<h3>Meet Maestro the Dog</h3>                                                                                                                                                <p>Everyone loves Maestro and he's very good at sitting in the middle of the ring, or being passed round in music games. This is the first little song we sing about Maestro in the Early Years activities. We meet Maestro again in the KS1 Christmas Tree unit and in More Maestro Stories.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                

<h3>Alice the Camel (pitch, structure, rhythm, pulse)</h3><p>Everyone loves this song! You could teach it in a <em>First me, then you</em> way or by playing the recording, and have the children join it initially with the words, <em>Five humps</em>, <em>four humps</em> and so on for each verse. When the children have heard the song a few times they will know it. Later, you can make them laugh by changing the ending to <em>Alice is a hippopotamus</em>, or what ever amuses you!</p>                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>Alice the camel had ... five humps</li>            <li>Alice the camel had ... five humps</li>            <li>Alice the camel had ... five humps</li>            <li>So go, Alice, go!</li>    </ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Alice the camel (pitch, structure, rhythm, pulse) - Song

<h3>Pass the Animals (pulse)</h3><p>This game is also in the Early Years Pets and Other Animals unit, but it's worth doing again at KS1 because it's everybody's favourite, as you can see in the video. At KS1, I expect the children to learn to pass the animals in time with the pulse rather than just passing them on when they can 'bear' to part with them! You'll hear me explain this to the children and we start at a slow pace then build up the speed. Notice that the little girl sitting next to me is pretty good at passing in time right from the start. At the end, it all falls apart a bit but it's still good fun! </p>                                                                                                                                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>PASS the animals ROUND the ring</li>            <li>ROUND the ring, ROUND the ring</li>            <li>PASS the animals ROUND the ring</li>            <li>AND then STOP</li>            <li>Teacher, sing-song voice: WHO&#039;S got the FROGGY?</li>            <li>Child, sing-song voice: I&#039;VE got the FROGGY</li>    </ul>                                                                                

Pass the animals (pulse) - Video

<h3>Five Little Ducks</h3><p>A lovely counting song. It helps to keep a visual count of how many ducks for each verse, so that you don't get lost, by holding up a card with the right number of ducks each time. You can invent actions to go with this song too. I've just given the words of the first verse but the song is complete in the audio.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Five little ducks - Song

<h3>Meet Maestro the Dog</h3>                                                                    <div class="img img_sml">        <img class="lazy_img" src="https://rippleeducation.blob.core.windows.net/media/Maestro_face.png" alt="Maestro Face">    </div>                                                                <p>Everyone loves Maestro and he's very good at sitting in the middle of the ring, or being passed round in music games. This is the first little song we sing about Maestro in the Early Years activities. We meet Maestro again in the KS1 Christmas Tree unit and in More Maestro Stories.</p>                                                                <div class="video">    <div class="embed">                    <iframe class="lazy_embed" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/387254250?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;color=A2D6BD" allowfullscreen="">            </iframe>            </div></div>                                                                <h3>Alice the Camel (pitch, structure, rhythm, pulse)</h3><p>Everyone loves this song! You could teach it in a <em>First me, then you</em> way or by playing the recording, and have the children join it initially with the words, <em>Five humps</em>, <em>four humps</em> and so on for each verse. When the children have heard the song a few times they will know it. Later, you can make them laugh by changing the ending to <em>Alice is a hippopotamus</em>, or what ever amuses you!</p>                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>Alice the camel had ... five humps</li>            <li>Alice the camel had ... five humps</li>            <li>Alice the camel had ... five humps</li>            <li>So go, Alice, go!</li>    </ul>                                                                <audio class="lazy_av" controls="" controlslist="nodownload">    <source src="https://rippleeducation.blob.core.windows.net/media/Lucia_Alice-the-Camel.mp3" type="audio/mp3"></source></audio>                                                                    <div class="img img_sml">        <img class="lazy_img" src="https://rippleeducation.blob.core.windows.net/media/Camel_simon-goetz-447883-unsplash.png" alt="Camel Simon Goetz 447883 Unsplash">    </div>                                                                <h3>More Alice fun</h3><ol><li>Everyone hold up five fingers for the words, <em>Five Humps</em>, then four for the next verse, and so on. </li><li>Have five children standing up for verse 1, then one sit down for verse 2, and so on.</li><li>Give out untuned percussion for the children to play on the words, <em>Five humps</em>, and so on for each verse.</li><li>The notes for <em>Five Humps, four Humps,</em> and so on, are G E. Choose a child to play G, E on chime bars every time the words are sung.</li></ol>

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