A story with places highlighted for children's own sound effects The lyrics to Monster mash and the backing track

Photographs of typical classroom instruments in alphabetical order. Some have place of origin written on them. Useful for work on World music Could be also be used as cards for composition, texture etc

Various audio and video files put together to help children understand the pulse of music.. Movement and discussion encouraged The sound will not play in the PowerPoint unless you view it in slide mode.

Gershwin. The resources contains piece of music and PowerPoint slides with some detail about the piece. It is useful for Assembly music or to listen during the day. The music creates the right mood for concentrating and empowering. web link to video and original; source

Watch and dance as you copy the traditional dances of Ghana

Lyrics, illustrations and sound for this drinking song. Imbedded sound only operated in slide mode.

The story is split into parts. The children choose which part they would like to compose for. The story is read again with the children playing on cue.

Using 'The Scream ' as a stimuli, the Power Point shows you how to make music from it and then invent a score. There are 2 examples of scores shown.

This resource is for the piano keyboard. A series of exercises are given to help the pupil step up or step down on the stave.

This is an animated PowerPoint song which tells the story of a ghost orchestra whose instruments play at night. . Here is a creative opportunity to learn about timbre without really trying. Children mime when the ghost instruments play and sing the chorus in between. It is also a useful stimulus for creative writing. teaching notes at the end of slide show . Children like to pretend tp play the instrument and then sink to the bottom of the sea with the animation.

Worksheets with self explanatory activity. Children are given the rhyming words and choose the appropriate ones to make up their song. They then add a simple accompaniment choosing an instrument from the list.. There is also a resource under 'Music for the summer' which has suitable music to play. I use windows photo gallery to print out the worksheets on A4 paper

Freya and Layla wrote a song about friendship Useful as a stimulus for poetry, writing, discussion or song writing, Children love the work of their peers. Method -Brainstorm ideas, Chose most relevant words and then find words which rhyme with them. Take the first sentence as a blueprint for subsequent lines (syllables) Run in slide mode to hear sound.

Edited-examples of Inuit throat singing and traditional dancing are given as examples for the children to copy and try for themselves. There are suggestions, on the video, for children to make their own Inuit dance and music

A dictionary of the types of music and the genres they belong to

Ideas for comments on primary school music reports

Sort instruments into those that youc an pluck, shake or bang.

Work on syllables must precede the lesson Display the words. Read them . Which words rhyme? Emphasize that these words must come at the end of the sentence or phrase. Give an example. Children take turns to make up something with few syllables. They take turns with each new word. by the end of a lesson , you have a simple rap.

In the key of C C G7 Run Rabbit,run rabbit run, run, run It was a popular song during World War 2. Composer: Noel Gay. Lyricist: Ralph Butler

Aeron's song all about a favorite occupation - eating chocolate! Song is a useful stimuli for personal writing, poetry, or song writing Method -Brainstormed ideas, Chose most relevant words and then words which rhyme with them Take the first sentence as a blueprint for subsequent lines (syllables) Developed a backing track using Dance E jay. Run in slide mode to hear sound.

Louis Armstrong's hit.Lyrics on a power point and backing track wed link to original source.