Would you like to set up your music program for toddlers and preschoolers? This is a short article on how we developed the curriculum materials for Musical Child by running weekly classes for parents and children. We worked out which were the very best songs,...
Here’s a lesson plan called “Over the Sea” for you to try. It’s all about watery places lagoons, salty seas and stormy oceans. It’s inhabited by sailors, fish, sharks, dolphins and ocean-travellers pining for their loved ones. The people travel in dinghies,...
“I’m new to teaching music to young kids. How do I get their attention?” So you have a new assignment – teaching music in a preschool classroom and you are quivering in your boots. You know how to handle fourteen year-olds with your quicks wits and sure-fire...
What floats a preschooler’s boat? Silliness. Here’s a silly song, One Two Three Flea that will have them roaring with laughter and wanting to learn the lyrics. Meanwhile you can give a big tick to ‘rhyming words’ in your program with their...
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...