Here are Three Powerful Reasons why children benefit from music at young ages. There has been loads of research recently about the benefits of music education for young children. Some of this has been undertaken by the Australian Music Association, and is being promoted through their "Play for life" campaign. Some of this research is
Here's a great way to help organize your career as a Private Music Teacher. If your career is in Private Studio Music Teaching, then I know how you feel. Somehow you need to fit in teaching the kids and then there's all this other Admin stuff like invoicing, scheduling and lesson notes which are all
Get your best party tricks underway and get ready to roll up - there's a new buzz around that circus skills can help develop not only coordination, but can increase fitness, wellbeing and keep kids 100% engaged....all while having fun! If you know of kids who need activities to do over the holiday period, why
Young children just love music and often it is through music that young children communicate for the first time, whether it be through gesture, smiling or action. But is there more to it than that?..... There is a growing amount of evidence to show that music enhances a child's ability to think, learn, reason and
Let’s face it – toddlers can be hard work! Sometimes the job of teaching two or more toddlers at the same time can be mind boggling for everyone involved and they will do things that you will least expect. Their attention span is short, they need constant surprises and teachers and parents need constant ideas.
If you were thinking of using the film "High School Musical" in your lesson plans, there is a whole teaching resource available- completely free! The resource is called " The Music In You" and is 28 pages of colour, crammed with information about the show and activities your students can do. So thankyou to the
Here are three ideas for games you can use in your next general music lesson plan to help encourage knowlege of the Instruments of the Orchestra. This game is especially designed for teachers without any musical knowledge and can be used in small groups or for a whole class activity. While I was researching this
Here are some tips for your next middle school music lesson plan which should help you to make your next music theory lesson FUN. As usual, let me know your sucess stories and feel free to provide extra materials, ideas and comments of your own using the comments section below. Tip #1 - "Musical Sums" and
Why not create your own "musical item" in your next music class? I found inspiration from this clip called "Food Court Musical" Just a bit of fun, but why not use it with your classes to get them inspired to compose their own "If Life was a Musical" sketch!
Here are 3 tips for teaching some Basic Music Symbols that you could use in an Elementary Music Lesson Plan. Feel free to use as many or as little as you like and if you would like to add some feedback or extra ideas please feel free to leave a comment. Hope you find them