Ideas to give adults more confidence in music activities
Build an ideas bank that is more than just singing, listening and playing instruments.
Leading to a music time adults look forward to!
Which then enables children to
…express themselves in more ways.
…explore their interests with a musical twist.
…experience an area of learning in more ways.
An online ideas bank for those who work with children from ~2 to 5 Years
Suitable for
♪ childminders
♪ early years practitioners
♪ nursery/reception teachers
♪ day nursery owners/managers
♪ leaders of toddler groups or under 5s music classes
♪ Gain access to new songs and rhymes plus new ways to approach traditional nursery rhymes and songs
♪ Do more with the musical instruments in your cupboard
♪ Ideas for different genres of music
♪ Plus some simple Music Time Plans!
From midnight on the 30th June the price will be going up from £70 to £80
With the NEW resource you can....
Songs and Rhymes
Nursery rhymes; Traditional Songs/Rhymes; Original Songs
Body Percussion
Clapping, Tapping, Marching...
Instrument
Using tuned and untuned percussion instrument, and homemade instruments
Listening to Music
Different genres of music
Each plan will include:
Activities you could do
PLUS opportunities for learning including: Areas of Learning and Characteristics of Effective Learning
Here is what may be included in each type of activity:
Song and Rhyme Plans
Activities you could do:
Just singing song or saying rhyme.
The plan may also include some of the following ideas:
♪ Playing Instrument to accompany song
♪ An Action, Body Percussion or Movement to go with song or rhyme
♪ The use of a Prop/s: puppets, parachute...
For the other types of activities:

Body Percussion Plans
Activities you could do:
Exploring body percussion
The plan may also include:
Creating patterns

Instrument Plans
The plan may include some of the following activities ideas you could do:
- Exploring instrument
- Sound for story/poem;
- Instrument to accompanying movement
- Playing instrument along with music
- Creating patterns on instrument

Listening to Music Plans
The plan may include some of the following activities ideas you could do:
- Just listening
- Movement as an individual with/without a prop, or mark making whilst listening
- Movement as a group with or without a prop whilst listening
- Creating whilst listening

Accessible to view on the website
To help you learn and deliver the new activities the website has:
- Plans and visual printouts to view
- Links to Amazon to listen/purchase recorded music
- Links to YouTube for some pieces of music

To Download
On the website you can download:
- An activity plan for every activity with links to the early years opportunities for learning: Areas of Learning and Characteristics of Effective Learning
- Visual printouts (available for some activities)
- MP3 recordings of me, Anne, singing/saying the songs and rhymes to help you learn the words.
How does Early Years Music Ideas 2 to 5 Years work?
The resource is available online via a website.
Join now and you will get 12 months' access for £70. After 12 months, the subscription will be just £5 a month and your price will stay at £5 throughout the lifetime of your subscription. You are free to leave the Music Activity Ideas for ~2 to 5 yrs on Early Years Music Ideas at any time and there is no contract in place (although if you do leave and come back you will re-join at the rate at that time).
On signing up you will be given your own login details so that you can access the resource whenever and wherever you want, 24 hours a day and 365 days a year.
Early Years Music Ideas 2 to 5 Years
(If you are a resident of the UK then no VAT will be added on. If you reside within the EU the applicable VAT will be added on.)
Membership is:
£70 for the first 12 months and then £5 per month thereafter
Here’s a little about me and how I can help you
I’m Anne, a musician, composer, teacher, trainer and mum!
I started teaching music to the under 5s in 1998 as a qualified primary teacher and was also the school Music Co-ordinator. After a break from teaching, to look after my own little people, I setup Musical abc in 2008 to teach music to the under 5s: classes for babies, toddlers and preschools.
I have worked with many children and have gained and developed fun ways to help children explore music. I will be sharing my ideas through this resource. I love helping others and I’m excited to be able to help more Early Years Practitioners.
I look forward to helping you bring more music to the children in your setting.