By the end of the unit children will:
- Be introduced to the instruments of the orchestra and their families
- Understand how sounds are made on different instruments
- Play more complex chime bar patterns
- Become more familiar with the rhythm notation for ‘ta’ and ‘te-te’
Classroom
> BINGO
A traditional circle game song that has been played by countless generations of children for over two hundred years! It’s fantastic for concentration, spelling and rhythm learning.
Big Sing
> I once saw an elephant
This is a cheerful song about animals that play instruments.
> A cat sat on a mat
A new take on the Old MacDonald idea, this highly enjoyable song for infants has all the ingredients to make it a guaranteed favourite: onomatopoeia, rhyme, repetition and lots of scope for extension.
> Five fine bumble bees
A fun counting song with great bumble bee sound effects! Choose numbers to fit in with your Mathematics learning: evens, odds, backwards, in fives, tens, hundreds - or choose your own.
