Before the lesson
Learning objectives
- To experiment with playing tuned and untuned instruments
- To play in time to familiar songs
EYFS outcomes
Expressive arts and design
Exploring and using media and materials
- Explore, use and refine a variety of artistic effects to express their ideas and feelings.
- Sing in a group or on their own, increasingly matching the pitch and following the melody.
- Explore and engage in music making and dance, performing solo or in groups.
- ELG: Being imaginative and expressive: Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and – when appropriate – try to move in time with music.
Characteristics of Effective Learning
- Playing and exploring
- Active learning
Outcomes taken from Development Matters, 2021.
ELGs taken from the Statutory framework for the EYFS, 2021.
Activity
Key vocabulary
Prompts for learning
Observations
Teacher notes
Next steps
To choose appropriate instruments to represent different parts of a song.
To perform a practised song to a small audience.
Note any specific next steps for individual children.