Here are five teaching music resources in the field of early childhood music: Prepared curriculum resources; Written resources, books, academic papers, scores; Recordings songs and instrumental music; Collections: local, national and state Libraries; your personal;...
On a quest for preschool music qualifications? Searching for preschool music qualifications can be confusing, especially with the wide range of providers offering different levels. From professors in formal institutions to respected elders who teach through oral...
Newborns have excellent listening skills- babies are musicians! It seems a wild claim but it’s true. Babies are musicians in the sense that they are highly discriminating listeners and have better music appreciation skills than many adults according to Emeritus...
Whether you are running a short session for 15 minutes or a full-blown music lesson for 45 minutes you need to consider these crucial guidelines for a good music lesson: Planning before you can have a good music lesson you need a good plan – written lesson plans...
Curriculum Documents – Following the Rules When I was training to become a teacher there was nothing I hated more than writing lesson plans. These curriculum documents had to follow all the rules (don’t ask me what they were now!) and submitted in perfect...
In my emails this week I have a request for help in planning a staff workshop in music as part of a training day for a series of nursery schools. It is from a woman who has qualified and taught as a high school music teacher but who is faced with a new...
