The word matches the rhythm notation. Ideas. Call out caterpillar , the child has to play the rhythm and find the notation.

In key of G. G Rat-a-tat-tat, Rat-a-tat-tat D7 No! No! No! G There isn’t any room

A simple chant in 3 parts for work on rhythm. All the parts together form a more complex rhythm Easy to do and effective. Useful for assemblies Knights in shining armour clipperty clop, clipperty clop Dragons dragons oh! Oh Hey , hey, hey ,win a battle today

Teach your children a wonderful dance! The men who worked in the diamond mines were forbidden to dance so. they invented a way to communicate by dancing in their boots! Let the children make up their own welly dance, The link is to the extended version of the gumboots interview which is the original source The last web-link is a contact for a visiting Gumboots dance troupe,

L.O To develop performance skills Video, lyrics and backing track Ugly bug ball backing track embedded and you must open PowerPoint to hear it Web-link to original source

Examples of soundscapes given in the two videos. Photos or pictures shown to stimulate and encourage the children to make their own either with the voice, body, instruments or sound processing

Audio and visual in powerpoint plus worksheet. ( Video in YouTube) It's about getting dressed to go out in the cold. The co lours are reinforced in the worksheet. This is the first time I&'ve tried to illustrate this myself so be gentle with me !!!! The claves tap a pulse when the claves picture is shown. There are pictures of the different stages of getting dressed for visual prompts It would help me enormously if you viewed the web page before downloading my free resources This helps me gain recognition as a song writer. Thank you

Edit to suit your needs Contains 2 sound recordings of the Navaho. Video available for downloading Suggestions for their own chanting and a rain dance. I have edited out on the video anything which might make younger children giggly!. If you prefer to use the you tube video, view first. L.O To appreciate the music of other countries and cultures

Victorian music hall Lyrics, illustrations and sound. Sound operates in in slide mode.

An original Christmas story about an ogre terrifying a small town and how he is overcome by toys and elves. The children are encouraged to play simple percussion instruments in the appropriate places. There is also a short clip of a video playing the music 'Sleigh Ride'

Illustrated lyrics and audio on a power-point with inbuilt sound

Four lesson ideas in music for key stage one topic on Animals

PowerPoint opens with illustrations and questions connected to the baby Jesus and lullabies. There are lyrics with an inbuilt backing track. Music will not play unless the PowerPoint is running in slide mode. This is the carol with the refrain ' We will rock you '

I wrote apiece of entertaining music which is over 9 minutes long so that I could watch the children's sense of rhythm as they played on the claves or tambour to the music. Children who were quite rhythmic made quite complex rhythmic patterns. Its a quick and useful tool for assessment

Make up a story using the sound bites as a clue for the setting . Everything is ok until you hear the breaking glass. Put this into a power point and add the sound. You might also like to use a sound processor to compose music culminating in the broken glass. NB You may have to convert these files into WAV files . A switch converter is available on the internet

A package full of ideas for Autumn music.It contains videos of Vivaldi s music with specific instructions on how to move (summer) and when to play (Autumn) Worksheet( shown on PowerPoint) to record colour of leaves for autumn and sounds to listen out for. It all fits in with trips outdoors to look out for red, yellow and brown leaves.There are 3 videos in all including a listening activity, just press the screen to view or listen

A simple but effective idea. The chant has a format. Children have to rewrite the spaces choosing appropriate words . They need to understand syllables before they can do this.

PowerPoint, 2 embedded music files and notation. For specialists/ non specialist. Pick which resource is best for your needs.. Movement pitch timbre listening focus Web-link to original source

A powerpoint with inbuilt videos and guidance to create a composition about machines A silent video is used at the end and children play along side it once they have decided which instruments are appropriate. Children are encouraged to look at the movement of the machines and from that observation, gain clues as to the type of sound, pitch or rhythm could be used. I am using this as part of a topic about the Industrial Revolution A stand alone video ' Silent machines ...... ' is available for download if you want to add your class composition to it.

Video with music showing Mary and Joesph traveling to Bethlehem and scenes from the future are interspersed with this. I have edited the original video whose web link is above because there was one part which was not suitable for primary children. The video could be used as a stimuli in lessons or played as the children walk into Assembly. The song sung by Clay Aiken is beautiful