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By Anne Hole

Under Mathematics: Shape, Space and Measure & Mathematics

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Up, Down, In and Out!

Are you looking for new ways for children to explore positional language? There are lots of different activities that you can do to help them develop this understanding, but have you thought about using music activities? You could emphasise the positional language during songs, instrument time and listening to music activities. Here are a few ideas:

Songs

Movement songs

Encourage the children to move their arms into the different positions as you say the positional language. E.g.:‘Grand O…

My 5 favourite songs to sing during a Music Time

Do you have songs that you love to sing with the children? I’m going to share with you my five favourites although it was hard to whittle it down to five:

1.Twinkle, Twinkle

I love that most children know Twinkle twinkle. The song has a tricky tune but I hear so many under 5s trying to sing it; it's wonderful to hear.

Although I think the main reason I love this song is it brings back memories of when my two children were little. My husband and I used it as the closing song before they wen…