English Music Playtime

We are an English music playgroup for 1.5 - 4.5 yr olds to learn music and English through musical play!

1) About learning and practicing English with English Music Playtime

At English Music Playtime, language and communication are core to our curriculum. Children are encouraged to volunteer, speak well and express themselves in English through songs, activities, creative props and interactive stories. Our classes are highly interactive and based on the Early Years Foundation Stage UK framework. We

focus on:
a) Listening: Listening and responding to questions
b) Understanding / comprehension: Understanding and following instructions whilst building comprehension through exploring the ‘why’, ‘what’, ‘who’ etc. c) Speaking: Express thoughts clearly and focusing on pronunciation, introducing vocabulary and speech etiquette. We adopt an integrated approach to learning and incorporate auditory (through sound), visual (through sight) and kinesthetic (through movement) learning styles to make our classes effective and fun. Children are also encouraged to be creative and curious, exploring concepts through a special syllabus of stories, dancing, miming, music and creative play. For example, in our space topic for 3 year olds, we have a variety of activities to choose from. Using visuals, children can layout their galaxy whilst learning new vocabulary; sun, moon, earth, stars, asteroid, meteor etc.. They can choose their rockets, astronauts (they need to verbalise which one), do some space walking then rescue an alien. We can sing educational songs about aliens or drive our space ships, count-down to blasting off our rockets, practice some phonics and spelling and/or accompany my edited version of an orchestral piece with percussion instruments. We also discuss the songs to make sure the children understand what the song is about and children can engage is some fun creative play – zoom their rockets around space, land them on the sun, fly behind the moon etc. Younger children do less complex activities with simpler concepts i.e. birds, trees, butterflies, firetrucks but the learning principals are the same.

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11/07/2020

Music playgroup props and percussion for sale. Make an offer! The gathering drum is an original 22 inch Remo.

14/08/2018

Books for sale - pls make an offer. Brand new.

Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 1 - Allegro Molto

18/01/2017

There's no better way to introduce Brahms and the Hungarian Dances than through musical storytime. Here's what our 4 year olds are listening to and miming their stories to this month! https://youtu.be/0egvi2CBrM4

Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 1 - Allegro Molto The Hungarian Dances (German: Ungarische Tänze) by Johannes Brahms, are a set of 21 lively dance tunes based mostly on Hungarian themes, completed in 1869. O...

05/09/2016

There's still 1 space available in our K1 445pm Monday class - come an try the class for free! We are just starting to introduce music theory and solfege singing in the class. Let the ear training begin!

26/08/2016

Our new baby class is starting on Tuesday 6th September at 1030am. Come and join us!

14/07/2016

Learning to play the keyboard and learning music can certainly be dry....... but not at English Music Playtime! Here is a photo of a little one learning the keys on a keyboard using animals and another photo captures children identifying tunes on the piano and matching them to certain characters in our musical story time.

21/06/2016

14/06/2016

How wonderful. English composers and choirs at their best!

Blest Pair of Sirens - Parry Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry's piece, Blest Pair of Sirens. Due to the 8 part score viewing in 480p with expanded or full screen is advised! Sung by the...

Music lessons spur emotional and behavioral growth in children, new study says

15/02/2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/01/07/music-lessons-spur-emotional-and-behavioral-growth-in-children-new-study-says/?tid=sm_fb

Music lessons spur emotional and behavioral growth in children, new study says Musical training might help kids focus, control emotions and keep anxiety at bay, according to a new study.

18/12/2015

Am super excited about our new interactive musical story featuring an orchestral piece played by the BBC Orchestra. The children will be completing a space mission and accompanying the music with percussion instruments.

How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins

15/12/2015

In a nutshell, here is why playing an instrument is good for your child's brain! http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-playing-an-instrument-benefits-your-brain-anita-collins

How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout. What’s going on? Anita Collins explains the fireworks that go off in musicians’ brains when they play, and examines s…

15/12/2015

Some fun new games to help the children master their consonant clusters, particularly the 'sl' and 'st' sounds.

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