Props
Props can be used during group singing games and be displayed in a music area to support learners during play:
- Large piece of stretch lycrafabric or a parachute
- Pop-up cone puppet
- Finger puppets
- Hand puppets / soft toys
- Floor spots / hoops
- Ball
- Nursery rhyme and story props/characters
Instruments
A selection of tuned and unturned percussion instruments for exploring different sounds:
- Tambour (hand drum)
- Lollipop drum & beater
- Tambourine
- Wood block or agogo block & beater
- Guiro
- Bells
- Different sized triangles & beaters
- Chime bar set / xylophone / glockenspiel with beaters
- Hand bell set
Printable Resources
Flashcards can be used as visuals during group singing games and be displayed in a music area to support learners during play:
- Concept flashcards – fast/slow, loud/quiet, high/low
- Performance directions – start/stop
- 4x heart cut outs (to represent the beat/pulse)
- Rhythm flashcards (pictorial)
- Singing voice, speaking voice, thinking voice visuals
- Instrument sound cards – shake, tap, ting, boom
- Song title cards with visuals
- Song/rhyme lyrics displayed with visuals
- Pictures of objects/animals for identifying alliteration, rhyming pairs and clapping syllables
Digital Technology
- Speaker
- iPad
- Headphones
