I am a music specialist and the music I write is original, tested on children and for the less confident teacher. My aim is to provide you with everything you need to fulfil Topic requirements and those of the National Curriculum (without having to prepare anything.) I provide Power Points/videos and give you mp3s and lyrics. Notation is sometimes given. The instrumental parts are dead easy!
I am a music specialist and the music I write is original, tested on children and for the less confident teacher. My aim is to provide you with everything you need to fulfil Topic requirements and those of the National Curriculum (without having to prepare anything.) I provide Power Points/videos and give you mp3s and lyrics. Notation is sometimes given. The instrumental parts are dead easy!
Playing in the snow. Preview https://youtu.be/0-m9We1vfpw
This simple animated song is about building a snowman and playing snow balls. It can be used on different levels. It’s suitable for a non-specialist or those more confident. There are quite a few lessons in this song and opportunities for art and literacy. In the resource you will find
1. Animated video/PPT of the song without instrument guide so that children can learn the song first.
2. Animated video/PPT of the song with percussion prompts when you're ready to add that.
3. Lyrics alone
4. For non-music readers a guide to percussion parts.
5. For the music reader Lead line and notes for percussion
6. Mp3s. Vocals, backing tracks with or without the percussion
7. Teaching notes
8. 8. Worksheets to showcase art and writing
I have duplicated some resources in case you prefer "Word" or PDF
The song celebrates the freedom of flying with Peter Pan.
Everything you need is in the pack. Specialists can use notation, non-specialists can use the video.
Included in the resources you will find
1. An animated video of the song with lyrics
2. A PPT of the song plus intro to JM Barrie
3. Mp3s of the vocals and backing
4. A lead line and guitar chords in notation (jpeg and Sibelius)
5. The lyrics with guitar chords
6. Colouring page
7. A writing page designed for display purposes
Red Riding Hood dons her hoodie and sets off to Grandma's house.There is a simple 3 note riff which can be played on any tuned instrument. Good for an Assembly highlight
Pack includes
PowerPoint, video
Lyrics,
Backing and vocal Mp3s
A cumulative song in an animated PowerPoint or video with matching large pictures and a worksheet. These can be used to alter the order of the song or for flash cards etc. There are also 2 mp3s , backing and voice.
With the backing track, you can use it for all sorts of songs according to your topic. E.g.
Animals, people who help us etc.
The tune used is "One man went to mow"
Children could listen out for the guiro and play with the song. Also, they could enter the garden in the way an animal would move.
This catchy song is about the importance of eating the right food for energy (Like petrol in a car).
If used in conjunction with other resources in the pack,it can be used over a few weeks.
Useful for Health week, food projects or Assemblies. If teaching to early years, let them copy the rhythms of the drum and guiro. Older children, or those who have music lessons, might appreciate the PPT on playing the instruments .This asks the children to listen in depth to the guiro and drum.
There are 2 worksheets. One to draw the chosen 5 a day (I brought fruit and veg in to draw) and the other to write a simple song.
The resources include
1a A PPT of the song
1b. A PPT teaching the rhythmic accompaniment
2. A video of the song
4. Mp3 vocal track
4. Mp3 backing track
4. MP3 instrumental excerpt
5. Worksheet writing a song
6. Worksheet Drawing 5 a day
7. Lyrics and chords
Key stage one
• use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes
• play tuned and untuned instruments musically
• experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions of music.
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key stage 2
• use and understand staff and other musical notations
Resources contain
1. PowerPoint presentation of the song “Three cool blind mice” inspired by the mice from Shrek. Parts for simple percussion (Tappers, clapping, drum)
2. Video of the above if you prefer
3. PPT of the original three blind mice. (Links to YouTube for music to listen /move to. Ideas for follow up and origins of the nursery rhyme.
4. Mp3s of Three Cool Blind mice (backing and voice)
5. Bordered display sheet to showcase children’s own art.
The children had just learned to play D on the violin. I wrote the song to enable them to use this note. It can also be played on any instrument. On the video, you can hear the children playing.
This song can be used to teach most of the curriculum expectations. It has 3 levels of competency. Some pupils who have private lessons would be able to sight read the most difficult part.
Pitch, rhythm, the stave, rests, singing., playing an instrument
N.C
• play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
• listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
• use and understand staff and other musical notations
Resources include
Animated Video and PPT of the song
Backing and vocals tracks
An audio guide in a PPT to help play the instruments
Music, teaching points for the instruments and lyrics
The story of St George and the dragon told in song.
1. PPT
2. Video
3.Lyrics and guitar chords
4. Backing track mp3
5. Performance track mp3
I have used this with key stage 1 and 2. They love it ! (Especially the boys)
This counting down song is designed for non music specialists to feel confident taking instrumental music. The words scrape, scrape, boom, clink suggest a guiro, a drum and anything metallic.
The worksheets -3 - Children examine the completed picture and compare it to their worksheet. They have to identify what is missing and draw their own in the space. I tell them that the photocopier didn't work and they have to finish the picture. The shape dinosaurs could e created on the computer.
There is a backing track and a vocals track, PPT and video
Composition - Following on from the percussion pattern in the song, this shows how to write the composition down . The incomplete sheet is for the children to design their own composition
This simple song encourages the children to put on their super hero boots, magic cloak, and glasses for x -ray vision before they curl up exhausted after a days super heroism!
Use props or simply mime the actions in the short musical interluded after each verse or use simple instruments to imitate the action.E.g When the skeleton appears , add some bones (tappers/claves)
Using the mp3s , you can substitute the name of animal you wish to sing about. The example here is the dragon. The song encourages the use of drum and cymbal as children celebrate the Chinese new year. The vocals sing of the dragon but any animal may be substituted when you use the backing track.
Powerpoint of song
2.Lyrics
3.video
4 .voice mp3
Backing no percussion mp3
The story of the thee little pigs in song
Resources include video and PPT of the song.
Mp3s of vocals and backing
Simple accompaniment (differentiated for pitch or rhythm . non specialist)
Very simple worksheet to draw the pigs' houses.
Lyrics on sheet
I wrote this carol because I couldn’t find many suitable carols about the Annunciation. It’s useful if you are doing a Nativity Reading. There is a guide to use 3 notes on the chime bars (or glockenspiel if you haven’t got an Eb)
Resources
1 Mary and the angel video
2 Mary and the angel lyrics
3 Mary and the angel vocals
4 Mary and the angel backing track
5 Mary and the angel. How to play some notes
6 Mary and angel melody and guitar
7 As above in Sibelius
8 Mary and the angel resources list.
This little song was inspired by Oliver Jeffers book “How to catch a star” .It is about a little boy who is desperate to catch a star. You’ll have to read the book to find out what happens! It can be used as a starting point for an Assembly with scope for movement and triangle players.
The song has a triangle part that the children are encouraged to listen out for and then play. I’ve also written a song based on the book “Lost and found “which is also by Oliver Jeffries.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-song-about-friendship-with-percussion-parts-non-specialist-11059683
The resource has
1. A video of the song
2. A PowerPoint if you should wish to add your own stuff!
3. chords and lyrics
4. Backing tracks with and without triangle. A vocal track
5. A completed example of a worksheet and a blank one
The resources can be used with the book Lost and found or a just as a song about friendship
1.There is a video of the song with percussion opportunities
2.lyrics
3 .2 backing tracks ( one without the children's percussion part) and a vocal track.
There are also worksheets with examples given . There is scope for movement as the children face each other and row backwards and forwards in the chorus.
A PPT is also provided should you prefer that to a video.
There is also a free video on the free rsources section for movement and music . See https://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/music-and-movement-penguins-friendship-11059688
The song Jingle Bells for non specialists and specialists . Key stage 1 and 2
• play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
• listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
• use and understand staff and other musical notations
• develop an understanding of the history of music. ( See the last part of the video)
Differentiation -
1 Use the video as a song only
2 Use only the first few bars of the accompaniment
3 Add 4 note accompaniment in chorus
4 Add more notes in the verse
This song can stand alone as a topic song for the summer or as a piece to develop playing an instrument. The example on the video uses a xylophone and glockenspiel. Any tuned instrument could be used though.the teaching will range over a few weeks.
For those teachers less confident, I suggest a tambourine in the chorus.
Some pupils who take private lessons could sight read the xylophone part on the verse using a keyboard.
N.C
• use and understand staff and other musical notations
• play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
• listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
Resources include
• A video and PPT of the song
• 2 backing tracks with and without the percussion
• Vocal track
• PPT audio teaching the instruments
• Music score instruments
• Lyrics and easier accompaniment for non-readers
This old English folk tune dating back to the 18th century can be sung with a vocal / backing track / video for non-specialist and a very simple accompaniment on chime bars and a harmony for those more confident. The PowerPoint has introduction to folk music and the song itself
Included in the resource pack are
1. 2 backing tracks. One with chime bars on. One without
2. Tracks with vocals and harmony. Vocals without harmony
3. Notation for chime bars
4. Lyrics
5. Video without harmony
6. A PowerPoint with teaching notes and an introduction to the song
Dinosaur Tour
This catchy song takes the children back in a time machine to the land of the dinosaurs.
It could be used as a starter for a topic or “a piece de resistance “in an assembly production
Resources include
1. Video and PPT of the song
2. Chord and lyrics
3. Backing and vocals track
4. Extension percussion and questions PPT.
5. Mp3 of the percussion extension
6. Score of the percussion
N.C
• play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
• listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
• use and understand staff and other musical notations