Song Set 2 Manual + Reception info.
INTRODUCTION
Song Set Two gives a new set of songs to be explored through movement and games. The
songs have been chosen to consolidate all that was experienced in Song Set One whilst
adding more musical concepts to ensure constant incremental progression. These new
songs contain from 2 to 5 different pitches and new rhythmic cells. It is possible with these
songs to become familiar with the pentatonic scale which provides so much scope for
improvising and composing. Singing through the pentatonic scale regularly with Body
pitches and then Solfa gives a foundation in scale learning which can then be built on
incrementally and reaching a full diatonic scale in Song Set Four.
When delivering singing sessions to Reception aged children it is important to encourage
joining in as best they can at all times. It is very important to continue to give children the
opportunity to sing without an adult supporting them – they will often surprise you with
how well they can sing if you leave them to it!
Sticks & Blobs is a series of books designed to incrementally teach children to “musically”
read notation. The aim is to equip them to be able to sight sing which gives them the skill of
being able to read music and hear what it will sound like in their heads before playing it on
an instrument. The quality of instrumental playing is transformed using this concept. The
table below gives a rough guideline of which books can be used for each year group.
SONG SET 1 SONG SET 2 SONG SET 3
Sticks & Blobs Books
Pre Stage
1
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
NURSERY X
RECEPETION X X
YEAR 1 X X X X X X
YEAR 2 X X X X X X X X X X
CONTENTS
A Songs Life @ In Harmony
Reception Musicianship Lesson Template
Warm Ups – Vocal
Warm Ups - Physical
THE SONGS:
doh so
Chocolate Treats
doh re
Chinese New Year
doh re mi
Footprints
Rain Is Falling Down
Hot Cross Buns
doh mi so
Jack In The Box
so la
Swallows In The Sunshine
mi so la
Mrs White
Oliver Twist
doh re mi so
Hello Everyone
Mary Had A Little Lamb
doh re mi so la
Bow Wow Wow
Sally Go Round The Sun
doh mi so doh’
Clocks
so, la, doh
Hi Lo Chicaklo
Incremental Steps for learning SS2
A Musical Summary Of The Songs
Listening
Sticks & Blobs Pre-Stage 1 inc. techniques for using them
A Songs Life @ In Harmony……Learn It
Learn it thoroughly. Find the tricky words / rhythms /
pitches and find a clever way of making sure it is
properly learnt.
Be as musical & stylistic as possible.
Play With It Games / Actions / Children Create Moves / Solos /
Whole Body Engagement / Body Percussion / Call &
Response / Percussion Instruments
Consider: Pulse / Rhythm / Pitch / Meter / Dynamics /
Style
Structured Play Pulse V Rhythm
Dalcroze Conducting
Playing on Bells
Sticks & Blobs
Pre-Stage 1
Reactive Listening What musical element does this song highlight?
What games can we create using live improvised
music to highlight this element and getting the
children to react to it using their bodies?
Sticks & Blobs
Stage 1 RC Hearts / DRP Hearts / BP Hearts
Sticks & Blobs
Stage 2 BP Contours: Sing BP / BP Same / Same Up Down /
Use BP ladder
BP on a Reduced Staves: Space V Line – who is on
the same team.
KSN hearts
Sticks & Blobs
Stage 3 Solfa Contours: Sing Solfa with handsigns / Solfa
Same / Same Up Down / Use Solfa ladder
Solfa on a Reduced Staves: Space V Line / who is
on the same team / Sing solfa names and do space
line actions
Musical Alphabet Blobs: Sing & Handy Stave
KSN Bars: Dalcroze Conducting
5 Line Stave: Solfa & Handy Stave
Listening Track (Connected to Song)
Guided Listening
Creative Listening
Instrumental Learning Play it on your instrument......
+ Scales
+ Intervals
+ Compose
+ Improvise
Live Performance (Connected to Song)
Teacher plays a connected piece on their instrument.
Warm Ups - Vocal Singing Voices
Q. Have you brought your high, low, smooth, short, quiet, loud singing voice?
A. YES I HAVE, YES I HAVE!
Body Pitches
Q. Have you brought your Head, Tum, Toes sound? (Adding Stretch & Knees later)
A. Head Head Head, Tum Tum Tum, Toes Toes Toes etc.
Pitch Matching
Teacher: Make your car sound the same as mine ........BEEP!
Children: BEEP!
Teacher: Make your train sound the same as mine ........Choo Choo!
Children: Choo Choo!
Teacher: Make your bell sound the same as mine ........DING!
Children: DING!
Have You Brought Your Beep Beep Sound? Beep beep beep, beep beep beep
Repeat for Choo and Zoom
Body Pitch Pentatonic Scale
Step 1: Head Tum Toes
Step 2: Stretch Head Tum Knees Toes
Hissing Snake (Breathing Exercise)
Snake for 1 / 2 / 4 / 8 Beats
Magic Muffin Warm Up – add actions!
Sh sh sh (over right shoulder)
Ss ss ss (over left shoulder)
Fch fch fch fch (cast a spell)] x2
You’ve created a perfect, tiny muffin.
Pick it up, it smells amazing...
Mmmmmm!
Show a friend, aaaaaaaaah!
Show another friend, oooooooh!
Put a bit in your mouth – it’s hot so cool it down by panting.
Now swallow it – follow the direction with your voice from high to low on an “ng” sound. When it hits your
belly you realise that it’s actually disgusting, so the sound goes back up high and you say “bleurgh”
Copy Cat
Copy Cat, Copy Cat sitting on the door mat. Say this after me…………. “Spider Spider”
Start with 2 beats using Spider & Fly & grow to 4
Warm Ups - Physical
Use teaching bits of songs as a warm up
Oliver Twist
Bells
Johnny Johnny Johnny Johnny whoops
Johnny whoops Johnny Johnny Johnny Johnny
Great for Handy Stave preparation
Tap Your Sticks – Hap Palmer (Start learning by clapping)
Verse 1
Tap your sticks in the air with a 1 2 3
Tap your sticks on the floor with a 1 2 3 (REPEAT)
Tap your sticks to the right with a 1 2 3
Tap your sticks to the left with a 1 2 3 (REPEAT)
CHORUS
Rub your sticks together, Shake them high above you
Rub you sticks together, Pass them both behind you
Verse 2
Cross your sticks tap your knees with a 1 2 3
Tap your sticks end to end with a 1 2 3 (REPEAT)
Hammer left with the right with a 1 2 3
Hammer right with the left with a 1 2 3 (REPEAT)
CHORUS
Tap your sticks in the air with a 1 2 3
Tap your sticks on the floor with a 1 2 3 (REPEAT)
WE NEED MORE ON HERE – PLEASE SHARE IDEAS!!!
Movement Tool Box
Walking/jogging Sequence Foot warm up: Massage, wiggle toes, toes up & down
Heel lift rock – side to side
Heel lift rock – forwards & backwards (more advanced: add a hop to front foot then a hop to front & back)
Heel Lift – R / L / alternate
Toe Lift – R / L / alternate
Knee Lift – R / L / alternate
A travelling walk
A Travelling jog
SONGS FOR WALKING SEQUENCE: Seesaw, Slowly Slowly, Round & Round, Sway Trees Sway
SONGS TO PROGRESS TO JOGGING: Jackaroos, Cobbler Cobbler,
Movements Limb By Limb:
Feet Toes up & down whilst sitting with legs stretched out
Heel / Toe lifts
Heel Toe (tap dance)
Legs Knee bends
Knee lifts R/L/alternate
Leg Swings
Squat to Standing
Drawing knees into chest and out again – sitting (Together / R / L / alternate)
Lie on back, draw name with foot in the air
Hips Side to side
Figure of 8
Hip Pops: bouncing on 1 side then the other
Shoulders Shoulder Pop: Up & Down R/L/alternate
Arms Stretch up bring down – elbows lead
Swing & Bend
Big Circles
Pendulum swinging R / L / Together
Rainbow shapes (fast & slow)
Chicken Wings
Birds wings
Hands Tapping any part of body
Clapping
Wiggle your fingers one at a time then all together
Heads Head Turn
Look up / Look down
Half circle (gentle!)
Full Body Send a wiggle from your pinky to your toe then back up the other side
Spine bend
Rubber Chicken (84211 “Rubber Chicken”)
Walking (forwards & backwards) / Jogging / Skipping / Stride / Jumping / Hopping / Hop Scotch /
Turning around
Chocolate Treats STARTING Ready Steady Off we Go
Starting Note: D
PULSE
RHYTHM Point along the chocolate bars in Stick and Blobs. Lycra: Combine pitch and rhythm in movement. Dancing teddies.
PITCH* Sing in body pitches Jump for d, hop for s (this also gives rhythm) Knee patsch for d, clap for s (this also gives rhythm)
MOVEMENT As pitch above. CONCEPT PAIRS Eating a giant-sized bar of chocolate and a mouse-sized bar of
chocolate. EXPRESSION
ENSEMBLE (team work)
Bells* – good early development piece.
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
READING NOTATION
PERFORMANCE IDEAS
OTHER Animals have eaten chocolate – do the different animal sounds in the rests Partner Song with Hot Cross Buns. Teach umpah lumpah line separately before learning whole song. Don’t teach too closely in the year to hot cross buns.
Chocolate Treats - Listening Curriculum SONG: Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy: The Nutcracker
DURATION:
01:45
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/track/5NSGfUbjkjURce3Mwj8VCN?si=WD-HuhvmTreLdOy2Vzz4gw
Teaching Ideas: STRUCTURE FOR EYFS
Celeste Theme: Tip Toe (pizz strings is good from Tip Toe Stamp) Clarinet Solo: Turn around x 4 (turn yourself around / roll arms in the sitting version)
Surprise & Polish: Surprise, Polish, Surprise, Polish, 5 surprise (last 2 close together) Swirly Whirly Celeste: Swirly whirly movements Celeste Theme: Tip Toe Clarinet: Turn around x 4 (turn yourself around / roll arms in the sitting version)
STRUCTURE FOR KS1
Pizz Intro (16 beats) Scarves on heads Take scarf off and have a swishing walk on tip toes with the celeste (16 Beats) Clarinet flourish – do a turn then continue with swishing walking – REPEAT 4 rainbows with clarinet tumbling scales getting lower and lower Jump up scarf in 2 hands above head or throw scarf?? Polish the floor/the imaginary mirror with scarf quick movements – REPEAT Up with scarf down with scarf up up up (last 2 are closer together) sway from side to side – rippling celeste (16 Beats) Turn with Woodwind Take scarf off and have a swishing walk on tip toes with the celeste (16 Beats) Clarinet flourish – do a turn then continue with swishing walking – REPEAT 4 rainbows with clarinet tumbling scales getting lower and lower Scarves on head for the end
Song 2: The Great Gates of Kiev - Mussorgsky
Chocolate Treat - through the stages Stage 2 (recep) S&B 1 PL1 / 1.1
Stage 3 (Y1) S&B 1.1 / 1.2
Stage 4 (Y2) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y3) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y4) S&B 1.4
Chinese New Year STARTING Ready Steady Off we Go
Starting Note: Fit with sustaining percussion instrument. PULSE
Walking ceremoniously to the pulse. Ankle bells.
RHYTHM* Feeling the rest – use a sustaining percussion instrument e.g. a gong, singing bowl, chime bar to play in the rest. The whole class can mime the movement of playing the chosen instrument until it is their turn
PITCH* Show pitch with lycra. Sing to body pitches. Play on bells. Knee patsches for ‘d’, claps for ‘r’.
MOVEMENT Bow in the rests Create a mock ceremonial dance stepping the rhythm and bowing in rests. Maybe in 2 lines facing each other.
CONCEPT PAIRS Do in whispering voice (telling a secret) then in shouting voice (announcing to everyone). Transfer to loud and quiet singing voices.
EXPRESSION Choose which Chinese animal of the year to sing it as.
ENSEMBLE (team work)
More than one at a time playing the percussion instruments together in the rests.
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
See rhythm section Chinese cymbals.
READING NOTATION
Sticks and blobs 1, 2 & 3. Great place to start space and line singing.
PERFORMANCE IDEAS
OTHER Be careful when teaching last bar – last note stays on the same pitch. (Teach last line first.)
Chinese New Year- Listening Curriculum Song 1: Chinese Danse: Nutracker Duration: 1 Minute Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2D0P6pOLaQ74SU4guxd4MA?si=Y0R
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Pretend to play flute in flute bits / tap your knees in pizz bits Turn your partner in flute bits / walk alone in pizz bits
Song 2: Happiness from Chinese New Year Music by Heart of the Dragon Ensemble
Duration: Duration: 2 Mins 40
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5DXhk01cSDIAWBoEwLlDvj?si=7v03eacORKeE2ml983Dtgw
Ideas:
This piece divides into 7 sections. Each section is roughly made up of 4 8 beat phrases. Good for making up a little routine maybe starting with feet and working up body. Doing movements to a beat and then going twice as fast and twice as slow. Add scarves. Versatile and easy
Step into circle 1, 2, 3, 4 and out 1, 2, 3, 4 repeat
Swim slowly x 4 times Tap on knees x 4 times Jog 8 times and turn around making a little circle REPEAT
Swish arms backwards and forwards in opposite directions X 4 Cross Tap x 4 REPEAT
4 Beat conducting (Arms go Down to the ground, Out, Across the Body then up to the sky) REPEAT X 4
Step into circle 1, 2, 3, 4 and out 1, 2, 3, 4 repeat
Swim slowly x 4 times Tap on knees x 4 times Jog 8 times and turn around making a little circle REPEAT
Swish arms backwards and forwards in opposite directions X 4 Cross Tap x 4 REPEAT
Heel Toe x 8 JUMP REPEAT
Step into circle 1, 2, 3, 4 and out 1, 2, 3, 4 repeat
Knees, shoulder, head JUMP
Finish!
Chinese New Year- through the stages Stage 2 (recep) S&B 1 PL1 / 1.1
Stage 3 (Y1) S&B 1.1 / 1.2
Stage 4 (Y2) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y3) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y4) S&B 1.4
Footprints STARTING Off We Go
Starting Note: F
PULSE
Walking / sliding teddies down legs to the pulse. Using scrunchie whilst sitting, walk the scrunchie up legs and swish side to side down.
RHYTHM On claves play the rhythm with short short slide actions. Sing dalcroze rhythm people.
PITCH Play on bells. Body pitches. Use scrunchie to show body pitches all together. Same, step, jump singing.
MOVEMENT With boots or ice skates on hands pound you legs then do this as movements.
CONCEPT PAIRS Loud and quiet. Walking through the forest, don’t wake up the sleeping animals. It’s morning, sing nice and loudly!
EXPRESSION ENSEMBLE (team work)
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
On claves play the rhythm with short short slide actions.
READING NOTATION
Toes (d) and tum (m) are on the same team. d, m team and r team.
PERFORMANCE IDEAS
Bells.
OTHER Repeat signs. (Boooing)
Footprints – Listening Song 1: Promenade: Pictures at an Exhibition, Mussorgsky
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6mo6D7Jh6guYnbcq7wZVlg?si=bbXetjd5QIiNHoBHbD5WTA
Duration: 1:47
Teaching Ideas: Walk alone, join with a partner when you hear more instruments. Walk with a Beanbag on your head.
Structure: Solo Trumpet: Wave 1 scarf / walk with 1 scarf up Tutti Brass: Wave 2 Scarves / walk with 2 scarves up Solo Trumpet: Wave 1 Scarf Tutti Brass (short): Wave 2 scarves Solo Trumpet: Wave 1 scarf Tutti Brass: Wave 2 Scarves
Stylised walk.
Strings: Pretend to play violin / Walk / swirling scarves on floor Tutti Brass: 2 scarves swishing on the floor Big Tutti Brass: 2 scarves swishing in the air
Song 2: Stevie Wonder – Superstition
Duration: 4:05
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3eXMcllJFZWJ5LELHLcF3M?si=OsVX9GWzSUqMIX989M5T4A
Teaching Ideas:
Use for pulse warm up Developing walking sequence
Other Songs:
Largo from New World Symphony - Dvorak
Footprints - through the stages Stage 2 (recep) S&B 1 PL1 / 1.1
Stage 3 (Y1) S&B 1.1 / 1.2
Stage 4 (Y2) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y3) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y4) S&B 1.4
Rain Is Falling Down STARTING Ready Steady Off We Go
Starting Note: A PULSE
RHYTHM
PITCH Rain actions follow pitch. Raining lycra, raining teddies (sitting down).
INTERNAL. Pitter patter in thinking voice. Splash etc. in thinking voice
MOVEMENT CONCEPT PAIRS
EXPRESSION Alter dynamics for different amounts of rain.
ENSEMBLE (team work)
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Bells. Egg shakers for rain.
READING NOTATION
Space and line. Same, step, jump.
PERFORMANCE IDEAS
OTHER Change the word ‘splash’
Rain is Falling Down – Listening Song Pizzicato Polka: Strauss
Duration: 2:33
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/3fqvkV7Kztsx28Zp9s55dj?si=gbHTZjl_TWeomc6UwDPSnQ
Teaching Ideas:
Song 2: Can Can - Offenbach
Song 3: Raindrop Prelude: ABRSM 100
Rain is Falling Down - through the stages Stage 2 (recep) S&B 1 PL1 / 1.1
Stage 3 (Y1) S&B 1.1 / 1.2
Stage 4 (Y2) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y3) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y4)
Hot Cross Buns STARTING Ready Steady Off We Go
Starting Note: A or E. PULSE
RHYTHM Yum in rests. Children come up with other ideas.
PITCH Sing body pitches. Lycra/Scrunchie.
MOVEMENT Patsch, clap, patsch lines 1, 2 & 4. Knee patsch jogging line 3. Jump, cross legs, jump lines 1, 2 & 4. Jogging line 3.
CONCEPT PAIRS EXPRESSION
ENSEMBLE (team work)
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Bells.
READING NOTATION
Line space singing. Same, step, jump singing.
PERFORMANCE IDEAS
Partner song with Chocolate Treats.
OTHER Verse 1 stir the mixture. Verse 2 knead the dough. Verse 3 sprinkle in raisins. Verse 4 mark the cross on top. Partner song with Chocolate Treats.
Hot Cross Buns – Listening Curriculum Song: The Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks: Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky
Duration 1:13 mins
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2a7QxCBxawS6DPyVBSkxJK?si=xkc49wfvT6O2qz1nKSOlaw
Teaching Ideas:
A Theme 1 Crouch down and swish scarf on the floor to a quick pulse. As the music rises rise up with it. When it returns to the 1st music crouch down and swish scarf on floor. Throw scarf in the air when you hear the cockeral.
A Theme 1 - repeat
Crouch down and swish scarf on the floor to a quick pulse. As the music rises rise up with it. When it returns to the 1st music crouch down and swish scarf on floor. Throw scarf in the air when you hear the cockeral.
B Theme - Choose and action for the 1st phrase and then repeat it double speed. Repeat this idea but with a more jerky action to suit the music
This section is good for subdividing. There are 4 short sections – slow / fast / slow jerky / fast jerky
A Theme 1 - repeat
Crouch down and swish scarf on the floor to a quick pulse. As the music rises rise up with it. When it returns to the 1st music crouch down and swish scarf on floor. Throw scarf in the air when you hear the cockeral. Pop scarf on head to finish or let scarf fall to the floor after final throw.
Hot Cross Buns - through the stages Stage 2 (recep) S&B 1 PL1 / 1.1
Stage 3 (Y1) S&B 1.1 / 1.2
Stage 4 (Y2) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y3) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y4) S&B 1.4
Jack In The Box STARTING Ready steady off we go
Starting Note: C’
PULSE
Sit Jack in the Box on hand and jump knee to knee, scrunch up teddy on rest 1 and throw teddy on rest 2. Three times in a row, faster each time. Try to earn a point for each catch.
RHYTHM Tap rhythm on correct part of body whilst singing body pitches.
PITCH Lycra/scrunchie. Child in the middle be the Jack in the box. Good non-singing solo opportunity. Body pitches.
INTERNAL.
MOVEMENT Being a jack in the box – crouch down in rest 1, jump up in rest 2.
CONCEPT PAIRS Baby jack in the box and a giant jack in the box.
EXPRESSION Add dynamics.
ENSEMBLE (team work)
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Bells.
READING NOTATION
d m s are on the same team.
PERFORMANCE IDEAS
Teddies.
OTHER
Jack In The Box – Listening Curriculum Song Kangaroos – Carnival Of The Animals
Duration: 00:50 Seconds
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1zN4PsNwEL85RH2LCW381l?si=bfIjQkgCTEeQjAoM34Ln2Q
Teaching Ideas:
Jump scarf / teddy around and then it falls asleep Graphic Score on line – get it from Carolyn
Song 2: Parade of the Tin Soldiers - Phil Kelsall
Jack In The Box - through the stages Stage 2 (recep) S&B 1 PL1 / 1.1
Stage 3 (Y1) S&B 1.1 / 1.2
Stage 4 (Y2) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y3) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y4) S&B 1.4
Swallows In The Sunshine STARTING Off We Go
Starting Note: A
PULSE
Sing Body Pitches Crocodile game
RHYTHM Same rhythm as Hot Cross Buns and Chocolate Treats. PITCH
INTERNAL. Line 3 in thinking voice. MOVEMENT Scarves – follow the swallow game.
Moving around the room as a swallow. CONCEPT PAIRS
EXPRESSION
ENSEMBLE (team work)
Links to following a conductor.
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
READING NOTATION
Only two notes. Space and line singing. Same, step, jump. S & B 1,2 & 3
PERFORMANCE IDEAS
Follow the swallow game.
OTHER Different types of birds. Colour strings Swallow Orchestra
Swallows In The Sunshine – Listening Curriculum Song ideas: The Swan / The Aviary /Aquarium – Carnival of the
Animals The Lark Ascending
Barcarolle – Offenbach
- colours strings / aquarium ???
Russian Dance - Tchaikovsky
Swallows In The Sunshine - through the stages Stage 2 (recep) S&B 1 PL1 / 1.1
Stage 3 (Y1) S&B 1.1 / 1.2
Stage 4 (Y2) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
so & la sound, stave & rhythm deep dive
Stage 5 (Y3) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y4) S&B 1.4
Mrs White STARTING Off We Go
Starting Note: G PULSE
One child has a token and walks round the outside of the circle. Class have their hands out behind backs. Child taps the classes’ hands on the pulse and drops token in one child’s hands. The watcher (sat in the middle) has to guess which child received the token.
RHYTHM Sing to rhythm creatures. How many spiders have you got?
PITCH Crocodile game. Sing with body pitches.
INTERNAL. Put rhyming words in thinking voice. Put another phrase in thinking voice.
MOVEMENT Children make up actions.
CONCEPT PAIRS Slowly – Mrs White creeping, Quickly – Mrs White running.
EXPRESSION Imagine being really scared. ENSEMBLE (team work)
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
One instrument for spider, one for fly.
READING NOTATION
Lines and spaces.
PERFORMANCE IDEAS
OTHER Rhyming words.
Mrs White – Listening Curriculum Song Danse Macabre/Baba Yaga: Pictures
Duration First two minutes only
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/35tJl6DPwcn1O6FQbElT26?si=bRzQyWFETSGeyBi-svKFvQ
Teaching Ideas:
Other Songs: Pirates of the Caribbean - Hans Zimmer. Beethoven 5th Symphony. Night on a Bare Mountain – Mussorgsky, Danse
Mrs White - through the stages Stage 2 (recep) S&B 1 PL1 / 1.1
Stage 3 (Y1) S&B 1.1 / 1.2 Video: Violin / Sing Sing with contrasts tip toe & surprises Live Music Reaction Game KSN S&B + Pulse V Rhythm + Perc Body Pitches S&B Space & Line Singing Supporting Vid: Body Pitches Copy Cat head stretch tum
Fun with the scary theme of the song: Using the quavers as tip toes and the crotchet as the moment where you surprise. Tip toe fingers on legs for the TiTi and do a big clap on the Tas – see who you can make jump!! Then do a movement version Tip Toeing on quavers and making a scary statue on the Tas. Then this can become a live music reaction game – tip toeing and freezing. This game could then take on a Halloween theme so you could add in what spiders would sound like and they have to be spiders when they hear those. KSN: Show pulse on knees whilst saying rhythm then clap rhythm. Body Pitches: Body pitch copy cat with teacher doing it with out loud singing and then just showing the movements. Space & Line Singing: This song works well for this
Stage 4 (Y2) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y3) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y4) S&B 1.4
Oliver Twist STARTING Ready Steady Off we Go
Starting Note: G
PULSE
Do the actions feeling a pulse.
RHYTHM PITCH
INTERNAL. Internalise knees, toes and hands.
MOVEMENT Learn the dance. Pulse high tens bb 1-4 (move on to to clap, high tens). Follow the actions, half jump on the word ‘go’.
CONCEPT PAIRS EXPRESSION
ENSEMBLE (team work)
Dance. Good jumping precursor to Bow wow wow.
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
READING NOTATION
‘l’ on a different team.
PERFORMANCE IDEAS
OTHER Learn with actions in circle, do half jump to face out and sing again to jump in.
Oliver Twist – Listening Curriculum Song: Waltzing Cat - Leeroy Anderson
Duration 02:59
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/01GcFjfFq84xREUzQnrZQF?si=D6RK9xfmTZegSWAqkpIJQA
Teaching Ideas:
Oliver Twist - through the stages Stage 2 (recep) S&B 1 PL1 / 1.1
Stage 3 (Y1) S&B 1.1 / 1.2
Stage 4 (Y2) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y3) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y4) S&B 1.4
Hello Everyone STARTING Ready Steady Off We Go
Starting Note: A (lower for parents as and when)
PULSE*
Actions: Patsch bb1-4, cymbal claps bb5 & 7, patsch bars 6 & 8.
RHYTHM Rhythm creature hearts. Sing and clap rhythm. Blow the words into your hands, do rhythm beaks, clap rhythm.
PITCH Sing to body pitches. Crocodile game. Sticks and blobs SS2 stage 2, sing scale.
INTERNAL. Choose chunks to do in thinking voice (Start with I, I, I section) leading up to whole song.
MOVEMENT CONCEPT PAIRS Sing hello to a mouse, sing hello to an elephant. (Not shouting!)
EXPRESSION Crescendo through I, I, I. Sing with different emotions.
ENSEMBLE (team work)
Internalisation of whole song whilst doing actions. Tap their friends’ knees or shoulders.
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Drumming pulse sections, different instrument for rhythm sections.
READING NOTATION
Sticks and blobs 1, 2, & 3.
PERFORMANCE IDEAS
As a round. Parents join in.
OTHER
Hello Everyone – Listening Curriculum Song:
Duration
Spotify
Teaching Ideas
Hello Everyone - through the stages Stage 2 (recep) S&B 1 PL1 / 1.1
Stage 3 (Y1) S&B 1.1 / 1.2
Stage 4 (Y2) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Sing as a round. Sing with pitch ostinato doh so doh so doh so doh – REPEAT Sing in solfa Sing & conduct 4 beats Clap rhythm for 2 lines / do pulse for 2 lines SWAP
Stage 5 (Y3) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y4) S&B 1.4
Mary Had A Little Lamb STARTING Ready Steady Off We Go
Starting Note: A PULSE
Three different types of pulse using a bean bag. 1. Mary walk to school = ta pulse - clap down onto bean bag. 2. Mary jogging to school = titi pulse – throw bean bag from hand to hand. 3. Mary strides to school (doesn’t want to go to school) = two pulse – bean bag on head, tap with two hands.
RHYTHM Rhythm creature hearts. Choose an alternative word for little to create a different rhythm.
PITCH Sing the scale. (S&B SS2 Stage 2)
INTERNAL. Put ‘little’ in thinking voice. MOVEMENT Walk/jogging/stride plus bean bag. Develop to do these
movements to teacher improvising. CONCEPT PAIRS
EXPRESSION When you change the adjective this could change the mood. ENSEMBLE (team work)
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
One child walks around outside of circle with a drum to pulse. Who they end up at has the drum next.
READING NOTATION
PERFORMANCE IDEAS
OTHER Bean bag game can be developed. Teacher improvise using tas, titis or twos, class have to respond with correct bean bag movement.
Mary Had A Little Lamb – Listening Curriculum SONG: Vivaldi’s Spring
DURATION 03:07
SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/track/6JV3m7TDJ9gsJNHp0e4MWM?si=oE05qyoxQoSuzC-c1Exokw
TEACHING IDEAS
Mary Had A Little Lamb - through the stages Stage 2 (recep) S&B 1 PL1 / 1.1
Stage 3 (Y1) S&B 1.1 / 1.2
Stage 4 (Y2) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y3) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y4) S&B 1.4
Bow Wow Wow STARTING Ready Steady Off We Go
Starting Note: C/D
PULSE
Child in the middle of the circle stamping, drumming etc. the pulse.
RHYTHM Use actions following the rhythms: Knee patsch, point, rolling arms, knee patsch. Say woof in rests (vary dog breed). Dalcroze rhythm people.
PITCH With dance well established, between each round sing ‘Ready Steady Off We Go’ moving up a semitone each time.
MOVEMENT Learning the circle dance. Partners in a circle. High tens; point finger; Hold hands, half turn; High tens, jump and turn on last rest to find new partner!
CONCEPT PAIRS Choose different dog types to sing Ready Steady Off We Go for them to imitate in singing the song.
EXPRESSION Dogs in different moods. ENSEMBLE* (team work)
Doing the dance.
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Drumming the pulse in the middle. Rhythm on woodblock.
READING NOTATION
Sticks and Blobs Stage 1, 2 & 3.
PERFORMANCE IDEAS
Do the dance and then invite the parents to get involved!
OTHER
Bow Wow Wow – Listening Curriculum Song: Lion – Carnival Of The Animals
DURATION
SPOTIFY
TEACHING IDEAS:
Song 2: Elgar nimrod – dog falling on the water one.
Bow Wow Wow - through the stages Stage 2 (recep) S&B 1 PL1 / 1.1
Stage 3 (Y1) S&B 1.1 / 1.2
Stage 4 (Y2) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y3) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y4) S&B 1.4
Sally Go Round The Sun STARTING Ready Steady Off We Go
Starting Note: D
PULSE
Two concentric circles. (Gallop?) One circular clap per bar.
RHYTHM PITCH
INTERNAL Only sing the ‘Sally’ (still say Boom)
MOVEMENT Drawing big circles with scarves. Change the verbs. (Jump etc.) 3 people in the middle of the circle. Sun, moon and chimney pots (standing still). One child goes round each child for the relevant part of the song.
CONCEPT PAIRS EXPRESSION
ENSEMBLE (team work)
Scrunchie: Pass round the circle to the pulse.
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
READING NOTATION
PERFORMANCE IDEAS
OTHER Phrasing – rainbow scarves, last phrase circle and throw scarf into the middle. Change the name. Change last line words.
Sally Go Round The Sun – Listening Curriculum Song: Barcarolle – 6/8 – Swing & Swing etc. with scarves DURATION
SPOTIFY
TEACHING IDEAS
Song 2: Capriol Suite - Peter Warlock
Sally Go Round The Sun - through the stages Stage 2 (recep) S&B 1 PL1 / 1.1
Stage 3 (Y1) S&B 1.1 / 1.2
Stage 4 (Y2) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y3) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y4) S&B 1.4
Clocks STARTING Ready Steady Off We Go
Starting Note: C
PULSE
Walk the pulse whilst doing the actions
RHYTHM* Introduces Caterpillars PITCH
MOVEMENT Bar 1 Freeze, Bar 2 Stamp Bar 3 Freeze, Bar 4 rhythmic knee patsches Bar 5 Freeze, Bar 6 Rolling arms finish with a freeze Starting doing it sitting, then standing,
CONCEPT PAIRS EXPRESSION Add a crescendo through the song (gradual or stepped)
ENSEMBLE (team work)
Doing the movements going round in pairs, fours, two concentric circles.
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Different instrument to be played for each different clock
READING NOTATION
Sticks & Blobs SS2 1,2 & 3
PERFORMANCE IDEAS
Two concentric Circles
OTHER Sing as a round Take care to talk through the words first Practise the ending alot
Clocks – Listening Curriculum Song 1 : The Syncopated Clock – Leroy Anderson
Duration:
Spotify:
Teaching Ideas:
Song 2: Vienesse Musical Clock - Kodaly
Duration:
Spotify:
Teaching Ideas:
Song 3: Capriol Suite - Peter Warlock
Clocks - through the stages Stage 2 (recep) S&B 1 PL1 / 1.1
Stage 3 (Y1) S&B 1.1 / 1.2
Stage 4 (Y2) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y3) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y4) S&B 1.4
Hi Lo Chickalo STARTING Off We Go
Starting Note: G
PULSE
Tap pulse on body.
RHYTHM Learn the song with hi=hands on head, lo=hands on knees, chicka=clap. Sing in pairs – actions. Hands together back to back, Hi= right hands clap above, lo= clap below on and chicka=clap.
PITCH Lycra or scrunchie. Sing to colours – bells.
INTERNAL. Choose a word to do in thinking voice.
MOVEMENT Hi=Stretch, Lo=crouch Chicka=wiggle hips whilst singing words. Children invent movements for each word.
CONCEPT PAIRS EXPRESSION
ENSEMBLE (team work)
Sing in pairs – actions.
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Bells – following notation in S&B SS2 Stage 1. Hi & Lo sculpture. Different instrument for each word.
READING NOTATION
S&B 1, 2 & 3
PERFORMANCE IDEAS
OTHER Take care to talk about the structure. Work on a clear ending.
Hi Lo Chickalo – Listening Curriculum Song 1: Personages With Long Ears – Carnival Of The Animals 47 secs:
Duration:
Spotify:
Teaching Ideas: With Scarves Song 2: Mambo from West Side Story - Bernstein
Song 3:
Hi Lo Chickalo - through the stages Stage 2 (recep) S&B 1 PL1 / 1.1
Stage 3 (Y1) S&B 1.1 / 1.2
Stage 4 (Y2) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y3) S&B 1.3 / 1.4
Stage 5 (Y4) S&B 1.4
Incremental Steps for Song Set 2 in the Early Years Foundation Stage
Clocks
Rhythm: Sitting down – bar 1 freeze, bar 2 stamp, bar 3 freeze, bar 4 knee patches, bar 5 freeze, bar 6 roll arms then freeze Repeat above standing up Teacher play ‘tick tocks’ on a drum with children doing actions Child play tick tocks on drums Stand on stop and stamp on the tick tocks Find a friend and move around holding hands, moving feet on the tick tocks Groups of 4 holding hands Whole class circle and 2 concentric circles 3 different instruments for large, medium and small tick tocks Clap on tick tocks RC, DRP sing & track hearts (S&B stage 1) Pulse Circles: Walk pulse and clap the rhythm Pitch Sing BP (support with lycra), Sing RL (S&B pre-stage 1), play on bells Ensemble: Bell team V pulse team (untuned percussion)
Chocolate Treats
Pitch: Bounce teddy on toes and head Lift parachute low and high, shake on the umpah lumpah Clap low and high Sing to toes and head, sitting and standing (crouch like a frog) Bells Rhythm: Tap rhythm on floor, clap in rests Move feet on the spot Move around the room Sing to DRP Ensemble: Pulse team – drum Rhythm team – claves Pitch team – bells Sing with hot cross buns
Hi Lo Chickalo
Pitch: Can you clap high, and low? How many highs/lows/chickas are there? Clap high and low, with chicka on knees Parachute/lycra Bells – hi team, lo team and chicka team Bells, one person does all Sticks and blobs Ensemble: Hands together, clap with imaginary friend Hand together, clap with partner
Footprints
Pulse: Slide teddy up and down legs to show phrasing Scrunchie – start on toes, move up to tum bouncing to pulse, slide down legs for 2nd section Put ‘boots’ on hands, tap on floor/or drum, to the pulse – slowly walking through snow Rhythm: ‘Boots’ on hands, tap the rhythm on legs/floor. The snow isn’t so deep anymore so you’re able to move faster! Sing to walk walk stride/jogging walk Move around the room to DRP Play on claves, scrape slowly for the longer note Pitch: Scrunchie up and down legs, sitting and standing Sing to BP Play on bells
Bow Wow Wow
Pulse: Stamp on spot to pulse/tap on drum Actions sitting down – knee patch, point finger to rhythm, roll arms, knee patch. Woof in the rests Actions standing up – clap, point finger, turn around on spot, clap Actions standing up – high tens with imaginary partner, point finger, turn around on spot, high tens. Ensemble: With partners actions as above but with half turn (swap places) and jump at the end. Tempo/pitch: Always do a ‘ready steady off we go’ change the pitch each time. Change the tempo to see if they are listening.
Chinese New Year
Teacher tap bell in rest Children tap imaginary bell on floor Pass bell/chime bar/gong around circle and play in rests Walk to the pulse – ankle bells Bow in the rests Sing in loud and quiet singing voices Sing as a Chinese new year animal (2018 – dog) Sing to toes and knees Use scrunchie/lycra/parachute touching toes and knees Play on bells Sing to line and space Handy stave
Hello Everyone
Pulse/rhythm: Patsch/cymbal clapping Tap your friend’s knees/shoulders etc. be very gentle. Sing in mm mm voice/short singing voice/quiet/loud singing voice etc. Tap pulse on drum Blow words into hands and make beaks to show rhythm. Then clap the rhythm Clap rhythm and stamp pulse Sing a section in your thinking voice, leading up to whole song Pitch: Sing to body pitches Play on bells
Hot Cross Buns
Pulse: Tap pulse on knees, yum in rests March to pulse Rhythm: Clap the rhythm/claves/drum Stamp pulse, clap rhythm Patsch clap patsch x 2, knee patsch jogging, patsch clap patsch Jump cross legs jump x 2, jogging, jump cross legs jump Pitch: Sing to tum knees toes Use parachute/scrunchie/lycra to show pitch Play on bells Sing to line and spaces. Sing on handy stave Sing with Chocolate Treats
Jack In The Box
Pitch: With teddy – stretch and curl him up, throw and catch Stretch up bodies and curl down small Stretch hands and scrunch them up as you sing Use parachute/scrunchie/lycra Sing to head, tum and toes Ensemble: Opportunity for less scary solos – someone in the middle crouching and stretching Get faster each time Play on bells
Mary Had a Little
Lamb
Talk about Spring and baby animals Pulse: Tap pulse on knees/shoulders/head etc. Use beanbag:
1. Mary walks to school – clap onto beanbag 2. Mary runs to school – throw beanbag from hand to hand 3. Mary doesn’t want to go to school – beanbag on head and tap with hands.
Tap pulse on drum – this child walks around the outside of circle, whoever they reach when the song finishes –they play on the drum.
Mrs White
Expression: Listen to teacher sing Children make up actions Sing in mm mm voice Put the rhyming words in your thinking voice Sing in your scared voice/quick voice/slow voice Pitch: Sing in body pitches. Use lycra/scrunchie/parachute Crocodile game: I sing the words, you sing the body pitches (as call and response for each section) Rhythm: Clap the rhythm. Sing to spiders and flies
Oliver Twist
Pulse: Tap pulse on knees High tens in the circle to pulse High tens to imaginary partner, jump on ‘go’ and face outside of circle, repeat to face inwards. Ensemble: Clap, high tens. Clap, high tens with partner. Clap high five, clap high five with partner Other: Put knees, toes in thinking voice
Rain is Falling
Down
Pitch: Rain actions follow pitch, splash on knees/the floor Change the word splash Use lycra/parachute to show pitch Sing with rain makers/egg shakers Put different sections in thinking voice Sing to tum knees and toes – play on bells Expression: Heavy/light rain Fast/slow rain
Sally Go Round
the Sun
Movement: Draw a circle on the floor, splat floor on boom. Draw a circle in the air with both hands – use a scarf Pulse: Scrunchie – pass around the circle to the pulse Tap a drum to the pulse Claves – scrape and draw circle in air, then tap on boom Movement: Change words – jump/hop/skip/creep etc. Change Sally to someone else’s name in the room Change the last line words (on a Tuesday In Harmony time) Phrasing – scarf rainbow lines 1 and 2, full circle, throw scarf on boom.
Swallows in the
Sunshine
Movement: Be a bird – move arms whilst sitting down, faster for titis. Move around the room using your whole body, not just your arms. Repeat with scarves. Rainbow scarves to show phrasing. Pitch: Sing to body pitches Use lycra/parachute for head stretch head. Play on bells Sing on hand stave Sing to lines and spaces.
Sticks & Blobs
Pre-Stage 1
Sharing books in pairs
Preparing them for working in desks
Be clear who is going first at an exercise
Incremental Steps
Start with simple pointing exercises – Cobbler Cobbler / Seesaw
Once pointing and singing is good move on to changing the words to colours
Demonstrate First
Show them clearly what you want them to do with each exercise – do this demonstration before you give
the books out or else they will be focussed on the book and not what you are showing them.
They Enjoy It!
Most children find these exercises really satisfying. Try to give them 2 gos at each exercise as this gives
them the chance to improve.
Only tackle one or at the most 2 exercises in a lesson from these books at this stage.
SS1 Nursery/ Reception Yr 1
Term 1 Yr 1
Term 2 Year 2 Term 1
Be
lls
PV
R
Dal
cro
ze
Co
nd
uct
ing
Han
dyS
tave
P
rep
Trac
kin
g
Inte
rval
s
List
en
ing
Other:
Singing S&B Stage 1
S&B Stage 2 S&B Stage 3
S BP Solfa BP/R
L RC/ DRP
KSN Hearts
BP Cont
Red. Stave 1
Red. Stave 2
KSN Bars
Solfa Cont
Red. Stave 1
Red. Stave 2
5 Line
Stave
Cobbler Cobbler
Au
Slowly Slowly
Sp
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Seesaw
Au
Head Tum Toes
Au
_
Bells in the Steeple
Sp
Hey Mr Woodpecker
Sp
_
Jackaroos
Au
Raining
Sp _ _
Sway Trees Sway
Su
_
Round & Round
Au
Swing Me
Su _ _
_ _
SS2 Reception Year 1
Term 2 Year 1 Term 3
Year 2 Term 2
Be
lls
PV
R
Dal
cro
ze
Co
nd
uct
ing
Scales
Inte
rval
s
List
en
ing
Other:
Singing S&B Stage 1
S&B Stage 2 S&B Stage 3
BP
Solf
a
S
BP
/
colo
urs
Solf
a
BP RC/DRP
KSN Hearts
BP Cont
Red. Stave 1
Red. Stave 2
KSN Bars
Solfa Cont
Red. Stave 1
Red. Stave 2
5 Line
Stave
Chocolate Treats
Au
Chinese New Year
Sp
Footprints
Au
Rain Is Falling Down
Su
Hot Cross Buns
Sp
Jack In A Box
Au _ _
Swallows In The
Sunshine
Su
Mrs White
Au
Oliver Twist
Sp _ _
Hello Everyone
Au _ _
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Sp __
Bow Wow Wow
Su
Sally Go Round The Sun
Su _ _
Clocks
Su __ __ __ __
Hi Lo Chickalo
Su __ __ __ __