How often have you listened to a song lyrics and perhaps not picked up the correct words – a mondegreen? Your pupils will listen intently to lyrics of songs they enjoy – songs are all around us. Wouldn’t it be good to capture that enthusiasm of pupils to listen carefullyto lyrics and harness that engagement …
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“Ae fond Click!” – using digital tools to support classroom activities on Scotland’s Bard Robert Burns
For many Scottish schools in January there is often an emphasis in the classroom on work on the life and literature of Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns. The following resources provide ideas for how ICT tools can be used to provide different ways of helping to engage pupils with the study of the life and …
Composing with Pictures – music sequencers for the primary classroom
The creation of music in primary schools is simplified by using software or online tools which let pupils, with limited or no music notation skills, choose musical phrases and sequence them in any order which the pupil wishes. The facility to drag these graphics around, play back and edit their order, instrumentation and tempo until the whole sequence sounds the way …
You write the songs….and want to write them down?
There are many free online tools for creating music – where pupils can use drag and drop graphic representations of sound samples to combine together into a piece of music. And these musical creations can be highly complex, with the user’s ear and creativity as the guides – the end result can be listened to …
Rapping the News – rhyming current affairs in the classroom
http://theweekinrap.com/ is exactly what the title says! Every week some main stories in the news from this US site are reported in rap. The quick rhythmic rhyming delivery allied to the mix of news footage, animations and special effects in the video makes for engaging viewing. Teachers often look to have pupils discuss current affairs …
Hear! Hear! Tools for Creating and Editing Audio Recordings in the Classroom
So you want to make an audio recording? Here are some free tools to help you do that in the classroom. Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ – Audacity is free software to download which lets users record and edit audio in order to create mp3 files for use on websites, blogs, podcasts or anywhere online. Audacity is a free, …
Videos of songs for singing along to in class
http://www.kideos.com/video/photosynthesis-song Kideos.com has videos grouped according to age group for use in primary school. Some of these help support teaching concepts (such as the photosynthesis song), or or reinforce vocabulary.
Online Music Resources for Primary School
Click here for a presentation about free online resources to support music teaching in the primary school.
