Table 4: Opportunities for developing aspects of preschool music:
Activity Name: Activity Type:
e.g. Composing ; Notating
The beat
; Singing and Playing
instruments;
Listening to music
References: Singing and Playing
Instruments: The
Haynes, K. (2016). 12+
Way childern will
to teach using multiple create a rhythm
for the letter "B."
intelligences. Retrieved
from
Teach Hub:
http://www.teachhu Listening to Music:
b.com/12-ways- The children will
teach-using-
listen to the
multiple-
intelligences music that the
teacher makes it
then they try to
imitate the same
music.
Organisation: e.g. Whole Class / Groups / Pairs /
Dramatic Play / Circle Time Area / Hall / Outside
Key elements of Resources:
music explored:
e.g. duration; dynamics;
pitch; timbre;
structure
A range of preschool musical instruments like tambourine,
Maracas
Pitch: The children
make a different
Litter B song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?
sound from v=kzzXROKd-i0 )
tambourine, , for
Flash card.
instance: loud or
low sound
Timbre:The children
will appreciate the
sound of the
tambourine,Maracas
and a different
beat.
Duration of Activity:
Whole Class & individual players in the Approximately 10-20 minutes.
Circle Time carpet area

What the children do:

What the teacher does:

The teacher demonstrate the children The children sit down in a letter corner and listen to me, and tell me
flash card that includes letter B, what the letter on the flash card.
then she will ask them (What this
letter?). She will show them the
capital and lowercase B. In this part
of engaging the children and let them
being attention.
The teacher pass to the first child that The child will take the flash card and say the letter by whispering to
sit next to her the flash card and she other child sit next to him and pass the card.
tells them the letter by whisper in
her/his ear, then tell him to pass card
to other childe and do what I did to
other child.

The teacher bring prop box that The children will be exciting to see what inside the box. They will
includes tambourine, Maracas , and I take the tambourine, Maracas and trying to beating on it.
will tell them the name of the
instrument, then I pass tambourine,
Maracas for each one and tell them to
try beat on it by playing the litter B
song.

Extension Ideas:
The teacher could increase the range of instruments used in this activity. She could also get the hidden
child to play two items at once and see if the others could still identify them.