Shape Rhythms BUSTED!!
This is a music game for 2-4 players, which helps you
Songs for Hand Washing
Introduction
Mrs Borthwick has written some songs to help us with our hand washing. You can download them as backing tracks to play in your setting or use the video’s. The words for the songs are in the Learning Resource section.
Here are two of the videos and the other versions of the song can be viewed on our YMI Borders YouTube Channel Early Years playlist
MP3 Tracks
Wash Your Hands Before
Wash Your Hands After
Play – This Is The Way We Wash Our Hands
Safe – This Is The Way We Wash Our Hands
Snack – This Is The Way We Wash Our Hands
Backing – This Is The Way We Wash Our Hands
Learning Resources
To download files right click on the links and then select either:‘
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- Save Target As’ (PC)
- ‘Download Linked File’ (Mac)
Words
Mp3 Backing tracks
For teacher and school staff with access to GLOW more Early Years information and all the files can be downloaded from our YMI Making Music team pages. Use the code wjimn8l to join the team if you are not already a member.
Show us the Rhythm!
Scrape, Tap, Shake and Ting
In this lesson we are going to learn to use the instruments we made in our last video. We will use them with simple rhythm cards to introduce graphic notation, which is the first step to learning to read music.
The symbols are: 
In the videos Mrs Borthwick will show you how to use the cards and try to play the sounds in orders. If you missed it you can watch how to make the instruments in the blog post here.
Part 1. This video allows you to practise reading all the cards for each instrument one after another. You can try to make your own card with more variations and play them together.
Part 2 . If you have two players, this video shows how to mix up the cards using all four sounds. You can share out the instruments so that between you all the sounds can be played without stopping
Part 3. Now we will try a series of cards working as a pair or in a bigger group with all 4 sounds. Once you can play these cards confidently then use the different ones you have made at home.
Part 4. This video is much more challenging. Each card uses a mixture of two or more sounds. Again, once you have practised these examples you can create and compose your own rhythms.
Finally you can try creating your own grid with four lines of rhythm to play together and perform. We have an example of one here.
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Learning Resources
To download files right click on the links and then select either:‘
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- Save Target As’ (PC)
- ‘Download Linked File’ (Mac
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Scrape, Tap, Shake and Ting Project Guide
Make Your Own Percussion Instrument
Introduction
Mrs Borthwick shows us how to make simple instruments, using objects you can find at home. We will use them in our next lesson Scrape, Tap, Shake and Ting to teach us about rhythm. The four videos show you how to make each instrument and introduce use the rhythm cards.
You will need to collect a few things to make your instruments. Don’t forget to ask that you can have or borrow the items before you take them and ask for help if you need it.
The Shaker
A small tub or box. We made our shaker from an empty container that was made for spices or gravy granules but you can use any thing you have to hand, such as a small milk bottle or tin.
Dry pasta. You can also try rice and dry peas for a different sound.
Pens, paint or stickers to decorate your shaker. Some sellotape to hold on the lid.
The Triangle
Some metal you can tap together. A metal spoon and ladle are ideal.
A piece of string or wool.
The Guiro
A plastic bottle, one with ribs on the side to scrape along and a stick or pen. to make the sound. You can decorate Guiro in any way you like with some stickers, buttons, sequins pens or glued on paper. Watch the video to see what we made!
The Claves
Two wooden spoons, two sticks or small pebbles. You could also try plastic pipe or pens but claves are normally made from wood.
Learning Resources
To download files right click on the links and then select either:‘
- Save Target As’ (PC)
- ‘Download Linked File’ (Mac
Learn the Uke!
Introduction
The Youth Music Initiative team have created a project to support teachers deliver class Ukulele lessons The YMI tutors come to the school to start the lessons and deliver some CPD for the staff. After a few weeks the of co-delivery, the YMI tutors reduce their input and only come into the school every couple weeks, with the class teacher leading the class in the alternate weeks.
As the project is develops, and has now be changed by the lockdown, we are adding song sheets and videos that can be downloaded and used at home or in the school hubs If you have access GLOW you can see all of them on our YMI Making Music Teams Page.
Words
We have song and chord sheets that can be printed off for all of the songs videos.
To view the words online just click on the link. To download the files right click on the links and then select either:
- Save Target As’ (PC)
- ‘Download Linked File’ (Mac
You can download the words for all the songs in our posts on the following Learning Resource page.
Here is one of the videos we have made, with Mrs Borthwick leading La Cucaracha.
Links
This the link to the Ukulele Playlist so you can watch more at home.
You can subscribe to our YMI Borders YouTube Channel where we have other playlists and learning videos from the tutors.
For teachers and support staff you can access our GLOW Making Music resource pages. If you are not already member of the Team you can request access.
