Making Meaningful Music with Branch Into Music

In this series of Musical Moments, Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share songs and musical activities that support young children’s numeracy development.

This is a great song to use with your pre-schoolers. You can talk about geometric shapes, especially the triangle, with its three sides and three corners....

In this series of Musical Moments, "Musical Maths",  Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share songs and musical activities that support young children's numeracy development.

In this episode, we count backwards from three. We also work on positional concepts and pitch - low, middle and high. Watch out for anoth...

In this series of Musical Moments, "Musical Maths",  Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share songs and musical activities that support young children's numeracy development.

This week, we have another classic counting rhyme. It works on counting to ten and even finishes with a hilarious joke, that the children...

In this series of Musical Moments, "Musical Maths",  Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share songs and musical activities that support young children's numeracy development.

This chant works on counting backwards, by twos, from whatever number you choose to start. I like to use my musical sticks (made from dow...

In this series of Musical Moments, "Musical Maths",  Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share songs and musical activities that support young children's numeracy development.

This old classic has been brought back to life by the Wiggles in recent years. It works on counting to five and is heaps of fun! 😃

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In this series of Musical Moments, "Musical Maths",  Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share songs and musical activities that support young children's numeracy development.

This song uses a tune some grown-ups will be familiar with. We’ll count our fingers and toes, up to ten! 🖐🖐

In our new series of Musical Moments, "Musical Maths",  Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share songs and musical activities that support young children's numeracy development.

In this week's episode, we sing one of our all-time favourites - "Five Little Ducks". 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆

This song is wonderful for helping childr...

In our final "Sing Me a Story"  Musical Moment, Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share another one of our favourites - "Walking Through The Jungle" by Julie Lacome.

We like to use this storybook when the children show an interest in jungle animals or when we're discussing different ways we can get around, lik...

In this week's Musical Moment, Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share another old favourite - "Ten Little Fingers & Ten Little Toes" - written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. 

This is a fabulous storybook to use when your children are showing an interest in different people, places and cultures ...

This week, Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share a terrific storybook that showcases lots of different musical instruments - "Animal Music" - written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Nick Sharrat. 

This is a great book to use when your children are showing an interest in instruments, bands, orchestras o...

In this week's Musical Moment, Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share another old favourite - "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" written by Bill Martin Jr. and illustrated by the magnificent Eric Carle. 

This is a fabulous storybook to use when your children are showing an interest in colours or anima...

In this week's Musical Moment, Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I sing yet another one of our favourite storybooks - "Row Row Row Your Boat" by Iza Trapani. 

This is a great book to share with your children when they show an interest in the ocean or transport. 🚢

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