A post about preparing to homeschool while social distancing, and about listening to music while playing
Making Balloon Shakers
More DIY instruments to make with your children while stuck in self isolation. This time: balloon shakers.
Nursery Rhymes and Music for Children to watch on TV
At the time of writing this blog post we are at the start of people quarantining themselves at home because of the outbreak of Coronavirus here in the UK. There are a whole host of amazing virtual entertainment and education options for people to look at to keep their children entertained/busy/educated. There are also lots... Continue Reading →
Musical Games: Notation on Craft sticks
Games for teaching music notation/rhythm at home.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Notelets series concert review: Crash Bang Wallop!
A review of a children’s classical music concert: Crash, Bang, Wallop! From the CBSO’s Notets series.
Making DIY Drums
Next in my series on DIY musical instruments. How to make a drum from items you already have at home.
Music for rainy weather
Looking for inspiration about what music to listen to on a rainy day? Maybe check out one or two of the pieces of music for a rainy day listed here.
Peppa Pig: My First Concert review
A review of Peppa Pig:my first concert at Birmingham Town Hall
Making Homemade Kazoos
Making homemade instruments can be a lot of fun. One of the easiest to make and play with is a kazoo, so I had a go with my children. See how we got on here.
Homemade Instruments
Why make instruments at home? We have a lot of instruments in our house - I am a musician myself, and a music teacher, so there is no shortage of musical instruments for the children to play. These range from my own instruments - at the time of writing I play flute, piano and am... Continue Reading →
Introduction
Hello, and thank you for visiting my blog. My name is Jhodi and I would like to introduce myself, to give you a little background about why I have decided to launch this blog. I trained as a musician in the 1990s (my goodness, that sounds a long time ago written down like that!) and... Continue Reading →
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