A simplified version with illustrations. It takes us to the Darling's house in London where Mr. and Mrs. Darling are going out. It finishes as the children fly away to Never Never Land. The text is easy to read.

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.

Rowan wrote a song about her identity. Useful as a stimulus for poetry, writing 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) Develop a backing track using Dance E jay or a similar programme. Run in slide mode to hear sound.

Aiden wrote this heart warming song about his Chinese hamster Useful as a stimulus for poetry, writing 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) Develop a backing track using Dance E jay or a similar programme. Run in slide mode to hear sound.

The sheets fold into a concertina to make a little booklet for their collection of long sounds. I open the images in windows gallery and print out an 8/1/2 x/11 paper. The sounds are Long a , e , i , o and u. Drawing is encouraged!

Use the video to show the different pitches of voice. The PowerPoint guides the children to use their voices in different ways. The excerpt comes from the film "The Incredibles."

What is inspiration? Listen to 5 different composers who were inspired by Shakespeare. The PowerPoint explores different genres of music all with the same inspiration - Romeo and Juliet. The links are all to the full length versions of the clips above.

James passion is dancing. Firstly he wrote poem as to when it all started. Then, he composed a piece of music so that he could choreograph his friends dancing to it. The tempo was too fast so he had to learn to alter it.

Ben and Shane are year 2 children who wrote a song about the changing seasons. They then used dance e jay to provide a rhythm for their performance. Useful as a stimulus for poetry about the seasons..Method -Brainstorm ideas, Chose most relevant words and then find words which rhyme with them. Develop a backing track using Dance E jay or a similar programme.

Any poetry that is written in harvest time can be shown off in this writing sheet. It can also be colored in.

A simple technique for making up a song using the names of the fruit in the book 'Handa's surprise' It looks attractive too. You could scan them into a powerpoint so all the children can sing or play each others work. This will work with fruit or animals in the topic whether or not you are doing 'Handa&'s surprise'

Destiny ‘s song about a pet hamster, A favorite theme with young song writers. It is useful as a stimulus for personal writing, poetry or, song writing; Children love the work of their peers. Method -Brainstorm ideas, Chose most relevant words and then words which rhyme with them. Take the first sentence as a blueprint for subsequent lines (syllables).Run in slide mode to hear sound.

While the teacher is doing the register, draw or write anything you can see which begins with D. How many do you have ?Afterwards, you reveal the words to match the illustrations and the final count.

Ceylan’s song is about her two nanas, one lives in the U.K, the other in Turkey Useful as a stimulus for poetry, writing or song writing, Children love the work of their peers. Method -Brainstormed ideas, Chose most relevant words and then find words which rhyme with them. Take the first sentence as a blueprint for subsequent lines (syllables). Developed a backing track using Dance E jay or a similar programme. Run in slide mode to hear sound.

A method to help the children write a poem

A bundle of resources about Spring including 3 videos,\nan original song , a nursery rhyme and a plant growing in slow motion with original music to stimulate movement. There is also a snippet of history. These are all inserted into a PowerPoint for ease of presentation.

The main keywords are illustrated with pictures of the wolf, three little pigs, house of bricks, house of straw , house of twigs.

An opportunity to hear ( embedded files ) the barrel organ playing melodies we associate with the circus. Plenty of opportunity to move to the music. The file lends itself to adaptation but you will lose sound if you delete the slide with sound on. The modern version of Nelly the elephant-is included The PowerPoint is a stimulus to creating music and moving. Elephant poem and a worksheet for an information text about the circus. Would appreciate feed back. The Moscow state circus PPT contains maps, information and images from a geographical point of view. Feedback appreciated

Simple songs to sing inspired by the pages of" I like books" by the famous author Anthony Browne. Press the icons to hear the songs. "The Shape Game " also by Anthony Browne, looks at the picture in details and develops a song in which children are encouraged to copy the simple musical accompaniment. Useful for seaside topic.For more of my songs, visityoutube.com/user/pwilloughby3

Children have to identify how many words begin with B. Afterwards, you reveal the words to match the illustrations and the final count. Differentiation. Children could write the word as well as count. As the words are revealed, they can check their words.