Tag: music and movement
Looby Loo
Looby Loo is an excellent invitation to dance, sing and learn. Traditionally, the song explores left and right body parts. To make it more achievable in the early years setting, I have included just the body part. Additionally, we move on to expand our creativity by exploring made up verses with scarves. Featured Products
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Rhymes are a lovely way for children to explore and master language. Here E and I demonstrate two ways to play with the rhyme Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear. We have a full-body movement play where we provide each word with a more profound meaning through accompanying actions. Then we have a focused instrument play with…
Sally go Round the Sun
Sally go Round the Sun is a simple song that offers many engaging ways to play and learn with various materials. Our musical focus in this play is the accent on the lyric “boom” and an understanding of form in music. One example of exploring form is demonstrated when Andrew and E change the direction…
Monster in the Garden
This powerful song offers more than just the opportunity to vocalise and team movement with beat and rhythm. It is one of my favourite songs in my “tool kit” for redirecting undesirable behaviour. Whether you have a group of children or just one, approaching behaviour with the songs playful “Stop, wait, no” phrase is an…
The Ants Go Marching
This repetitive numeracy song draws upon the Orff approach to music education, fostering movement, singing and instrument playing. The invitation to march helps children internalise the beat while the drumming encourages active listening and an understanding of musical form.
Up in the Air, I Fly
What to bring: Ready to take flight? We have many ways to play with this one. Let your child’s imagination take over with this souring melody and movement play. With our claves, we turn the song into a rhythm study, and young children will adore the interactive tummy time on an exercise ball.
