Learning to listen and identify local birdlife is a wonderful activity for children of all ages. Here is a website to show you how.

What is most important about children can be learned only from children. Learn to observe and watch children, and listen, for the answers.

A rise in anxiety in society can often be linked back to how relentless our lives can be. How do we create space to rest and recover?

Today we started a six week Musical Play programme at a school in Christchurch. The children were totally engaged from the start.

Here is the outline of a Musical Play session – specifically for Junior School children who experience high anxiety.

How often do we expect children to tune in and listen quietly – but we aren’t following the same rules? Below is what we encourage teache...

We are asked about how to support a shy child in music classes really frequently. So, here are some helpful guidelines to follow...

We are often asked if we teach children using “solfeggio" or Do Re Me. The short answer is no – (sorry, Judi Dench).

This is an extremely subtle, yet incredibly damaging thing that happens to many, many children.

Here is a simple, yet effective, idea for at home learning with Musical Play. All you need is you, your wee one and a little creativity!

Why do we suggest being mindful of background music and all music choices in early childhood settings? Teachers & parents take note...

With this extraordinary year, I think we can all agree online teaching has been been a huge learning curve for everyone. But to make onli...

Through our adult lens, musical repetition can sometimes seems, well... repetitive. But trust us, repetition is a good thing for the brai...

Reflections about Musical Play with the Children from James St Pre School – by Sara Marra.

As part of the Musical Play programme at James Street Pre School, Julie Wylie gave an interactive training Professional Development eveni...

It is important to use a variety of musical genres in your Musical Play – so, here is how we incorporate the fun rhythmic sound of the blues

Children love to play their own compositions and simple songs. Here are the letter names of notes from the C major scale to help parents,...

Teddies are wonderful for children’s Musical Play – teddies can line up, sit in a circle, dance with a partner and enjoy pretend picnic f...

Did you know that singing body related pitch games can help children sing in tune? Here are a few ideas on how to incorporate body awaren...

Are you an Early Childhood educator? Julie Wylie frequently teaches Professional Development sessions for Early Childhood Centres.

Here are ten – thought provoking and grounded – reasons why the Ministry of Education should develop a curriculum underpinned by music.

Simply dancing in a circle can teach children an abundance of social and musical skills. Here is our best circle dancing tips and tricks.

Musical Play does not have to only be about music – it can involve any type of creativity, painting included! Here is how to easily inco...

There will always be new tools and ideas, and some will prove very valuable, but we should not let go of the well researched and time pro...