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Musical Show and Tell

Musical Show and Tell

‘Show and Tell’ has and will probably always be a favourite in the early years; whether it be a specific session or children are encouraged throughout the day to talk about the object/item brought in from home.

How can 'Show and Tell' be applied to music?

You could encourage the children to bring musical items: instruments; books with songs; CDs with music that they like listening to…

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The adults in the early years setting could do the same.

Instruments:

Why not encourage any of the a…

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5 Percussion Instruments Children Love

5 Percussion Instruments Children Love

One of the children's favourite parts of a music time is getting the percussion instruments out. I’m going to share with you 5 percussion instruments that I know the children love getting their hands on.  

Maracas or Shakers

These are a must for your instrument collection as they are easy for children to play.  Due to the accessibility they are great for children to play whilst singing any well-known song. 

Maraca

Frog Guiro

When played, these make a croaking sound. I use different shape guiros w…

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