Starter quiz
- When we are singing and playing instruments together, we are making...
- 'music' ✓
- True or false. We can use our voice in many different ways.
- True ✓
- False
- How do you think you will learn new songs best?
- Start singing straight away as soon as you hear the teacher singing.
- Watch, listen, then join in when you feel ready. ✓
- Clap really loudly to show you are enjoying the song.
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- When you are singing, what part of your body are you using?
- your voice in your throat
- your head for thinking and singing
- your whole body to think about how you stand, breath and sing safely ✓
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Exit quiz
- Match our two different voices.
- singing voice⇔when we are creating musical sounds using high and low sounds ✓
- speaking voice⇔the voice we use when we are talking to each other ✓
- When we are chanting, are we using our singing voice or our speaking voice?
- 'speaking voice' ✓
- Why do we need to warm up before we sing?
- because we need to make sure everyone is joining in.
- because we need to make sure we are singing really loudly.
- because we have muscles in our throat that we need to keep strong and healthy. ✓
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- When tapped on the shoulder on which word in Hickety Tickety Bumblebee does it mean it is your turn to sing on your own?
- 'me' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- We warm up before singing so that our bodies, minds and voices are ready to sing.
- We can use our voices to chant and sing together.
- We can sing together or sing on our own.
- We know when it is our turn to sing.
Common misconception
Singing louder means the children are more engaged and singing better.
For children to develop sound intonation and accuracy, they need to sing gently and not be encouraged to always sing loudly.
Keywords
Chant - speaking in time to a pulse
Song - music with words
Singing voice - create musical sounds with our voice that can be a mixture of high sounds and low sounds music with words
Speaking voice - the voice we use when we talk to each other
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