<h3>Happy Birthday to You</h3><p>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!</p>                                                                                                                

<h3>Maestro the Music Dog and the New Piano</h3><p>This is the story of how Hannah got a new piano for her birthday and Maestro went on an unexpected journey!</p><p>Tell the children you are going to ask them at the end of the story where Maestro went on his adventure and how he got home again.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                <p>All Maestro the Music Dog materials Ã‚Â©Music-Playtime: Arts Enterprise Limited</p>                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>Original watercolours and story: Sandy Holland</li>            <li>Original music: Peter Noke</li>    </ul>                                                                

Maestro the dog and the new piano - Video

<h3>Copy Me</h3><p>Later in this unit, the children learn how to play Happy Birthday to You by copying you play it and then the children can help each other to play it. Here, we are practising copying:</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Copy me - Video

<h4>On the subject of copying ...</h4><p>Children of this age are just becoming aware of the concept of copying and it's usually associated with cheating, for example copying spellings from another child. In music, we learn a lot by copying others as well as by experimenting with our own ideas and, throughout history, composers have re-used the ideas of other composers.</p>                                   

Copying - Video

<h3>Maestro the Music Dog and the New Piano</h3><p>This is the story of how Hannah got a new piano for her birthday and Maestro went on an unexpected journey!</p><p>Tell the children you are going to ask them at the end of the story where Maestro went on his adventure and how he got home again.</p>                                                                <div class="video">    <div class="embed">                    <iframe class="lazy_embed" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/146524419?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;color=A2D6BD" allowfullscreen="">            </iframe>            </div></div>                                                                <p>All Maestro the Music Dog materials Â©Music-Playtime: Arts Enterprise Limited</p>                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>Original watercolours and story: Sandy Holland</li>            <li>Original music: Peter Noke</li>    </ul>                                                                <h3>Copy Me</h3><p>Later in this unit, the children learn how to play Happy Birthday to You by copying you play it and then the children can help each other to play it. Here, we are practising copying:</p>                                                                <div class="video">    <div class="embed">                    <iframe class="lazy_embed" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/392673318?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;color=A2D6BD" allowfullscreen="">            </iframe>            </div></div>                                                                <h4>On the subject of copying ...</h4><p>Children of this age are just becoming aware of the concept of copying and it's usually associated with cheating, for example copying spellings from another child. In music, we learn a lot by copying others as well as by experimenting with our own ideas and, throughout history, composers have re-used the ideas of other composers.</p>                                                                <div class="video">    <div class="embed">                    <iframe class="lazy_embed" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/399589573?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;color=A2D6BD" allowfullscreen="">            </iframe>            </div></div>

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Happy birthday to you - Video

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