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Before using the content
During the course of the programme the children will be asked to participate with movement, songs and chants, while at the same time listening to the presenter who cannot be seen.
鈥 Tell the children that today鈥檚 theme is music and musical instruments being played together in a band.
鈥 Can they name any musical instruments? Do they have any musical toys?
鈥 Do they have any favourite songs or rhymes? Do they like to clap, tap, march and sing along?
Movement language
The following vocabulary will be used in the programme: blow, strum, bang, beat, walk, march, up high, down low, forwards, backwards, round about.
Movement
The children pretend to play various musical instruments. First they walk their fingers up and down their arm in time to the beat. Then they use imaginary drumsticks to play different sized drums, moving their hands up high, down low or in the middle to match the sounds.
Next the children can stand up and pretend to play their guitars, moving their hands up and down and twanging on the strings as they mime along. The next instrument is a low string bass and the children can join in by walking forwards, backwards and round about, stepping in time with the music. Finally they pretend to play their saxophones by miming blowing, puffing and pressing the keys as they join in.
Song
We are the music band,
We come from down your way,
And we can play
(What can you play?)
I can play drums鈥
I can play guitar鈥
I can play bass鈥
I can play saxophone鈥
We are the music band,
We come from down your way,
And we can play,
Yes, we can play!
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Story: The Musicians of Bremen
Four animals set off to the big town to become a band. On the way they meet a gang of robbers, but they chase them away by making a lot of noise鈥
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