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Music Note Whispers Rhythm Game

February 24, 2016 By Sara Mullett 3 Comments

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Music Note Whispers is an excellent rhythm game for practicing note recognition and reading rhythms. It can be easily adapted to be as simple or challenging to suit the required level of the children in the group. How To Play the Music Note Whispers Rhythm Game Materials needed: Note Flashcards Page 1 Note flashcards Page 2 […]

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Lesson Plan: Soldiers

October 25, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Let's Play Music Lesson Plan: Soldiers

Kids love marching to music, and this Soldiers lesson plan gives them plenty of opportunity for some lively movement with lots of learning too. It’s a great lesson to practice contrasting pitches and tempos tapping rhythms and banging drums. This lesson plan is suitable for children from 2 – 6  years and is 11 pages […]

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Lesson Plan: Buses and Trains

October 11, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Let's Play Music Lesson Plans: Buses & Trains

A transport theme always go down well as a preschool lesson plan with plenty of movement and all the different sound effects, so this week we are singing about Buses and Trains. It’s a good lesson to practice contrasting tempos and is an absolute hit with all the little train enthusiasts out there! This lesson […]

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Autumn Lesson Plan

September 27, 2015 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

Let's Play Music Lesson Plan: Autumn

Autumn is such a wonderful time of year. There are so many great ways to explore the changing season and this Autumn lesson plan invites children to examine and explore the treasures that they can find on their travels. They all have different names, sounds and rhythms from fluttering leaves to falling conkers. This theme […]

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Lesson Plan: Spiders

August 30, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Let's Play Music Lesson Plan - Spiders

This week’s lesson plan is all about spiders and I always find it’s very popular even with little babies of 9 months right through to five year olds. There is lots of rhythm work and imaginative movement for the older children, and the younger ones enjoy the visual storytelling with lots of tickling and giggles. […]

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Lesson Plan: Clocks and Mice

August 24, 2015 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

Let's Play Music Lesson Plan: Clocks & Mice

Exciting News!! Our new music lesson plans are starting from today onwards. I will be publishing one a week for the following few terms. The first lesson theme is Clocks and Mice, a 30 minute music lesson plan for children from 2 1/2 to 5 years old. This music lesson focuses on: Singing Recognising the steady […]

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The Clock Song: An Easy Way to Learn Musical Note Values

July 20, 2015 By Sara Mullett 10 Comments

Let's Play Music : The Clock Song - An Easy (and fun!) Way to Learn Musical Note Values

The Clock Song is a fun and easy way to learn musical note values. It helps kids to understand and recognise the difference between Minims (or 1/2 notes), Crotchets (1/4 notes) and Quavers (1/8 notes) by making it into a fun game. In essence, this simple activity makes the musical concept clear, and the note […]

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Classical Music For Toddlers : Percussion Instruments

May 12, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Classical music for toddlers at home with percussion instruments

Music has the most amazing ability to lift the mood or calm things down. So playing Classical Music For Toddlers at home can come in very handy! Using our suggested listening, you can play classical music for toddlers at home. Providing a calm, relaxing background to play activities while inspiring a creative atmosphere. Using Percussion Instruments Try […]

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What’s The Note Mr Wolf? Note Value Guessing Game

March 9, 2015 By Sara Mullett 4 Comments

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Kids just love playing What’s The Note Mr Wolf? Note Value Guessing Game – And it’s such a good lesson too! Combines note recognition and time values with role play and a game of chase at the end! What’s the no-te Mr Wolf?  Mr Wolf? Mr Wolf? What’s the no-te Mr Wolf?  Tell us, tell […]

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5 Best Classical Tracks for Marching

November 23, 2014 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

Free Classical Tracks for Marching - great for encouraging lots of movement!

These classical tracks for marching are perfect for including as part of any soldier themed lesson or even just playing on a rainy afternoon, banging some biscuit tins and blowing of some steam! Marching is a fantastic musical activity for kids. It combines music, movement, listening and imagination and so provides a wealth of educational […]

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