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World Book Day and Music
You can take most stories and include musical concepts: dynamics (loud and quiet), tempo (speed), rhythm (long and short sounds), pulse (reading to a steady beat)… You are probably doing these things without even realising; these are what I believe brings story reading to life!
Here is a break down of how I approach the story Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. This was one of my children’s favourite books when they were young!
What musical elements can we focus on that will…
7 Ways You Can Use Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
I would speculate that almost everyone in the UK knows the nursery rhyme Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
When my two children were young my husband and I sang to our children after their story every night. We would always end with Twinkle Twinkle Little Star; it was probably one of the first nursery rhymes they sang. My experience when attending nurseries is most two year old children know the tune and most of the words! Although the tune is actually quite difficult for a young child to sing…
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