Scots – Making Music

March 22, 2021March 26, 2021

The Hungry Caterpillar Rap

Introduction

Here is a fun and engaging version of Eric Carle’s popular story The Hungry Caterpillar. It is aimed at P1-3 and involves a rap, chanting, actions and follow up literacy and science activities.

Younger pupils can enjoy watching the story presented in a new way with rap
music whilst learning some actions and keeping the beat. There are further
activities for phonics and the science of life cycles.

Older pupils can also challenge themselves to learn and chant bits of the
rap and use the alliterative writing to stimulate creative writing of their own.

There are interactive teaching videos and further activities you can use in your classroom.

Video Lessons

MP3 tracks

The Caterpillar Rap Vocal

The Caterpillar Rap Backing Track

Learning Resources

To download files right click on the links and then select either:

Save Target As’ (PC)
‘Download Linked File As’ (Apple)

The Hungry Caterpillar Rap Word sheet

If you can access GLOW you can also see the lesson as a SWAY

Spring SWAY links

Spring Youtube links

On our Resource Page you can find all our songsheets, MP3 tracks and worksheets for all our Blog posts.

For teacher and school staff with access to GLOW all the videos, audio, pintable’s and teacher sheets downloaded from our YMI Making Music team in the Early Years Emerging Literacy folder.

Use the code wjimn8l to join the team if you are not already a member.

January 20, 2021January 21, 2021

The Gruffalo in Scots

Introduction

The Gruffalo is the fantastic tale of the mouse who goes for a walk in the woods, by children’s writer Julia Donaldson and beautifully illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Mrs Borthwick teaches us how to sing and act the story in Scots.

We have more songs and tunes in Scots and some by the famous Scottish poet Robert Burns in this post.

Video Lessons

MP3 tracks

Gruffalo-in-Scots

Gruffalo-In-Scots, Backing Track

Learning Resources

To download files right click on the links and then select either:

Save Target As’ (PC)
‘Download Linked File As’ (Apple)

Gruffalo in Scots.mp3 File

Gruffalo In Scots backing.mps3 File

If you can access GLOW you can also see the Gruffalo as a SWAY

On our Resource Page you can find all our songsheets, MP3 tracks and worksheets for all our Blog posts.

For teacher and school staff with access to GLOW more information and all the files can be downloaded from our YMI Making Music team pages and from our YMI Sharepoint. Use the code wjimn8l to join the team if you are not already a member.

January 12, 2021January 21, 2021

Robert Burns

Introduction

The YMI team have produced some resources about the Scottish poet Robert Burns, who wrote some of our most well known songs and poems. He is remembered every year on the 25th January when people around the world celebrate his works on ‘Burns’ night. His most famous work ‘Auld Lang Syne’ is traditionally sung at midnight around the world when the New Year begins. Burns grew up and lived in Aryshire and was just 37 years old when he died. He wrote a lot of poems in Scots, such as the lovely To a Mouse.

“Wee, sleekit, cow’rin, tim’rous beastie”

You can listen to the tutors sing some of his songs, sing along yourself and learn to play them on your iPad . We have added a few of the songs into in this post. and for teachers who can access our GLOW site we have several others you can explore.

If you would like to learn some more about Burns here is a great worksheet for Primary pupils, called Burns for Weans (or children in Scots).

Burns for Weans

Videos Lessons: A Man’s A Man for A’That.