Welcome song: Hello everyone
Hello everyone, hello everyone, glad that you are here (x2)
Aye, aye, aye aye aye, glad that you are here (x2)

Sing the song, keeping a steady beat with the actions:

Line 1 – tap knees to the beat, there are 8 beats in total. (x2)
Line 2 – Clap hands to the beat. 4 claps in an upward motion followed by 4 claps in a downward motion to reflect the rise and fall of the melody. (x2)

Voices
Teacher: Have you got your… speaking/singing/thinking/loud/quiet/high/low/whispering voice?

Children: Yes I’ve got my… speaking/singing/thinking/loud/quiet/high/low whispering voice

This vocal warm-up should be delivered as call and response – children listen and then respond by copying the way the teacher has used their voice.  Repeat for high voice, low voice, whispering voice and finish on with singing voice each time. Children can suggest other fun ways to use their voice e.g. a robot voice.

Differentiate between a speaking and singing voice.

Experiment with the voice and create different sounds.

Singing Names
Teacher: Hello, what’s your name?
Child: My name is…

Sitting in a circle, the teacher should sing ‘Hello, what’s your name?’ to each child in turn and encourage each child to sing back ‘My name is…’ Ask the children to use a ‘singing voice’ and to try to match the pitch of your voice. A pop-up puppet or finger puppet can be used to encourage children to sing individually – hide it away while you sing and then pop it up when the child sings back. Alternatively, a puppet/object can be passed around the circle, and each child passes it on to the person next to them after their turn.

If a child is reluctant to sing on their own then the whole group should help by singing with them.

Sing individually.

Sing with some understanding of pitch (higher and lower).

Puppet

Touch your shoulders, touch your knees
Touch your shoulders, touch your knees
Raise your arms and drop them please.
Touch your ankles, touch your toes
Pull your ears and touch your nose.

Teach as call and response and then sing the song through with the children using the actions to keep a steady beat. Explore singing this song at different speeds, gradually getting faster and faster!

Each action is performed twice (tap shoulders twice, then knees twice etc). However, line two is slightly different – raise each arm individually and then lower individually to cover the 4 beats for that line.

Clap Your Hands
Clap, clap, clap your hands,
Clap your hands together

Sing this song as call and response. The teacher should sing and keep a steady beat using an action, then the children copy. Each action is performed once on each of the 8 beats – change the action each time the song is repeated e.g. march your feet, nod your head, tap your knees etc.

Ask the children to come up with some other verses using different actions to keep a beat.

Claves

Closing song: Goodbye Everyone
Goodbye everyone, goodbye everyone, glad that you were here (x2)
Aye, aye, aye aye aye, glad that you were here (x2)

Repeat with same actions used for ‘Hello Everyone’.