This poster provides suggestions for moving to the beat as different Christmas characters whilst playing your favourite Christmas tunes! Develop children's physical confidence, listening skills and co-ordination as you move as a walking elf, creeping tree or jogging snowman! Character "names" match the pace of the step: - walk-walk-walk-walk like an elf-elf-elf-elf - creeep-creeep like a treeee-treeee -jogging-jogging-jogging-jogging like a snowman-snowman-snowman-snowman As well as physical awareness, this practical application of movement in music helps to develop awareness of phonics and literacy, time and divisions of time, spatial awareness, focus and concentration - and is so enjoyable that it is seen as the Christmas Moving Game - nothing at all like exercise or hard work!

This original song about a King creates the opportunity to match one word/syllable per beat, making it a straight-forward marching song! This helps children to physically match what they hear to what they do, and the use of two notes ensures that not only is the song easy for teachers to learn, it is also easy for both teachers and children to sing accurately and successfully! Extension ideas help to develop multiple skills including co-ordination and turn-taking, as well as beginning to develop the rhythmic skills found in language and phonics. This song will also be available shortly as an e-book on iBooks - including links to an audio file to actually hear the song being sung and played (Come and Sing 2, by Frances Turnbull)!