Tag Archives: listening

Issue 124: Focus and listening game – pass the tambourine

Posted on February 25, 2014 by

Have the children sit in a circle, and select some suitable instrument from the class percussion trolley. A tambourine is a good one to start with – if you want to make the game more of a challenge, choose some … Continue reading →

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Issue 104: The “Deda Robot” Game, and the “Cyborg” game

Posted on September 22, 2013 by

On the whole I try and post about things that anyone can do without having bought expensive CDs and books. I’m wary of encouraging people to buy a particular resource, especially when it costs around £30. However the ACBlack “Developing Music … Continue reading →

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Issue 93: Hoffnung and the Bicycle

Posted on June 30, 2013 by

I was certain – even without knowing it for sure – that a bicycle just had to be a part of the Gerald Hoffnung Legend. Here is the link to his official website, and here, on page 4, my suspicions were confirmed … Continue reading →

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Issue 8: Mass Migration of Wildebeests

Posted on October 8, 2011 by

One of the QCA units for class music in year 3 and 4 is called “Animal Magic”.  It is a unit that I enjoy teaching, as it is easy to find suitable music to listen to, and there are so many opportunities for … Continue reading →

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Issue 6: YouTube as a teaching resource

Posted on September 24, 2011 by

I use YouTube a lot as a teaching resource for school and private teaching.  I suspect I am only scratching the surface of what is possible.  If you have RealPlayer installed on your computer, then you should be able to easily download YouTube … Continue reading →

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Issue 1: My Hat, It Has Three Corners / Venetian Carnival

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

The Hat in the song is a three-cornered hat, like the one Captain Jack Sparrow wears in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films. When you teach the song it’s worth making sure that “soh-doh” interval in line three, “And had”, … Continue reading →

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