Musical Play ideas for a cold and rainy day, at home and in early childhood centres

One of the hardest things to do in any educational setting, but particularly in more intimate music group settings, is to allow enough...

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.

These 8 incredibly simple Musical Play activities are some of the most important foundational musical experiences for children under 5.

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 have put together a list of the most effective components for preschool music sessions, to help ease the transition of moving back int...

How synchronised Musical Play can help your child to play in a band, orchestra, sing in a choir and be a performer.

Here are some great ideas for Musical Play at home with your young ones – all you need is a sheet and a teddy!

When a parent is feeling upset or overwhelmed – what do we do?

Here are 5 fun and hassle-free Musical Play ideas to entertain your kids on the weekend.

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

Autumn is upon us and our music classes are so excited by the sounds, textures and new instrumentation that can be found around their gar...

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

How you use instruments is so important. So, we have outlined how to effectively use different baby-friendly instruments at varying ages...

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

Anyone can follow this easy springtime rhyme: Daf, Daf, Daf-o-dill!

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...

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

Did you know that tummy lying can be a highly regulating way to conduct music sessions?

There’s a very good reason this wee rhyme has been popular for over 300 years. In fact, it is one of the oldest nursery rhymes on record...