Publisher's Synopsis
Sing! Play! Learn! with Go Kid Music brings you 12 excellent songs that teachers and children will love! Based on popular Key Stage 2 topics, these catchy tunes enable primary class teachers to teach music while supporting learning across the whole curriculum.
Each song comes with an easy-to-follow teaching video with on-screen lyrics and actions, performance and backing audio, PDF lyrics for whiteboard display and teaching notes. In addition, many have optional percussion parts, which are also demonstrated on the videos, and there's a selection of warm-ups and focus-builders to get everyone ready for singing!
Written with the generalist class teacher in mind, the accompanying notes are divided into three main sections:
SING - Straightforward, step-by-step instructions to help you teach the song from scratch;
PLAY - Ways to use the song to meet the requirements of the Primary Music Curriculum and First Access (Wider Opportunities);
LEARN - Creative extension activities relating to the song or topic.
- Supports the National Curriculum for Music
- Topic-based approach
- Ideas for First Access (Wider Opportunities)
- Supports SEND
- No music reading required
- Promotes physical activity
- Ridiculously fun!
"What a lovely voice Al Start has, and I love the way she uses real instruments to accompany her songs" ~ Julia Donaldson
Topics include: Aztec civilization, The Anglo Saxons, Kindness and sharing, looking after our planet, Electricity, Child evacuees in World War II, The Roman Empire and Britain, The Tudors and Henry VIII, Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot, Harvest Festival, Space, aliens and friendship, Myths and legends, Aeroplanes and inventions.
