More Maestro the Dog Stories Level: Key Stage 1 - Songs & chants

Maestro the Music Dog

Here's Maestro's special song! You'll need to teach it a bit at a time, using First Me, Then You. I suggest that you let the children listen to the song first, then teach the words and then include the tune. The first phrase needs special care to get the notes exactly right. The clapping, the drum and the claves may be done first by the teacher, then imitated by a group of children, depending on how many instruments you have. Because claves are sticks of wood that are hit together, they are simple to make by sawing up a long, smoothly-rounded piece of wood like a broom handle into same-size pieces and smoothing off the ends with sandpaper.

• Maestro the Music Dog
• Come out to play
• All your friends are waiting
• And it's a lovely day
• Maestro the Music Dog
• What can you do?
• I can clap my hands
• Can you clap yours too?
• (teacher claps hands ... children imitate)
• __
• Verse 2 similar, with ending: I can play a drum
• Can you play it too?
• __
• Verse 3 similar, with ending: I can play the claves
• Can you play them too?

Happy Birthday to You

This is known to be one of the most popular songs ever written, so remember to sing it every time there's a birthday! This was the happiest video I could find of a birthday celebration and it's the right way to sing the song. Please don't use the jazzed-up versions that you find on Youtube because they are not the way people really sing the song!