Explore the link between syllables in words and rhythm in music with this fun syllable sorting activity.
Use to develop and reinforce topic vocabulary, while learning to read and recognise rhythmic notation.
Includes:*
Word Rhythms Activity Sheet
Word Rhythms Answer Key
Clap the words, count the beats and solve the simple sums!
Musical Maths explores the relationship between syllables and rhythm.
These simple but effective activities can also be used to develop pre-skills in algebra and music notation at the same time!
Ideal for:
Homework
Music centres
Early finishers
Includes:
Addition worksheet
Subtraction worksheet
Multiplication worksheet
3 Pages
Celebrate Chinese New Year in style with this traditional Chinese song.
Easy-to-follow percussion accompaniment using graphic scores will add to the occasion!
Includes:
3 percussion scores
Backing Track
Teacher’s Notes
These Kodaly-inspired Picture Rhythm cards are a great way to introduce rhythmic notation. Each card has graphic notation on one side and stick notation on the other. Perfect for Valentine’s Day! Also ideal for older beginners as an introduction to standard notation.
Includes:
Picture rhythm Cards – “Roses Are Red”
Teacher’s Notes
6 pages
These Kodaly-inspired Picture Rhythm cards are a great way to introduce rhythmic notation. Each card has graphic notation on one side and stick notation on the other. Perfect for Valentine’s Day! Also ideal for older beginners as an introduction to standard notation.
Includes:
Picture rhythm Cards - “Valentine”
Teacher’s Notes
6 pages
Spring is in the air! This music topic pack has everything you need for your little Mozarts!
Includes:
Picture Rhythm Cards
Picture Rhythm Scores
Pitch Pics flashcards
How To Set Up ChimeBars guidelines
Composing With Colour - graphic score activities
Listening Glyph and Draw The Music activities
Maths & Language worksheets
Teacher’s Notes
Age 6 -8
WATCH THIS SPACE is a collection of music ideas & activities specially selected and created for the socially-distanced classroom
MUSICAL CODES are a great way to learn basic notes on a stave, and explore the concept of pitch and simple reading of musical phrases.
**LANGUAGE LINK: ** The worksheet consists of a short rebus story , which uses musical graphics alongside text. Rebus stories can assist early readers with building reading skills.
Also includes more fun ideas and resources using musical codes!
Includes:
Musical Codes Rebus Story worksheet*
Musical Words differentiated worksheets
Musical Notes flashcards
Musical Phrases flashcards
Teacher’s Notes
6 pages
MUSICAL MATHS ACTIVITIES explore the links between rhythm in music and syllables in language - a great way to learn new words as well as develop basic computation and algebraic skills by using graphic symbols to represent numbers!
Includes:
3 computation worksheets - addition,subtraction and multiplication
WATCH THIS SPACE is a collection of music ideas & activities specially selected and created for the socially-distanced classroom
FIND 4 is a fun little puzzle game that helps to teach students to recognise and name common classroom percussion instruments.
Includes:
8 instrument pictures
Teacher’s Notes
4 pages
WATCH THIS SPACE is a collection of music ideas & activities specially selected and created for the socially-distanced classroom
Have fun with this sorting activity!
Clap the words and match them to the rhythm patterns.
WORD RHYTHMS explore the relationship between rhythm in music and syllables in words - a great way to develop vocabulary and word-building skills.
Includes:
4 Word Rhythms Worksheets:
• Dinosaurs
• Easter
• Minibeasts
• Superheroes
Active Listening activities help students to focus their listening and develop their responses to music through visual (non-verbal) interpretation and with reference to the musical elements.
Discover the wonderful music of Ralph Vaughan Williams with this fun listening glyph.
Listen to the music and colour the picture. Ideal for your Food Topic!
Includes:
Listening Glyph worksheet
Listening Glyph answer guide
Audio File
Teacher’s Notes
If you’re still hungry, check out our Video Active-Rhythm Rocks BODY PERCUSSION video!
https://youtu.be/sSb0BveIWgk
**Kung Hey Fat Choi! Celebrate Chinese New Year in style with our colourful and creative music activities for the Primary Classroom. Includes everything you need to cover your curriculum requirements.
Includes:
LISTENING GLYPH - Listen and identify basic elements using colour keys.
DRAW THE MUSIC - Listen to a piece of traditional Chinese music, and interpret using lines,colours and shapes.
RHYTHM POCKETS - Identify and sort simple stick notation represented by words and pictures
**** PICTURE RHYTHM CARDS*** - Learn to read simple rhythmic phrases with picture symbols words and stick notation.
PITCH PICS - Introduce the element of pitch with these visual representations using HIGH and LOW picture scores, leading onto HIGH MIDDLE LOW. Students can respond to each score by showing HIGH MIDDLE LOW with hands/body/voice. They can also learn to identify a score by listening to the score being played on tuned percussion.
PITCH LINES - Further devlop the concept of pitch by composing,following and playing a more developed picture pic score using tuned percussion.
**COMPOSING WITH COLOUR **- Create an untuned percussion piece using colours to represent chosen sounds.
COMPOSING WITH POETRY - Compose a tuned percussion version of a short poem, using the rhythms of thelines and the pentatonic scale - a traditional scale used in Chinese music.
PLAYALONG SONG - Learn a traditional Chinese song and perform a rhythmic accompaniment, following a graphic score.
MUSICAL MATHS - 3 fun problem-solving sheets using word rhythms/beats to solve picture sums**
CHINESE INSTRUMENT POSTER - a colourful poster showing a selection of traditional Chinese instruments, which can be enlarged for display.
No time? No problem! Quick and easy music ideas,activities and resources for the busy classroom.
Includes:
Listening activity with audio file
Pitch pics and picture rhythm cards to develop pitch and rhythm skills
Simple 4-note graphic pitchline scores for performing and composing with tuned and untuned percussion
Snowflake sums using notation
Word Rhythm worksheet to explore the link between syllables and rhythms
Teacher’s Notes
MAIN DESCRIPTION
CAROLS AND SONGS FOR CHRISTMAS is full of easy Christmas favourites for your seasonal celebrations!
*Each Song includes: *
a simple piano score with melody
a piano score only
a melody chords score for voice and guitar
lyrics sheets
simple backing track of the piano score
These resources can be used to teach the carols and songs before performing with other accompaniments or tracks - they can also be used for performances themselves!
SONGS FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN are a set of simple songs to well-known tunes, and are intended to be sung unaccompanied.
Each song has an introduction which indicates the starting note and tempo, with the starting note clearly marked.
The backing tracks are played on piano for you to learn.
Also included are Teacher’s notes for guidance on how to teach and perform these cute little Christmas songs.
Contents:
Away In A Manger
Deck The Halls
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Good King Wenceslas
Silent Night
Jingle Bells
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
When Santa Got Stuck Up The ChImney
A Christmas Card
Christmas Pudding
Five Big Presents
One Two Three Santas
Ten Christmas Crackers
*VIDEO ACTIVE! is a collection of video-based activities – developed for the socially-distanced classroom. *
VIDEO ACTIVE! PITCH PICS-HIGH LOW is a set of four videos exploring the first basic concept of PITCH using simple coloured circles.
This Activity Pack supports all four videos which are available to view for free on our YOUTUBE channel
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INCLUDES:
*Teachers Notes
Activity Guide video
Activity Guide – printable
Flashcards
Activity ideas
How To Set Up Chime Bars *