Add ax to initial sound A four line humorous poem/rhyme to teach the sound and allow the children the experience of reading together .The have 3 letters and can be learned phonetically. Look out for the snoring man !

Teaching I Choose the picture which has a different initial letter and is therefore the odd one out. The final slide animates the odd one out; Children could design their own alphabet frieze or playing cards (for snap) choosing from the pictures on the PowerPoint. .

Teaching D Choose the picture which has a different initial letter and is therefore the odd one out. The final slide animates the odd one out; Children could design their own alphabet frieze or playing cards (for snap) choosing from the pictures on the PowerPoint. .

Teaching G Choose the picture which has a different initial letter and is therefore the odd one out. The final slide animates the odd one out; Children could design their own alphabet frieze or playing cards (for snap) choosing from the pictures on the PowerPoint. .

Teaching K Choose the picture which has a different initial letter and is therefore the odd one out. The final slide animates the odd one out; Children could design their own alphabet frieze or playing cards (for snap) choosing from the pictures on the PowerPoint. .

Teaching Y Choose the picture which has a different initial letter and is therefore the odd one out. The final slide animates the odd one out; Children could design their own alphabet frieze or playing cards (for snap) choosing from the pictures on the PowerPoint. .

Teaching L Choose the picture which has a different initial letter and is therefore the odd one out. The final slide animates the odd one out; Children could design their own alphabet frieze or playing cards (for snap) choosing from the pictures on the PowerPoint. .

Teaching X. Choose the picture which has a different initial letter and is therefore the odd one out. The final slide animates the odd one out; Children could design their own alphabet frieze or playing cards (for snap) choosing from the pictures on the PowerPoint. .

Teaching F Choose the picture which has a different initial letter and is therefore the odd one out. The final slide animates the odd one out; Children could design their own alphabet frieze or playing cards (for snap) choosing from the pictures on the PowerPoint. .

Teaching N Choose the picture which has a different initial letter and is therefore the odd one out. The final slide animates the odd one out; Children could design their own alphabet frieze or playing cards (for snap) choosing from the pictures on the PowerPoint. .

This is a nonsense song about animals having identity problems. The sheep thinks that she’s a car and the cow thinks that she’s a dog. There are parts for the untuned instruments to play along with the melody. I got the idea from the tune Beep beep Ima sheep . I asked LiDeuce Deuce, the composer if I could use the words of the title in my song . Normally I would sell my original songs but I promised LiDeuce Deuce (Tod Bryanton ) that I wouldn’t , hence this freebie. Key stage 1 Pupils should be taught to: • use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes • play tuned and untuned instruments musically • listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music •experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions of music. Included in pack PPT of the animated song with music (Video on YouTube ) Follow up ideas Melody and chords notation A chime bar part notation Chime bar parts pictures Backing track without chime bars Backing with chime bars Vocals

A silly song to introduce the digraph “ch”. Charlie only eats food that begins with “ch”. The words chips, chops and cheese are used. Then when children have learned the song, they can substitute those words for other “ch” words. E.g Chicken, chives, chard, cherries, chili, chocolate, chick peas. “Charlie the dinosaur had a chicken for lunch.” They could go really silly and find non-food words for Charlie to eat .E.g “Charlie the dinosaur had a child for lunch” etc. Resource includes 1. A PPT of the song should you wish to add to it. 2. A video of the song 3. An mp3 of the song 4. A worksheet to colour Charlie and" feed him" with ch digraphs. (Publisher) 5. The lyrics

A creative way of introducing the trigraph “air” Children love this song and get quite self-righteous because someone has taken their chair! There is a very simple part for the claves (or any untuned instruments) and for differentiation a simple part for chime bars with the notes written underneath the music. Musically you can extend this as far as you feel comfortable or just sing and clap in the instrumental Resources include PPT (should you wish to edit) Music sheet Video 2 mp3s vocals and backing

The song used the words, shark, shore, and shell. It is to reinforce the digraph you have taught in the day or to introduce it. Musically, the song has short musical interludes. The child is encouraged to move the arms downwards as the music and illustrations move downwards too. (Beginnings of pitch) The worksheet uses the illustrations from the song to colour and add the words shark, shell, or just the digraph. In the resource, you will find 1 A PPT in case you wish to add your own ideas 2 A video of the song 3 A worksheet (Publisher and a photo of this in case you don’t have publisher) 4 An mp3 of the song 5 The lyrics

The trigraph “ear” is promoted in this song. The children have to listen out for the maracas and then play along. It’s about a man whose beard is so long that the birds decide to nest there. Included in the resource is 1. A video of the song 2. A PPT of the song should you wish to add to it. 3. 2 mp3s a vocal and backing track 4. Separate lyrics and guitar chords.

This is a story on video or PowerPoint and video about a spider who wanted his own song. He listened to all the other mini beasts singing and desperately wanted his own song . The idea is to "hook" the children into making their own songs. There is a teacher's guide showing what learning objectives might be encountered. After the story, there is a follow up song using all the creature's individual songs from the story. e.g. high/low/fast/slow/voice expression etc. The story can also be used in Assembly/PHSE as an in road to "finding your voice" it would be a good starter for writing too. Included in the resource is a video PPT mp3 teachers notes

A silly action song (Dr Zeus style) using simple words.... bug, jug, mug, fly, sky, (eye), snail, pail, jail. There are opportunities to move and play a drum and a penny whistle/whistle. (The latter can be omitted and a sound uttered instead). This is useful for a minibeast topic. The resource contains 1. A video of the song 2. A PowerPoint of the song should you wish to add to it. 3. Follow up ideas 4. An mp3 of the song and a backing track

New National Curric- Use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes . Play tuned and un-tuned instruments musically. I used this chant with the topic Houses and homes for key stage 1. A house is built and gradually, the tradespeople (electrician, plumber, decorator, carpenter, plasterer) come and complete the building.) Percussion opportunities come on the end of the verse , instruments are pictorially suggested With this TES resource you have a video, a PowerPoint presentation, mp3s with vocals, backing without percussion , backing and separate lyrics

The song is about the changes a child faces from birth to the first day at school. We used it to introduce the topic "Myself" and then the children brought in photos of themselves as babies

A song about the seasons . Each verse a different season. The video has words and prompts for percussion instruments. If you haven't got a bird warbler, children love a small keyboard (some have pre-programmed chirps) or, you could use a cuckoo sound (G and a lower E.) It’s a useful song for all seasons of the year. Preview song (with different illustrations ) https://youtu.be/ZcXI1JCpDxs In the resource pack you will find - 1.A worksheet. Children draw a representative image from the song for each season 2.A video of the song 3. separate lyrics 4.A PPT of the song with follow up idea at the end and a link to listening music. 5 A backing track and a vocal track