**Note: This page is for educational inspiration and is not officially affiliated with World Opera Day. World Opera Day is an annual worldwide celebration of opera, observed on October 25th. It was jointly established by Opera Europa, Opera America, and Ópera Latinoamérica to highlight the positive impact of opera on society and to promote awareness of this art form. For official information and to learn more about global opera initiatives, please consult the World Opera Day website (www.worldoperaday.com).
Sunday 25th October 2026
Understanding World Opera Day in EYFS & KS1
Let the music soar! 🎶🎭 World Opera Day is an annual worldwide celebration of opera, observed on October 25th. It was jointly established by Opera Europa, Opera America, and Ópera Latinoamérica to highlight the positive impact of opera on society, promote its cultural value, and increase awareness of this vibrant art form. It's a day to appreciate the blend of music, drama, singing, and visual spectacle that opera offers.
For early years settings, nurseries, preschools, childminders, and Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, this day provides a wonderfully dramatic and expressive theme for exploring music, sound, storytelling, emotions, and performance. It's about introducing children to different forms of musical expression, encouraging them to use their voices, and sparking imagination through narrative and melody. This day offers fantastic planning ideas and inspiration for engaging activities that truly resonate with young minds, making learning about creative arts and emotional expression both captivating and harmonious.
Why Is Teaching About Opera & Music Important for Young Children?
Integrating lessons about opera and music into your practice with young children (aged 0-7) helps develop their appreciation for the arts. While opera might seem complex, its core elements of storytelling, music, and emotion are highly accessible to young learners.
Emotional Expression: Opera, through its powerful music and singing, offers a unique way for children to explore and express a wide range of emotions. Our 'Emotions and Feelings' and 'Mental Health' pages are relevant here.
Storytelling & Narrative: Many operas tell compelling stories, which can enhance children's comprehension, imagination, and sequencing skills. Our 'Fairy Tale Theatre' Dramatic Role Play Pack connects to narrative.
Musical Appreciation: Exposure to different genres of music, including classical and operatic styles, broadens children's musical tastes and understanding of rhythm, melody, and dynamics.
Vocal Development: Encouraging singing, even in a playful way, supports vocal range, breath control, and confidence in using one's voice.
Cultural Awareness: Introducing opera exposes children to a rich cultural art form with a long history and global presence.
Cognitive Benefits: Engaging with music improves memory, listening skills, and pattern recognition.
Engaging Opera & Music Activities for World Opera Day (0-7 Year Olds)
Make World Opera Day a truly expressive and musical experience with these planning ideas and activities perfect for EYFS and KS1 children. The focus is on the joy of singing, the power of sound, and the magic of storytelling through music! Many of these early years and year 1 activities can be supported by the extensive range of printable resources we have available on our dedicated 'Music and Sound' page.
Here's some inspiration for bringing the wonder of opera into your setting: (Please use your own discretion and knowledge of your children to ensure appropriateness of each activity and safety concerning any materials given and activity undertaken.)
Listen to Opera Excerpts: Play short, child-friendly excerpts from famous operas. Discuss what sounds they hear (singing, instruments), and use our range of 'This music makes me feel...' resources to help the children explore their feelings.
Dramatic Play & Storytelling: Opera is highly dramatic! Use our 'Fairy Tale Theatre' Dramatic Role Play Pack' to set up a stage for children to act out simple stories or nursery rhymes, adding their own "opera" singing.
Singing Along: Encourage children to sing familiar songs with gusto! Use our 'Songs I Love to Sing' Booklet'. You can also use our song words for popular tunes like 'Bingo’, 'Five Little Speckled Frogs’, 'The Wheels on the Bus’, and 'The Pirate Song (The Day I Went To Sea)'.
Singing Contest Role-Play: Set up a 'Singing Contest Role Play Pack' where children can perform their favourite songs or even improvise short opera-like solos!
Explore Sound & Rhythm: Investigate different sounds. Use 'Making Sounds Game' and 'Onomatopoeic Sound Cards’ to explore vocal sounds and sound effects. Practice rhythm with 'Clapping Cards'.
Sound Walks & Listening Games: Go on a "sound walk" to identify different sounds around the setting, using 'Listening 'Sound Walk' Sheets - Check List or Tally'. Play 'What Made The Sound?' Listening Game' to help children discriminate sounds.
Voice and Body: Discuss how singers use their 'Human Body' (lungs, mouth, throat) to make powerful sounds. Encourage 'Expressive Movement' to music.
Instrument Exploration: Introduce different musical instruments. If you have a toy or real guitar, use 'Guitar Parts Poster and Activity Sheets'. Discuss how instruments create the music that accompanies opera singers.
My Favourite Sounds: Use 'My Favourite Sound(s) Sheets - Phase 1 Phonics & Listening Skills' to help children identify and talk about sounds they enjoy, linking to the sounds in opera.
Well-being Through Music: Remind children that music and singing can be great 'Mental Health - Mood Booster Activity Cards'.
Explore Related Pages: For more comprehensive support, visit our dedicated pages:
These activities offer great inspiration for making World Opera Day a memorable and impactful experience in your early years and Key Stage One setting, fostering musicality, creative expression, emotional literacy, and an appreciation for the performing arts.
To explore ideas surrounding additional early years events, please visit our 'Special Dates Calendar' page.
Printable resources to support teaching & learning surrounding: ‘World Opera Day’
Please visit our ‘Music and Sound’ page for additional resources.
Pack includes:
Front cover title page ‘Songs I love to sing!’ with space for the child’s name.
Plus an inner page which can be reproduced as many times as required. Boxes on this page include: ‘This song is called’, ‘This song is about’ and ‘A picture of me singing the song’.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN OUR RESOURCES), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Sound cards with individual imagery and lettering to enable quick recognition in pre-reading children. The cards are designed to encourage the children to have fun exploring vocal sounds they could use to make distinct sounds for each one. Alternatively you could explore objects in the world around which may make these sounds.
Once sounds have been assigned to each card, games can be played such as ‘Call and Response’ where an adult may hold up the card to create the sound and the children copy. With the most engaged children you may wish to make more than one sound to create a rhythmic pattern for the children to copy and then encourage them to investigate their own rhythmic patterns!
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN OUR RESOURCES), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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‘Five Little Speckled Frogs’ Nursery Rhyme Colouring Poster.
Great for learning number recognition and counting 1-5.
Younger children will love to explore the rhythm and rhyme of this nursery rhyme and join in, especially with the aid of visual stimulus.
Perhaps with older children you might like to highlight the CVC words such as ‘sat’ and ‘log’ to practise blending or identify all of the Phase 2 or 3 sounds or high frequency words?
Want to incorporate music? How about clapping or using percussion instruments to feel the ‘beat’? Have fun!
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN OUR RESOURCES), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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‘The Wheels on the Bus’ Nursery Rhyme Colouring Poster.
Younger children will love to explore the rhythm of this nursery rhyme and join in, especially with the aid of visual stimulus.
Perhaps with older children you might like to highlight the CVC words such as ‘bus’ and ‘long’ to practise blending or identify all of the Phase 2 or 3 sounds or high frequency words?
Want to incorporate music? How about clapping or using percussion instruments to feel the ‘beat’? Have fun!
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN OUR RESOURCES), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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'Singing Contest' role play pack.
Pack includes:
Banner
Name badges (singers/contestants & judges)
Ticket template (name writing)
Open and closed signs (for ‘Contest’ and ‘Auditions’)
Various direction signs, e.g. ‘Audience’, ‘Exit’, ‘Singers this way’, ‘Judges’, ‘Seat 1-5’, ‘Seats 6-10’, etc.
Number score cards
‘Singing Contest - Auditions here today!’ sign
Judge note sheets (mark making)
Various additional mark making sheets, e.g. ‘Now performing…’, ‘Winner’, etc.
Have fun!
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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'Fairy Tale Theatre' role play pack.
Pack includes:
(Please note that due to file size, the docx document has been split into 2 separate files. However, the pdf and zip files are still available as a single download each.)
Banner
Hi my name is…how can I help you? Name badges
Ticket templates
Open/Closed signs
Timetable for opening times (including blank clock face for children to draw on their own hands)
Various signs, e.g. box office, exit, stage door, actors this way
Seat number signs
Name writing activity - Character image posters with writing ‘Played by…’ with space for children to write their name underneath. Blank version also available for additional characters.
Advert posters, e.g. ‘Fairy Tale Theatre Presents Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ - full colour, colouring in and design your own versions: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Red Hen and The Three Little Pigs.
Mark making border sheets
Mark making ‘Starring…’ sheets
Character masks x 21: Daddy Bear, Mummy Bear, Baby Bear, Goldilocks, Jack, Jack’s Mum, Giant, Red Riding Hood, Brick Pig, Straw Pig, Stick Pig, Little Red Hen, Lazy Cat, Lazy Goose, Lazy Pig, Bean Seller, Giant’s Wife, Grandmother, Wolf in disguise, Wolf and Wood Cutter.
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Song words for ‘The Day I Went to Sea’. Resource for use in your setting or to send home with children.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Investigating clapped rhythms with gloved and non-gloved hands. Game explained on cover sheet. You may also like to discuss with the children the difference in sounds create by clapping gloved and non-gloved hands…such as loud, harsh, strong vs soft, quiet, muted, dampened.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Game cards to scaffold the making of sounds using common items in different ways. This game has been designed to help children to begin to develop an understanding of sounds in the world around them. We purposefully chose objects which would be as easily accessible as possible that might make interesting and varied sounds when manipulated in different ways. A very fun and easy game to play… Choose one blue ‘Object’ card and one orange ‘Action’ card. Then perform the action on the object to create different sounds!
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Sound cards with individual imagery and lettering to enable quick recognition in pre-reading children. The cards are designed to encourage the children to have fun exploring vocal sounds they could use to make distinct sounds for each one. Alternatively you could explore objects in the world around which may make these sounds. Once sounds have been assigned to each card, games can be played such as ‘Call and Response’ where an adult may hold up the card to create the sound and the children copy. With the most engaged children you may wish to make more than one sound to create a rhythmic pattern for the children to copy and then encourage them to investigate their own rhythmic patterns!
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Sheets to be used on a listening sound walk. Designed to encourage children to focus in on the individual sounds they can hear around them. Available as a check list or tally sheet.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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A follow up game after ‘Making Sounds’ game. Children to listen to the hidden sounds made with the common items and then point to which item they think it is. A game designed to develop focused listening skills and a deeper understanding of their immediate world.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Guitar Parts Poster and Activity Sheets. Full colour poster plus a colouring in/black and white version plus a missing labels worksheet.
Includes the labels: tuning pegs, strings, neck, sound hole and bridge.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Pack includes:
Front cover title page ‘Songs I love to sing!’ with space for the child’s name.
Plus an inner page which can be reproduced as many times as required. Boxes on this page include: ‘This song is called’, ‘This song is about’ and ‘A picture of me singing the song’.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Mark making/drawing sheets designed to inspire children to identify sounds that they like and make marks to record those sounds on paper.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Emoji cards intended for use in conjunction with a musical listening activity and/or interactive display.
Children can be encouraged to select the card which shows how the piece of music makes them feel. Great form of picture communication and also to prompt communication and language development.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Emoji card colouring sheets intended for use in conjunction with a musical listening activity and/or interactive display.
Children can be encouraged to select the card which shows how the piece of music makes them feel. Great form of picture communication and also to prompt communication and language development. This set of cards can also be coloured once selected. CLICK HERE for full colour versions.
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Creative and hands on way for children to convey the emotion they feel when listening to a piece of music.
Laminate this sheet for children to use time and again to respond to different pieces of music by creating emotions in the form of playdough facial features.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Banner and emoji cards intended for use in conjunction with a musical listening activity and/or interactive display.
Children can be encouraged to select the card which shows how the piece of music makes them feel. Great form of picture communication and also to prompt communication and language development.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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This pack includes:
A full colour ‘This music makes me feel…’ mat for display/activity station use. Children can be encouraged to listen to music and point to the emotion(s) that represent how the music makes them feel.
A black and white colouring in version of the mat for individual use. Again children can be encouraged to listen to music, but this time colour in the emoji(s) that represent how the music makes them feel.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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These cards are intended as a quick choice of ideas to help lift someone’s mood.
Each card has an activity that may help a child feel a little brighter if they are having a sad day.
Everyone is different and each child may respond differently to each activity.
Activities included:
Drink some water!
Eat a healthy snack!
Go for a walk!
Do some exercise!
Read a book!
Role-play a character!
Paint a picture!
Make a model!
Sing a song or make some music!
Listen to some music!
Get in the sunshine!
Get outdoors into nature!
Have some quiet time.
Do some yoga stretches.
Help someone else with something. A kind act!
Think of the things you are thankful for.
Talk with a friend or family member.
Do something you really enjoy!
We hope this helps!
Keywords: Emotions, emotion, feeling, feelings, emotional regulation, emotional dysregulation, self-regulation, health, wellness
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A variety of differentiated drawing/writing/mark making sheets which allow children to express how a piece of music made them feel. This is a great mindfulness tool for helping children to identify and understand their emotions.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Please visit our ‘Music & Sound’ page for additional resources.
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Disclaimer:
This page is for educational purposes only and is intended to support early years and primary practitioners with ideas and resources related to 'World Opera Day'. We are not officially affiliated with or endorsed by Opera Europa, Opera America, or Ópera Latinoamérica, which jointly established this day. We do not claim any rights to specific trademarks or official materials associated with this event. For official information and to learn more about global opera initiatives, please visit their website at www.worldoperaday.com.
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