Music activities for preschoolers boost development through singing, instruments, dance, and more. Discover the top 8 activities and benefits for young children.

If you love boomwhackers, then you need to see these videos! Plastik Music is a musical group that takes famous songs and arranges them for boomwhackers and a variety of other found/converted/created instruments. Here’s a quick blurb from their website: “From Mozart to Motown, Plastic Musik puts a RADICAL twist […]

MSNBC is reporting that Australian band Men at Work copied a well-known children’s campfire song for the flute melody in its 1980s hit “Down Under” and owes the owner years of royalties. “Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree” was written more than 70 years ago by Australian teacher Marion Sinclair for a Girl Guides competition. Federal Court Justice Peter Jacobson said, “I have come to the view that the flute riff in “Down Under” ... infringes on the copyright of Kookaburra because it replicates in material form a substantial part of Ms. Sinclair’s 1935 work,”He ordered the parties back in court Feb. 25 to discuss the compensation Larrikin should receive from songwriters Colin Hay and Ron Strykert and Men at Work’s record companies Sony/BMG Entertainment and EMI. Justiced served! In other news, I do still think "Down Under" is a worthy jam.

A simple car themed music activity for kids! Learning about the grand staff with this car themed music theory game for kids.

Here are five more easy to play songs in adapted notation for playing instruments by color. Good for piano, keyboard, xylophones, boomwhackers, desk bells, tone bells and more. See below for how to set up your keyboard. Wheels on the Bus 6 Little Ducks I'm a little Teapot He's got the Whole World in His Hands Do you know the Muffin Man? The title picture will to show you how to set up your keyboard, piano, or other instruments. Here are the basics: Middle C on the piano is located usually under the product name which is positioned right over the center keys. Personally, if you pick another C note besides middle C..... everything will be fine. No need for worries! Send me any questions. :) As the picture shows, the C note is to the left of the group of 2 black keys and NOT to the left of a group of 3 black keys. The red notes are to be played by Middle/center C note. The orange note happens to be right next door to the right. Then yellow, green, light blue etc all the way up to the other red higher C. (In the music, the higher C note has an arrow.) It can also be used to play COOPERATIVE songs in pitched instrument that can be separated (think tone bells etc) by giving each child their own bell and having them play their color bell at the correct time. Encourage children to make their OWN songs or to play each other's compositions! Can you add words?? This system is meant to simply elicit an interest in making music. I may come up with a system that helps kids develop more appropriate hand position and finger dexterity later on. OTs, parents, teachers, music substitute teachers, music therapists, and other people who work with kids will hopefully find this activity fun and successful. 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Regelmatig zet ik bewegingsliedjes op om de kinderen even te laten ontspannen. Ze zijn daarna beter geconcentreerd en gaan gemotiveerder aan het werk.

Five easy games you can play in your violin lessons without having to buy or print anything, just use household materials you probably already own.