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Rain, rain go away!
Rain, rain go away!
Do you have a collection of weather themed musical activities up your sleeve?
I always think it is worth having a collection of song or rhyme activities that you can call on. In this blog, I’m thinking about the weather, well rain!
There have been many times when I’ve been out on the playground at playtime and it has started raining. I always tried to stay out as long as possible by gathering the children under a shelter, in the hope that the rain would stop, and then we…
My 5 Favourite Early Years Themes.
Is your favourite theme in my top 5?
I link my music activities each half term to popular topic/themes; it works really well for my music times. Many early years settings link their daily activities to themes, topics and events. If you do this do you also link your music time activities to this too? Whether you do or not at the moment it is really worth considering. I have around 12 topics that I use but I’m going to share with you my 5 favourites.
Animals
I think the animal theme is the m…
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