The concert

There is nothing more exciting than coming across a concert in progress. These children had organised the music and themselves to give this concert. they were so engrossed that they hardly noticed my arrival and filming. Thanks for the entertainment.

Making music

Cadbury chocolate is a favourite with everyone!

We have introduced the 'Unleash the Goo' Cadbury creme egg competition to our morning children and it has already had a flow on effect into our afternoon. A number of PM children had asked about the creme egg display on the kindergarten wall, so I shared a couple of videos off 'You Tube' to give them a sense of what the morning children have been working on. While we were looking at the web sites we discovered the 'Cadbury Gorilla Add' where he is playing the drums to a Phil Collins song. A group of children decided that it looked like he was having so much fun that they would copy him. Out came the drums from the music shelf and the music created in time to the video was just magical. Check it out!!

Raelene

Making music

Today I had noticed that you, Nathan and Olivia were playing in the puppet area pretending that the puppets were dancing, so I thought it would be a great idea to ask you if you wanted some music and see where from there. You both selected the music that you wanted and the materials you needed for your dancing and from there you were both able to make your own dance moves and music together. I can see that your relationship is strong with a passion for life.

Shirley (Student Teacher BDK)  

New friendships

It has been such a delight to watch the friendship between Milan and Liam develop! Liam you have come such a long way and are now very confident and settled in our kindergarten environment. I was especially surprised to see a whole new side of you today when you choose to bust out with the drums. You obviously really enjoy music and were having a great time with Milan exploring our various instruments. It seems that the High School Musical music you were playing to is familiar to both of you as Milan asked which High School Musical CD it was and you shared that you had watched the movie Liam. Now that I have discovered the shared interest you boys have, I wonder if you would enjoy trying out a programme called garage band that we have on our apple computers, it's lots of fun and all about creating your own music. Perhaps we'll have ago with this in the next few days.

Caelan, the drummer

Caelan, for ages, I have been trying to load this awesome video of you drumming onto the blog.  Very early on in your time with us we noticed that you liked to drum ... on anything.  We searched our storeroom and were able to put together this stunning drum kit.  What a competent drummer you are.

Experimentation with sound

Emily, today I recorded this short video of you exploring sound through the use of daily house hold items. I spotted you tapping away on some plates and a metal fruit bowl and was very impressed with the musical arrangement you had created. We have discussed the possibility of setting up a group of house hold items on a string and may have a go at this tomorrow. Well done Emily fantastic creativity!

Stretchy Lycra

One of our most favourite big group activities is Stretchy Lycra. Thanks to a very catchy song from ʻKids Music Companyʻ the children have the opportunity to practice their gross motor skills and co-ordinate their actions with their friends.

With heartfelt thanks

It is always a bonus when siblings have the opportunity to visit kindergarten. And this was one of those exciting occasions. Kevinʻs big brother Matthew has shared his guitar skills with us before, so we were even more delighted when he offered to come back and play for us. We love the role model this provides for our children. It was also a treat when Kevin and Matthewʻs mother played the flute for us. Thank you both so much.