Before the lesson
Learning objectives
- To explore beat through body movement
- To express feelings and emotions through movement to music
EYFS outcomes
Expressive arts and design
- Listen attentively, move to and talk about music, expressing their feelings and responses.
- 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 explore tempo through animal dancing.
Note any specific next steps for individual children.