By the end of the unit children will:
- Be familiar with all three Mini Musicians songs.
- Have had opportunities to sing alone.
- Play simple chime bar melodies following colour and/or letter patterns.
- Demonstrate they can feel the beat by performing movements and/or playing untuned percussion instruments to music.
- Recognise and respond to contrasts in music, eg fast/slow, high/low, quiet/loud and describe them using appropriate vocabulary.
Classroom
> Snail, snail
A simple three-note melody. Have fun creating the spiral shape of a snail's shell in the accompanying group game.
Big Sing
> This is what it sounds like
A simple warm-up song that gets us singing together, and exploring different sounds.
> I've got feelings
A song to help children name their emotions, and explore what happens to them physically when they feel a certain way.
> My voice is really funky
A funky call-and-echo song, describing some of the different ways we can use our voices.
