The Weather & the Seasons Level: Key Stage 1 - Listening, appraising & movement

Summer (pitch)

This music is Summer by the composer Glazunov, from The Seasons.

You could suggest that they children make big movements up and down to show the note pitch going higher and lower. This is good for dancing to with floaty scarves.

Twinkle Twinkle (tempo, pulse)

Summer is a good time for seeing the stars in the clear night sky. Here's some music for marching in time, a fun version of the well-known Twinkle Twinkle Little Star tune. The arrangement changes significantly in the middle and you could ask the children to do a different action there, such as standing still and clapping, then go back to marching when the original style of music returns.