All children are born musical. Early learning through music is one of their multiple intelligences. Therefore, we believe that they have a right to maximise their...
by Carol Biddiss | Jan 18, 2013 | 3-5 year-old, body percussion, drama and movement, finger play, games and dances, melody and harmony instruments, memory song, Preschool Music Activities, Preschool Music Lesson Plans, rhythm instrument, story song, theme lesson plan
Music Activities for 3-5 Year Olds Here’s an outline for an intriguing music lesson for your older children in child care. It contains 8 music activities for 3-5 year olds and it’s called Uh-oh! Uh-oh! is full of humorous songs and activities designed to...
by Carol Biddiss | Dec 7, 2014 | Preschool Music Lesson Plans
Pentatonic Chime bars Using pentatonic chime bars in your preschool music lesson can be quite tricky – especially with three year old children. Here are some hints and tips for running a melody and harmony activity. I supply the chime bar sets in the picture....
