Category: Music Education
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Sound Stories
Sound stories are fascinating for any and all ages. An easy way to make them more advanced is to reform the language or use a theme that is more appealing to your students. You don’t have to sing for these stories and you can also play a recording of them if talking is considered a…
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Apples and Oranges
All children are different; so will your lesson plans. In our Music-in-Nursery-schools terms we will exclude the important and vital basic needs such as food and sleep, and look into developmental needs.
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What can babies do
A rough guide for first-time music practitioners / entertainers on what babies (18 months and under) can do physically and some tips and suggestions to making your session plans.
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Finding my voice as an Early Years Music Practitioner
Tips for introverts on managing communication and identifying intent. Personal experience on finding how to be an Early Years Music Practitioner
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Music Practitioner or Entertainer
Being an Early Years Music practitioner or Early Years music Entertainer are two different styles of music enlightening, music delivery.
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Music For the Early Years
All the way back in the 2010s I worked in a nursery school. At first as a nursery practitioner in the baby room and a few months later I was promoted and my title became something like:
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Teach Composition in the Classroom – the right way
Part 3 Composition tasks could be focused around the Elements of Music, especially if you have already discussed about it while working on a song. For example, if the children are learning Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, you can talk about the form of the piece that is in ABA form. Or if you are teaching…
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Teaching Composition in the Classroom
Part 2 If you’re still asking why invest time and effort in musical creativity, the short answer may be, and I’ll elaborate in another article more on the subject: It brings forward needs for learning, like how to read and write notes, how do we indicate loudness and so on… Because now the student has…
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Teach Composition the Right Way
Part 1 Okay, now let’s not think in absolute terms. There are many right ways to approach composition in the classroom of a primary school. As long as you are following the needs of your classroom and your musical beliefs then you are probably doing a good job. My music teaching style follows loosely the…
Rania Chrysostomou 