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Primary school resources - especially music and piano teaching.
Intervals and Landmarks Dog Treats Game
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Intervals and Landmarks Dog Treats Game

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Use this simple game to test your pupils’ understanding of stepwise movement on the stave along with key Landmark Notes. Pupils take turns with their teacher to throw the die and move from Low F to High G, but if they land on a Landmark Note then there will be a consequence! If laminated or printed onto card you could play it while sitting with the pupil at the piano - all you’ll need is a die and Blue Tac stuck to buttons.
Find that Key Chilli Challenge
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Find that Key Chilli Challenge

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The idea of this activity is to develop pupils’ understanding and confidence with keyboard geography. I use my laser pointer to point at the grid squares and ask them to play the notes shown without looking at their hands (they wear an apron for fun!). There are different levels of difficulty and I cross off the squares they’ve achieved or cover them with small sticky notes.
Pentascales behind the keys prompts
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Pentascales behind the keys prompts

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Print and cut out these pentascale prompts to help piano pupils learn the structure of major and minor pentascales. Best printed onto card or laminated, they can be placed behind any starting note.
Chord 'behind the key' prompts.
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Chord 'behind the key' prompts.

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Use these chord prompts to help piano pupils learn the structure of major and minor chords. They can be placed behind any starting note and are best either printed onto card or laminated.
Intervallic reading practise sheets
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Intervallic reading practise sheets

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Use these sheets to help pupils develop their skills in intervallic note reading. They can be used in any clef and I usually ask pupils just to use the 2nd finger of their left/right hand (if playing the piano!)
Circle of 5ths (for colouring in once aspects are mastered).
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Circle of 5ths (for colouring in once aspects are mastered).

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I print out this wheel and stick it in pupils’ technique books. Once a pentscale has been mastered (major or minor), they are allowed to colour in either the circle (for the major keys) or the segment (for the minor keys). They can then see their progress and aim to ‘collect the set’. It could also be used for them to demonstrate mastery of full scales, chords, arpeggios etc.
Major chords
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Major chords

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For visual learners, this major chord progression sheet can help with pattern recognition. Useful for composition and improvisation.
Music Feelings and emotions wheel
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Music Feelings and emotions wheel

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Use this to help your students identify the mood/feeling they would like to convey when playing a piece of music. I have laminated mine and ask pupils to stick Blue Tac dots next to their chosen emotions.
Skips Alphabet - interactive sheet
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Skips Alphabet - interactive sheet

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Cut out the FACE GBD graphics and they can be handily placed on the stave by students to let them see how the Skips Alphabet works. Best enlarged to A3 then printed or laminated.
Ukulele finger positions practise worksheet
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Ukulele finger positions practise worksheet

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When I started my ukulele club I wanted an easy way of getting pupils to find key finger positions as a basis for learning chords. This sheet was really useful as I could say ‘fish’ or ‘snake’ and see if they could find the positions correctly. Tey then took it home to practise too.
Music Interrelated Dimensions Christmas Active Listening Activity
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Music Interrelated Dimensions Christmas Active Listening Activity

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I created this for my class to complete while they watched ‘The Snowman’. At key points I’d choose an Interrelated Dimension such as ‘tempo’ and they would decide whether the music heard was fast or slow. They’d then draw and colour a Christmas decoration on the correct part of the
Nailed it!  Piano finger numbers activity for beginner learners.
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Nailed it! Piano finger numbers activity for beginner learners.

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Aimed at younger beginner piano learners, this activity sheet asks them to tap the nails on the wooden board with the correct finger number sequences. Each sequence can be tapped using their right and hand fingers and there is space for the teacher to tick off each challenge when achieved.
Piano Practise Pandas
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Piano Practise Pandas

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I designed these cute pianos to help beginner pupils develop their use of piano practise strategies. I grouped the strategies into three stages and have included a platform so each panda can be stood up on top of pupils’ pianos. Best laminated, printed onto card or stuck onto a cereal packet, cut carefully around the end of each panda, including the feet, and crease each side of the piano keys at the bottom so that they stand up correctly.