<h3>Long and Short Sounds (duration)</h3><p>Start with modelling short and long sounds, before asking the children to experiment, with a partner, making short and long sounds. Next you could teach the song, <em>Some sounds are Short.</em> Finally, ask the children to take turns with their partner at making short and long sounds, first with body sounds and voices and later with instruments.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>Some sounds are short</li>            <li>Some sounds are long</li>            <li>Which sound will you make</li>            <li>After the song?</li>    </ul>                                                                

<h3>Berceuse from Dolly Suite by Faure (mood &amp; character in dynamics &amp; tempo)</h3><p>The title of this music is <em>Berceuse,</em> which is the French word for <em>lullaby</em>. It's played here as a piano duet by brothers, Lucas and Arthur Jussen. The children each stand in a hoop, which is their 'baby's cradle', and make expressive movements to the music using their floaty scarf. They should move very quietly and not too quickly to the music. You can buy a set of different coloured dance scarves very cheaply or, if you cut up a large piece of chiffon, each strip makes a floaty scarf.</p>                                                                                                                                                                    <h4>Lullaby Corner (dynamics, tempo)</h4><p>Put out a range of tuned and untuned percussion instruments in the music corner. In small groups, the children work in pairs, taking turns to make <em>Lullaby</em> sounds that are quiet and sleepy and <em>Wake Up!</em> sounds that are louder and quicker. They might then show the other children in the group, who guess whether the sound is <em>Lullaby</em> or <em>Wake Up!</em></p>

Berceuse from Dolly Suite by Faure (mood & character in dynamics and tempo)

<h3>Long and Short Sounds (duration)</h3><p>Start with modelling short and long sounds, before asking the children to experiment, with a partner, making short and long sounds. Next you could teach the song, <em>Some sounds are Short.</em> Finally, ask the children to take turns with their partner at making short and long sounds, first with body sounds and voices and later with instruments.</p>                                                                <div class="video">    <div class="embed">                    <iframe class="lazy_embed" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/384792062?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;color=A2D6BD" allowfullscreen="">            </iframe>            </div></div>                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>Some sounds are short</li>            <li>Some sounds are long</li>            <li>Which sound will you make</li>            <li>After the song?</li>    </ul>                                                                <h3>Music Corner Sorting activity (timbre, dynamics, duration)</h3><p>Pairs of children go to the music corner, with an adult, and sort the instruments into families. It's an open-ended choice because they can base their sorting on similar-timbre sounds, on whether the instruments can play short or long sounds, or make loud or quiet sounds, or on what they are made of eg wood or metal.</p>                                                                <h3>Conversations (timbre, dynamics, tempo and PSED link)</h3><p>What kinds of conversations can you have with your friends, teachers, mums, dads? </p><p><u class="highlight">Role Play</u> In pairs, the children have a pretend conversation using puppets. The teacher could <em>model</em> this first, using a puppet in either hand.</p><p>With their partners, the children then make their puppets have a conversation by playing an instrument instead of talking to each other. Were the puppets asking questions, just chatting, or arguing? How does your partner's puppet feel about ...?</p>                                                                    <div class="img img_sml">        <img class="lazy_img" src="https://rippleeducation.blob.core.windows.net/media/amir-abbas-abdolali-488723-unsplash.jpg" alt="Amir Abbas Abdolali 488723 Unsplash">    </div>

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