Music – Early Level: Primary 1 – Lesson 4 – CREATE Resources for Teachers

Experiences and Outcomes:
I enjoy singing and playing along to music of different styles and cultures. EXA 0-16a
I have the freedom to use my voice, musical instruments and music technology to discover and enjoy playing with sound and rhythm. EXA 0-17a

Skills:

Keep the beat with actions
Sing with some understanding of pitch (higher and lower)
Sing/chant individually and/or as part of a group
Differentiate between a speaking and singing voice
Sing/chant with a louder and quieter voice
Sing/chant at a faster or slower tempo
Experiment with the voice and create different sounds
Play the beat
Play with louder/quieter dynamics

Interdisciplinary Links:

I enjoy exploring and playing with the patterns and sounds of language and can use what I learn LIT 0-01a / LIT 0-11a / LIT 0-20a
As I listen and talk in different situations, I am learning to take turns and am developing my awareness of when to talk and when to listen LIT 0-02a / ENG 0-03a
I am learning to move my body well, exploring how to manage and control it and finding out how to use and share space HWB 0-21a
I am developing my movement skills through practice and energetic play HWB 0-22a
I am aware of my own and others’ needs and feeling, especially when taking turns and sharing resources. I recognise the need to follow rules HWB 0-23a

Activities	Skills	Resources
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)	Keep the beat with actions
I have got the ball… I have got the ball, Can you catch it (child’s name)? Everyone stands in a circle with one person holding a ball (a fairly bouncy one that’s not too small). As everyone chant the rhyme, the child with the ball bounces it on the beat. ‘I have GOT the ball, CAN you catch it ‘NAME’?’ As they say their chosen person’s name, they bounce the ball to them. Once a child has had their turn, they sit down.	Keep the beat with actions Sing/chant individually and/or as part of a group	Ball
Here Sits a Mousie Here sits a mousie, In his little housie. No one comes to see him, Poor little mousie. Sit in a circle with one child in the middle being the ‘mousie’. They sit with their eyes closed and have a set of bells beside them. As everyone starts to sing the song through, choose a child to take the bells from the middle and tip toe back to their space. When they get back to their space they should play 4 beats with the bells so that the child in the middle can listen to where the sound is coming from. All children put their hands behind their back, the mousie ‘wakes up’, and tries to guess who has the bells. Vary the dynamics by giving the instruction to sing louder or quieter each time.	Sing with some understanding of pitch (higher and lower) Sing/chant individually and/or as part of a group Sing/chant with a louder and quieter voice	Bells
I went up an Apple Tree (Spoken) I went up an apple tree All the apples fell on me Apple pudding, apple pie Did you ever tell a lie? Act out the rhyme keeping the steady beat with appropriate actions (4 beats per line) When the children know the rhyme well, give instructions which change the tempo or dynamics. Children could also take turns using an instrument to keep a beat whilst everyone chants the rhyme (e.g. claves, drum, wood block)	Keep the beat with actions Sing/chant individually and/or as part of a group Sing/chant with a louder and quieter voice Sing/chant at a faster or slower tempo Play the beat	Selection of instruments
Go Bananas Bananas assemble! Pick banana, pick pick banana (x2) Repeat with: peel, slice, mash, eat, go! Ask children to come up with actions for ‘pick, peel, slice, mash, eat and go bannanas’ which they can perform to a steady beat. Teach the song line by line with the actions – try starting the song quietly, gradually getting louder towards the end. Perform the song all the way through along to the recorded track if you can.	Keep the beat with actions Sing with some understanding of pitch (higher and lower) Sing/chant individually and/or as part of a group	Backing track
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’.	Keep the beat with actions.

Activities

Skills

Resources

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)

Keep the beat with actions

I have got the ball…
I have got the ball,
Can you catch it (child’s name)?

Everyone stands in a circle with one person holding a ball (a fairly bouncy one that’s not too small).
As everyone chant the rhyme, the child with the ball bounces it on the beat.

‘I have GOT the ball, CAN you catch it ‘NAME’?’

As they say their chosen person’s name, they bounce the ball to them.
Once a child has had their turn, they sit down.

Keep the beat with actions

Sing/chant individually and/or as part of a group

Ball

Here Sits a Mousie
Here sits a mousie,
In his little housie.
No one comes to see him,
Poor little mousie.

Sit in a circle with one child in the middle being the ‘mousie’.
They sit with their eyes closed and have a set of bells beside them.
As everyone starts to sing the song through, choose a child to take the bells from the middle and tip toe back to their space.

When they get back to their space they should play 4 beats with the bells so that the child in the middle can listen to where the sound is coming from.
All children put their hands behind their back, the mousie ‘wakes up’, and tries to guess who has the bells.
Vary the dynamics by giving the instruction to sing louder or quieter each time.

Sing with some understanding of pitch (higher and lower)

Sing/chant individually and/or as part of a group

Sing/chant with a louder and quieter voice

Bells

I went up an Apple Tree (Spoken)
I went up an apple tree
All the apples fell on me
Apple pudding, apple pie
Did you ever tell a lie?

Act out the rhyme keeping the steady beat with appropriate actions (4 beats per line)

When the children know the rhyme well, give instructions which change the tempo or dynamics.
Children could also take turns using an instrument to keep a beat whilst everyone chants the rhyme (e.g. claves, drum, wood block)

Keep the beat with actions

Sing/chant individually and/or as part of a group

Sing/chant with a louder and quieter voice

Sing/chant at a faster or slower tempo

Play the beat

Selection of instruments

Go Bananas
Bananas assemble!
Pick banana, pick pick banana (x2)
Repeat with: peel, slice, mash, eat, go!

Ask children to come up with actions for ‘pick, peel, slice, mash, eat and go bannanas’ which they can perform to a steady beat.
Teach the song line by line with the actions – try starting the song quietly, gradually getting louder towards the end.
Perform the song all the way through along to the recorded track if you can.

Keep the beat with actions

Sing with some understanding of pitch (higher and lower)

Sing/chant individually and/or as part of a group

Backing track

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’.

Keep the beat with actions.

E-Portfolio tag: Expressive arts