9 lesson PowerPoint plan: 1. the life of Gustav Holst 2. Mars the bringer of war (string instruments) 3. Venus the bringer of peace (timbre) 4. Mercury the winged messenger (woodwind) 5. Jupiter the bringer of jollity (singing World in Union) 6. Saturn the bringer of old age (passing of time) 7. Uranus the magician (motifs) 8. Neptune the mystic (fadeout) 9. Pluto the renewer Thanks to marlin for some of the content.

Carnival of the Animals by Charles Camille Saint-Saens. Main content taken from dinx67, Wikipedia and YouTube, but made into a PowerPoint plan alongside images, animation and videos. 1. Intro to Saint-Saens, 2. Bird songs, 3. Fossils, 4. Animal safari, 5. How many ways?, 6. Move like animals I have created a Custom Slide Show, so you can view each lesson separately and easily.

A 5-lesson plan PowerPoint on Antonio Vivaldi and his famous violin concertos depicting the four seasons. An audio CD is required to be used alongside this plan. 1. The life of Antonio Vivaldi 2. Spring - representing in pictures 3. Summer - pitch of string instruments 4. Autumn - colour and emotion 5. Winter - bowing and plucking 6. Glossary I hope this is a useful series of plans for a non-music specialist use.

A PowerPoint telling the story (with teacher prompts for each page) to accompany the listening map. Each child will need the full listening map and pencil while listening to the audio of the story/music. Taken from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's online lesson plan.

A song to sing on Christmas Eve to the tune of the 12 days of Christmas or as part of a Christmas assembly or concert. On a night when the world was asleep and didn't know, shepherds were watching, angels were singing, &'peace on earth&';, on Christmas Day, in Bethlehem, laid in the hay, the Saviour Jesus was born.

Long and short flashcards to be used with lesson 2 from KS1 Unit 3 Music The long and short of it. Short sound is depicted by a small dot, long sound by a zigzag line.

A song found in my Dodo pad about plants and flowers. Sung to the tune of The Periodic Table.