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Even great activities can go wrong!
Even great activities can go wrong!
The topic that I’m following this term is food. On Monday I did an activity with the children that I have done many times: bouncing cotton wool balls on Lycra as if popcorn is popping in a pan. The children were having a wail of a time. The problem was the new cotton wool I bought left a little behind each time it fell on the carpet. A fluffy mess! So at the end of the session I was left struggling to vacuum it off the carpet.
Why am I telling you this?
3 ways to easily include music throughout your early years setting
Does the thought of including music stress you out?
Music doesn't need to be stressful in the early years; there are many ways that you can include it throughout the day. Here are 3 ways to easily include music throughout your early years setting:
Routines
Think about all those routines that are done throughout the day in the early years: instructions, transitions, tidy up time, arriving and going home, and maybe a register... How could you include music within these? It could be using pieces…
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