Musical Games for All Year Round - Reception and Key Stage 1

Musical Games for All Year Round
Ten All-Year-Round Musical Games

Reception and Key Stage 1

No musical background needed!

These creative, fun, practical activities will get your students excited about music!

Simple to organise and extremely effective, these musical games will delight your children and support their learning in numerous ways.

Children will have opportunities to;
• Be creative
• Develop their teamworking skills
• Build confidence
• Improve listening skills
• Follow simple instructions
• Improvise
• Perform
• Listen and respond to a variety of musical sounds
• Perform individually, in pairs and in larger groups
• Recognise a range of percussion instruments

This resource includes;
• Ten clear and concise activity plans with learning objectives
• Step-by-step instructions
• Sets of questions, in each activity for your support

Perfect for;
• Lesson starters
• Brain breaks
• Lesson finishers
• Supply work

A small range of percussion instruments is required for some of the activities, but these are not prescriptive, simply use what you have!

If you enjoyed Musical Games for All Year Round why not take a look at the following units for Reception and Key Stage 1 children -

Identifying Percussion Instruments By Sound and Sight Five, easy-to-follow, fun music lessons based around percussion instruments.

Pupils learn to recognise a range of 12 percussion instruments by sight and sound. Castanets, Chime bar, Cymbal(s), Guiro, Maracas, Triangle, Bell, Cabasa, Claves, Drum, Tambourine and Woodblock.

The instruments are not prescriptive, simply use whatever percussion instruments you have and follow the lessons plans.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/identifying-percussion-instruments-by-sound-and-sight-reception-and-key-stage-1-11256968

Controlling Sounds Using Percussion Instruments Six, easy-to-follow, practical music lessons based around exploring and creating sounds through play and responding to simple musical directions.

Minimal resources required; a range of percussion instruments; simply use whatever instruments you have.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/controlling-sounds-using-percussion-instruments-reception-and-key-stage-1-12848223

Arctic-Themed Music Unit Support your pupils with learning about the Arctic in a fun, engaging and practical way.

Simple to put together and extremely effective, children learn Arctic facts by rote, using the musical form, call and response.
There are at least six music lessons in this unit but depending on the age and ability of your pupils, you may choose to deliver them in smaller chunks.

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