Name of the exercise: Musical statues Description: a set of chairs, cd player and music, scarves (optional) Objectives Direct

aims: To teach the children how to play musical statues Indirect aims: To help children with physical development ( ross motors s!ills) To refine listenin and understandin s!ills"fallow instructions To help children fallow a rhythm and to express freely To increase space and body awareness

#ontrol of error: none $an ua e: musical statues, composer, spin, twist, etc% dance, name of the son ,

&reparation: listenin exercises (e% % silence rhymes (fallow a rhythm)

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&resentation: #hildren stand in an area and wait for music to start to play (controlled by the teacher or one of the children)% 'hen the music starts the children should dance to the music, the more spirited the better% The teacher will then stop the music at a random point% 'hen the music has stopped all children should free(e% The teacher then wal!s amon the players and watches to see who is still movin or doesn)t stop fast enou h, those children are called out of the ame% &lay continues until there is only one person left (the winner)% *ometimes the teacher can also call a theme for the statues, so that the children must impersonate somethin such as an animal or activity%

Name of the exercise: The bean bag (action son ) Description: a bean ba for each child, cd player, +The bean ba , son by -ap &almer Objectives Direct aims: .dentifyin Developin eye hand coordination Indirect aims: .mprovin rhythmic awareness body parts

#ontrol of error: visual $an ua e: head, shoulder, elbow, !nee, bac!, stomach, fin er, foot, arm /pproximate a e: 0 years old onwards &reparation: listenin exercises, circle time &resentation: 1ach participant holds a bean ba to the directions iven in the son % #horus: Throw the bean ba and catch Turn around, turn around, stamp, stamp, stamp Throw the bean ba and catch Turn around, turn around, stamp, stamp, stamp &ut it on your head and wal! around the room &ut it on your head and wal! around the room 2epeat #horus &ut it on your head and wal! around the room &ut it on your head and wal! around the room &ut &ut &ut &ut it it it it on on on on your your your your shoulder elbow !nee bac! now and responds

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&ut it on your head and wal! around the room &ut it on your head and wal! around the room Variation: 3 #hildren wor! to ether and share a bean ba with a partner% They throw and catch with each other then ta!e turns placin the bean ba on different body parts% Follow up: *timulate further exploration by as!in 4uestions and ivin challen es, for example: 5.n your own time, put the bean ba on all the body parts you remember hearin in this son %5 5#an you put the bean ba on parts of your body that were not named in this son 6 1xamples: spine, chest, chin, hips, fore arm, calf, shin%5 5&ut your bean ba on your head% /s . play the drum, move around the room% 'al! faster when . play the drum faster% .f your bean ba falls on the floor, stop movin and free(e by your bean ba % 5#an you find other ways to move with the bean ba 65 examples: &ut it on your spine and crawl around the room &ut it in your palm and hop around the room &ut it in your wrist and run around the room Drop it on the floor and run around the ba

Name of the exercise: Dancing with ribbons Description: sil!y or chiffon colourful ribbons cd player, a piece of music (classical, ambient music) Objectives Direct aims: encoura e children to move freely fallowin a rhythm Indirect aims: To teach the child the spatial and body awareness To increase confidence and self esteem #ontrol of error: none $an ua e: name of the composer, ballet, pose, twist, bend, ribbons, etc% /pproximate a e: 0 onwards &reparation: dance activities (e% % *tic!y !ids) &resentation: #hildren are as!ed to stand in the circle, holdin their ribbons% To start with, the teacher can ma!e a little ame with simple instructions encoura in children to: hold one corner and wi le your scarf7 scrunch it into a ball7 hold your scarf by two corners and ma!e it flap li!e washin on the clothesline7 ma!e it flap li!e a fla on a fla pole7 ma!e it fly li!e a !ite% Once the children are warmed up and ready to start, the instrumental"classical music can play en a in the children in free movements% The teacher may join in3 not to teach them how to dance but to share the beauty of music and dance%

Name of the exercise: Rhythm Instruments Description: a wide selection of musical instruments, cd player, instrumental music for children to fallow Objectives rhythm Direct aims: To teach the child to fallow a

Indirect aims: To increase listenin and concentration s!ills #ontrol of error: auditory (the sound of the music and the sounds made by the instruments don8t match) $an ua e: name of the instruments, music, coordination, rhythm /pproximate a e: 0 onwards &reparation: listenin exercises, musical instruments &resentation: -and out or let them come and collect a set of three different hand3held percussion rhythm instruments: e% % slei h bells, fin er cymbals and sha!ers% $et them experiment for a minute or so while everyone settles down% Then play the same instrument at the same time to ether while the music is on% 1ncoura e them to follow the rhythm of the music as to which instrument to play% *ome of the children can fallow the beat by clappin hands or tappin their !nees% Note: as an introductory ame, the teacher can as! one child at a time to play a musical instrument and the others can uess what instrument it was%

Name of the exercise: Storm Description: a enerous space to allow children to move freely, dramatic rainy music (e% % thunder, raindrops) Objectives creativity and ima ination Direct aims: to increase children

Indirect aims: to increase self3confidence and self esteem To increase hands3le s coordination To wor! as a team #ontrol of error: none $an ua e: name of the actions /pproximate a e: 0 onwards &reparation: exercises other drama and roup activities, listenin

&resentation: #hildren build up a storm by joinin in teacher 9 led sound effects one by one% .t builds to a crescendo and dies down to silence% .t was still and 4uiet% / entle bree(e was heard% (Teacher rubs hands to ether% #hildren to her ri ht, radually join in%) The bree(e rows louder% (2ub more vi orously) / patter of rain was heard% (Tap hands on palms) .t be an to thunder% (*tamp feet) This is reversed, droppin one noise at a time until all is 4uiet%

Name of the exercise: Magic Chairs Description: a chair for each child Objectives ima ination Direct aims: To increase creativity and

Indirect aims: to increase self3confidence and self esteem To increase hands3le s coordination To wor! as a team #ontrol of error: visual and auditory (the teacher8s description doesn8t match with the child8s action) $an ua e: name of the actions /pproximate a e: 0 : onwards &reparation: exercises other drama and roup activities, listenin

&resentation: 1veryone puts a chair in a space and moves away to the side of the room% The teacher explains what sort of chair it is and the pupils move to it and sit in it appropriately, stayin silent and concentratin on their mime% The chairs mi ht be: .n a restaurant, hi hchairs, dentists chairs, in a plane, in a tractor, in a roller coaster, etc%

Name of the exercise: Lea ing the room !"d erb e#it$ Description: an enclosed space Objectives ima ination Direct aims: To increase creativity and

Indirect aims: to increase self3confidence and self esteem To increase listenin s!ills #ontrol of error: none $an ua e: name of the actions /pproximate a e: 0 : onwards &reparation: exercises other drama and roup activities, listenin

&resentation: #hildren are encoura ed to act their way to the door% 1% % +.f your name be ins with /, leave anxiously, ;, bossily, #, cheerfully,, etc%

Name of the exercise: "nimal sounds Description: none materials re4uired Objectives Direct aims: To increase creative thin!in

Indirect aims: to increase self3confidence and self esteem To increase listenin s!ills #ontrol of error: auditory $an ua e: name of the actions /pproximate a e: 0 : onwards &reparation: exercises other drama and roup activities, listenin

&resentation: This activity can be done outside"inside with a small"lar e roup of children /s! the children to stand around the ed e of the room, facin the wall, with their eyes closed% The teacher oes round the circle and li htly taps every person, sayin <bird=, <duc!=, <cat=, <wolf=% 1very child will then !now what they are% >eepin their eyes closed, the children then have to ma!e the noise of the animal and move towards others who are the same animal as themselves% ?ou could do each animal one at a time or all to ether% There should eventually be four clusters of each animal% Do the ame a ain, so that they try a different animal% 1xtension: /s! each animal roup to o into a corner of the room% *elect someone to be <&eter= and stand in the centre of the room% &eter calls out any one of the animal roups% They have to o and touch &eter and then o bac! to their corner, movin as their animal and ma!in the sound of their animal%