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Introduction | Sound Activities | Rhythm Activities | Mood Activities | Orchestra Activities | Quiz

Learning Outcomes
Unit B: Rhythm Activities
CAVE SOUNDS/SOUND MIXER EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES ACTIVITY DURATION
Cave Sounds / Sound Mixer Activities
  • Children will learn that rhythm consists of a series of long and short sounds.
  • Provides a platform where children can compose their own rhythmic patterns.
  • Encourages creative thinking.

 

Cave Sounds

Clock 40"

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Sound Mixer

Clock 2'30 - 4'00

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Unit C: Mood Activities top of page^
MOOD MUSIC EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES ACTIVITY DURATION
Mood Music Activity
  • Introduces children to a variety of musical styles.
  • Develops musical interpretation skills.
  • Encourages children to talk about their
    feelings.
  • Provides a platform to show how different kinds of music can affect the listener in different ways.

Clock 2'00 - 3'00

 

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ANIMAL MATCH UP EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES ACTIVITY DURATION
Animal Match Up Activity
  • To show how music can be used to describe things.
  • Encourages children to think about the difference between extremes of loud/quiet, fast/slow and high/low.
  • Develops musical interpretation skills.
  • A range of classical music is explored:
    Saint-Saëns 'The Carnival of the Animals' Rimsky-Korsakov - 'The Flight of the Bumblebee'.

Clock 2'30 - 3'00

 

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